EU countries by domestic credit to the private sector

Cyprus had the highest domestic credit to the private sector of 27 EU countries in 2014, at 251.8% of GDP. Romania had the lowest, at 31.1% of GDP. The median was 78.4% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.

Highest251.8Cyprus

Lowest31.1Romania

Median78.427 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2014

Under 53
53 to 66
66 to 88
88 to 120
120 and over

% of GDP, 2014. Source: World Bank, Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2014

% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2014 % of GDP	Change on 2013
1	Cyprus	251.8	-2.8 pts
2	Denmark	173.4	-3.1 pts
3	Sweden	130.3	-0.7 pts
4	Portugal	129.7	-13.3 pts
5	Spain	129.4	-16.4 pts
6	Greece	117.9	-1.9 pts
7	Netherlands	115.2	+2.2 pts
8	Malta	94.5	-5.4 pts
9	France	93.9	-2 pts
10	Finland	93.4	+0.1 pts
11	Austria	88.4	-5 pts
12	Italy	88.2	-2.2 pts
13	Luxembourg	86.3	-0.4 pts
14	Ireland	78.4	-24 pts
15	Germany	77.8	-2.9 pts
16	Croatia	66.7	-1.2 pts
17	Estonia	66.2	-2.3 pts
18	Bulgaria	59.2	-7 pts
19	Belgium	57.6	+1.5 pts
20	Slovenia	55	-11.1 pts
21	Latvia	53.2	-7.1 pts
22	Poland	52.6	+1 pts
23	Slovakia	49.5	+1.8 pts
24	Czechia	49.1	-1.2 pts
25	Hungary	42.5	-3.6 pts
26	Lithuania	41	-2.2 pts
27	Romania	31.1	-3.1 pts

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About this ranking

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 EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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) (EU countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2014) [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), EU countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2014. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/domestic-credit-private-sector/eu-countries?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

World Bank. 2026. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). EU countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2014. 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/eu-countries?period=2014.

Harvard

World Bank (2026) Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), EU countries by domestic credit to the private sector, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/domestic-credit-private-sector/eu-countries?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Cyprus, with 251.8% of GDP in 2014, according to the World Bank.

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

Romania, with 31.1% of GDP in 2014.

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.

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