Bank credit to the private sector - Country rankings
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Bank credit to the private sector as percent of GDP, 2019 - Country rankings:
The average for 2019 based on 162 countries was 52.8 percent.The highest value was in Hong Kong: 235.72 percent and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 3.17 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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235.72
165.39
159.72
151.69
145.99
137.91
135.84
133.33
132.68
128.36
122.38
120.84
120.78
114.16
111.94
111.37
109.28
107.29
105.25
100.70
100.03
94.73
93.70
90.64
90.56
87.97
86.08
85.55
85.36
80.21
79.72
79.54
78.97
78.60
76.83
75.86
75.10
74.94
73.33
70.09
68.38
66.72
65.84
65.42
64.77
64.37
64.00
63.93
63.35
62.89
61.94
61.80
58.96
58.18
58.10
57.95
57.72
57.57
57.12
54.41
54.20
53.27
52.35
52.04
51.94
51.48
51.46
51.29
50.80
50.64
50.15
49.74
49.68
49.66
49.66
49.02
48.65
48.15
47.98
46.65
45.15
45.12
45.02
45.01
43.58
42.45
42.43
42.02
41.19
40.16
40.01
38.89
37.39
36.97
35.05
34.94
34.57
34.42
33.69
33.37
32.70
32.48
32.37
31.60
30.30
30.04
29.26
28.55
28.54
28.38
28.06
28.06
26.86
26.50
25.88
25.74
25.62
24.72
24.72
24.44
24.02
23.47
22.83
22.21
21.32
21.27
21.20
21.13
21.05
20.83
20.77
20.26
20.06
19.80
19.62
17.96
17.56
15.69
15.66
15.48
15.32
14.48
14.30
14.04
13.79
13.35
13.35
12.77
12.50
12.05
11.47
11.46
11.14
10.95
10.43
10.43
9.73
9.20
7.60
6.14
6.03
3.17
0
58.9
117.9
176.8
235.72
Definition: Domestic credit to private sector by banks refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by other depository corporations (deposit taking corporations except central banks), such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises.
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