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Countries by domestic credit to the private sector

Cyprus had the highest domestic credit to the private sector of 171 countries in 2011, at 242.5% of GDP. South Sudan had the lowest, at 0.5% of GDP. The median was 37.4% of GDP and the figure for the World was 114.6% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

Highest242.5Cyprus
Lowest0.5South Sudan
Median37.4171 countries
World114.6History

Top 40 countries, 2011

Cyprus: 242.5 % of GDPCyprus242.5Hong Kong: 202.3 % of GDPHong Kong202.3Denmark: 187.1 % of GDPDenmark187.1United States: 174.5 % of GDPUnited States174.5United Kingdom: 169.6 % of GDPUnited Kingdom169.6Spain: 167 % of GDPSpain167Japan: 157.8 % of GDPJapan157.8Portugal: 156.1 % of GDPPortugal156.1Switzerland: 153.9 % of GDPSwitzerland153.9Iceland: 134.9 % of GDPIceland134.9Thailand: 130.7 % of GDPThailand130.7South Korea: 127.1 % of GDPSouth Korea127.1Sweden: 124.8 % of GDPSweden124.8Norway: 122.2 % of GDPNorway122.2Australia: 121.8 % of GDPAustralia121.8China: 121.2 % of GDPChina121.2Greece: 119.2 % of GDPGreece119.2South Africa: 119 % of GDPSouth Africa119Malta: 116.9 % of GDPMalta116.9Ireland: 114.7 % of GDPIreland114.7Netherlands: 113.5 % of GDPNetherlands113.5Malaysia: 108.4 % of GDPMalaysia108.4Singapore: 104.7 % of GDPSingapore104.7Chile: 101.9 % of GDPChile101.9Austria: 96.7 % of GDPAustria96.7France: 96.6 % of GDPFrance96.6Italy: 93.6 % of GDPItaly93.6Lebanon: 90 % of GDPLebanon90Finland: 89.5 % of GDPFinland89.5Saint Lucia: 88.2 % of GDPSaint Lucia88.2Mauritius: 88.1 % of GDPMauritius88.1Morocco: 86.8 % of GDPMorocco86.8Grenada: 84.9 % of GDPGrenada84.9Luxembourg: 84.2 % of GDPLuxembourg84.2Germany: 83.2 % of GDPGermany83.2Latvia: 82.9 % of GDPLatvia82.9Slovenia: 82.5 % of GDPSlovenia82.5Panama: 80.3 % of GDPPanama80.3Vietnam: 79.9 % of GDPVietnam79.9Estonia: 77.7 % of GDPEstonia77.7
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2011
% of GDP		Change on 2010
1Cyprus242.5+8.3 pts
2Hong Kong202.3+16.7 pts
3Denmark187.1-5.8 pts
4United States174.5-7.4 pts
5United Kingdom169.6-14.1 pts
6Spain167-4.3 pts
7Japan157.8-0.7 pts
8Portugal156.1+0.7 pts
9Switzerland153.9+2.8 pts
10Iceland134.9-22.8 pts
11Thailand130.7+14.9 pts
12South Korea127.1+2.4 pts
13Sweden124.8+1.5 pts
14Norway122.2-2.8 pts
15Australia121.8-3 pts
16China121.2-3.3 pts
17Greece119.2+6.4 pts
18South Africa119-5.1 pts
19Malta116.9+1.9 pts
20Ireland114.7-18.7 pts
21Netherlands113.5+0.5 pts
22Malaysia108.4+1.3 pts
23Singapore104.7+9.8 pts
24Chile101.9+2.4 pts
25Austria96.7-2.5 pts
26France96.6+0.8 pts
27Italy93.6+0.9 pts
28Lebanon90+7.5 pts
29Finland89.5+1.4 pts
30Saint Lucia88.2-2.7 pts
31Mauritius88.1+3.9 pts
32Morocco86.8+3.5 pts
33Grenada84.9+0.9 pts
34Luxembourg84.2-1.9 pts
35Germany83.2-3.5 pts
36Latvia82.9-13.8 pts
37Slovenia82.5-3.3 pts
38Panama80.3-1.8 pts
39Vietnam79.9-10.4 pts
40Estonia77.7-15.1 pts
41Fiji75.4-8.1 pts
42Vanuatu69.4+1.8 pts
43Ukraine68.5-7.3 pts
44Antigua and Barbuda67.7-2.3 pts
45Israel67.5+0.4 pts
46Bahrain66.9+2 pts
47Bahamas66+0.9 pts
48Bulgaria65.3-2.9 pts
49Jordan65+1 pts
50Samoa63.6+1.6 pts
51Kuwait60.8-13.8 pts
52Bosnia and Herzegovina60.5-1.3 pts
53Cape Verde59.9+3.5 pts
54Hungary58.4-1.9 pts
55Saint Kitts and Nevis58.4-1.8 pts
56Brazil58.1+5.3 pts
57Tunisia57.9+5.7 pts
58Aruba56.3-2.6 pts
59Macao56.1-0.7 pts
60Montenegro55.8-10.8 pts
61Belgium55-1.8 pts
62Dominica52.4+1.9 pts
63Poland51.5+2.6 pts
64India51.3+0.7 pts
65Saint Vincent and the Grenadines50.2+1.2 pts
66El Salvador50-2.3 pts
67Lithuania49.9-9.5 pts
68Iran49.2-2.8 pts
69Türkiye48.7+4.7 pts
70Czechia47.9+2.1 pts
71Belize47.6-2.2 pts
72Honduras47.3-0.2 pts
73Nepal46.4-8.2 pts
74Costa Rica46+1.7 pts
