Domestic credit to the private sector
Financial corporations' claims on the private sector, including loans, non-equity securities and trade credit, as a percentage of GDP. Some countries include credit to public enterprises.
Can include central banks, deposit banks and other financial corporations, so it is not a bank-loans-only measure. A published zero is valid. The latest year varies by country.
Key facts
- Domestic credit to the private sector in the World was 140.3% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Domestic credit to the private sector in the United States was 201.3% of GDP in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- Macao had the highest domestic credit to the private sector of 161 countries in 2022, at 287.4% of GDP, and South Sudan the lowest, at 3% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 186 places, with figures from 1990 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2022
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Saint Lucia
- Lebanon
- Laos
- Kyrgyzstan
- South Africa
- Qatar
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Which places have the highest domestic credit to the private sector? Use official data and cite it.
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