Loan from family or friends in the past year (% age 15+)

The percentage of respondents who report borrowing any money from family or friends in the past 12 months (% age 15+).

📅 2021📏 %119 entries

AfghanistanUgandaNamibiaMoroccoNigeriaSouth AfricaIraqZambiaZimbabweGabonPhilippinesIranSierra LeoneEgyptBangladeshMaliCambodiaVenezuelaTogoThailandLaosUkraineSenegalBoliviaTanzaniaColombiaIndonesiaSouth SudanEcuadorRussiaMongoliaKyrgyzstanChinaArgentinaDominican RepublicBrazilIcelandPeruSri LankaParaguayChileMauritiusCosta RicaNorwayUnited StatesUruguayLatviaAustraliaMalaysiaNew ZealandCanadaFinlandSouth KoreaFranceIrelandPortugalHong KongJapan

60.17% – 35.75%35.49% – 28.84%28.78% – 21.86%21.53% – 15.19%15.02% – 1.89%No data

🇦🇫Afghanistan

60.17%

🇺🇬Uganda

57.45%

🇰🇪Kenya

54.39%

🇳🇦Namibia

50.24%

🇲🇦Morocco

48.72%

🇳🇬Nigeria

44.71%

🇿🇦South Africa

44.53%

🇮🇶Iraq

44.09%

🇨🇲Cameroon

43.48%

🇿🇲Zambia

43.07%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

42.33%

🇬🇳Guinea

42.03%

🇳🇵Nepal

41.79%

🇯🇴Jordan

41.76%

🇬🇦Gabon

41.41%

🇱🇷Liberia

41.36%

🇹🇳Tunisia

41.04%

🇵🇭Philippines

40.82%

🇹🇷Türkiye

40.79%

🇮🇷Iran

39.80%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

39.02%

🇬🇭Ghana

38.58%

🇪🇬Egypt

37.75%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

35.75%

🇧🇩Bangladesh

35.49%

🇲🇱Mali

35.15%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

35.13%

🇰🇭Cambodia

34.85%

🇻🇪Venezuela

34.81%

🇹🇬Togo

33.99%

🇹🇭Thailand

32.83%

🇱🇦Laos

32.36%

🇲🇩Moldova

32.18%

🇺🇦Ukraine

32.16%

🇸🇳Senegal

31.29%

🇦🇲Armenia

31.28%

🇮🇳India

31.01%

🇧🇴Bolivia

30.68%

🇩🇿Algeria

30.51%

🇨🇮Ivory Coast

30.20%

🇦🇱Albania

29.99%

🇧🇬Bulgaria

29.99%

🇧🇯Benin

29.33%

🇲🇿Mozambique

29.33%

🇹🇿Tanzania

29.23%

🇨🇴Colombia

29.08%

🇮🇩Indonesia

28.85%

🇸🇸South Sudan

28.84%

🇪🇨Ecuador

28.78%

🇷🇺Russia

28.40%

Highlights

As of 2021, Afghanistan ranks first with 60.17%, followed by Uganda (57.45%) and Kenya (54.39%).

Across 119 countries and territories, values run from 60.17% (Afghanistan) to 1.89% (Singapore), with a median of 25.14%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from Africa and 2 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Loan from family or friends in the past year (% age 15+), 2021. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Loan from family or friends in the past year (% age 15+) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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Highlights

As of 2021, Afghanistan ranks first with 60.17%, followed by Uganda (57.45%) and Kenya (54.39%).

Across 119 countries and territories, values run from 60.17% (Afghanistan) to 1.89% (Singapore), with a median of 25.14%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from Africa and 2 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Loan from family or friends in the past year (% age 15+), 2021. Unit: %.