75Slovakia46+1.7 pts
76Mongolia43.5+9.3 pts
77Serbia43.1-2.2 pts
78Bhutan43.1+4.6 pts
79Bangladesh42.5+1.5 pts
80Maldives42.4-5.3 pts
81Russia41.7-1.1 pts
82Albania40.9+2.3 pts
83Qatar39.8-4.9 pts
84São Tomé and Príncipe39.7+0.6 pts
85Belarus38-4.9 pts
86Romania37.4-0.9 pts
87Bolivia36.8+0.7 pts
88Oman36.1-2.1 pts
89Armenia35.4+6.9 pts
90Colombia35+2.6 pts
91Sri Lanka33.7+9.1 pts
92Saudi Arabia33.6-5.5 pts
93Tonga33-6.9 pts
94Georgia32.9+1 pts
95Peru32.3+2 pts
96Egypt31.2-1.9 pts
97Djibouti30.9-2.2 pts
98Philippines30.5+2.2 pts
99Indonesia30.1+2.8 pts
100Moldova29.9+0.4 pts
101Paraguay29+3.5 pts
102Trinidad and Tobago28.1-2.7 pts
103Brunei28.1-8.8 pts
104Botswana27.9+0.3 pts
105Ecuador27.6+0.5 pts
106Kenya27.4+3.4 pts
107Jamaica26.8+0.4 pts
108Guyana26.4+1.9 pts
109Nicaragua26.2-0.6 pts
110Guatemala24-0.3 pts
111Senegal23.9+2.6 pts
112Suriname23.7-0.4 pts
113Mexico23.6+1.3 pts
114Palestine23+1.6 pts
115Dominican Republic22.9+0.2 pts
116Eswatini22.8+3.4 pts
117Cambodia22.6+0.2 pts
118Seychelles22.4-1.8 pts
119Uruguay22+0.6 pts
120Burundi21.6+3.2 pts
121Papua New Guinea20.9-0.2 pts
122Mozambique20.9-0.7 pts
123Syria20.7-1.2 pts
124Venezuela20.5+1.6 pts
125Togo20.1+4.4 pts
126Micronesia19.7-1.2 pts
127Zimbabwe19+5.4 pts
128Solomon Islands18.8-1.7 pts
129Eritrea17.6-3.7 pts
130Ghana17.2+0.5 pts
131Pakistan16.8-2.5 pts
132Mauritania16.6-1.7 pts
133Benin16.6+0.7 pts
134Tajikistan16+1.9 pts
135Mali15.5+0.3 pts
136Burkina Faso15.4-0.3 pts
137Lesotho14.3+0.9 pts
138Libya14.2+4.9 pts
139Argentina14+1.3 pts
140Zambia13.7n/a
141Rwanda13.4+1.8 pts
142Côte d’Ivoire13.2+0.1 pts
143Timor-Leste12.7+0.3 pts
144Algeria12.6-1.2 pts
145Tanzania12.4+0.6 pts
146Cameroon12.3+1.5 pts
147Uganda11.7n/a
148Kyrgyzstan11.5-2.2 pts
149Nigeria11-2.4 pts
150Comoros10.6+0.2 pts
151Gambia10.4+0.9 pts
152Liberia10.4+1 pts
153Madagascar10.2-0.7 pts
154Niger9.9+0.9 pts
155Malawi9.6+0.1 pts
156Gabon9.5+1.3 pts
157Sudan9.3-1.2 pts
158Central African Republic9.2+0.9 pts
159Guinea-Bissau8.7+2.3 pts
160Haiti8.5+0.7 pts
161Republic of the Congo7.2+1.2 pts
162Guinea6.8+2.9 pts
163Myanmar6.7+2 pts
164Equatorial Guinea6.4+0.3 pts
165Iraq5.40 pts
166Yemen5.1-1.2 pts
167Afghanistan5-6.6 pts
168Sierra Leone4.6-0.1 pts
169Democratic Republic of the Congo3.9+0.6 pts
170Chad3.5+0.3 pts
171South Sudan0.5n/a

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 14 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2011 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS) (Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2011) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS

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Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2011. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/domestic-credit-private-sector/countries?period=2011. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2011. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/domestic-credit-private-sector/countries?period=2011.

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World Bank (2026) Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), Countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2011 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/domestic-credit-private-sector/countries?period=2011 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which country has the highest domestic credit to the private sector?

Cyprus, with 242.5% of GDP in 2011, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest domestic credit to the private sector?

South Sudan, with 0.5% of GDP in 2011.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 14 countries have no value for 2011 and are not ranked.

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