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Domestic credit to the private sector, percent of GDP, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 19 countries was 63.17 percent. The highest value was in the USA: 216.56 percent and the lowest value was in Haiti: 8.61 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Domestic credit to the private sector, 2020 Global rank Available data
USA 216.56 1 1960 - 2020
Panama 105.87 2 2010 - 2020
Aruba 81.28 3 1986 - 2020
Saint Lucia 72.89 4 1980 - 2020
Belize 71.11 5 1976 - 2020
Honduras 69.76 6 2001 - 2020
El Salvador 62.11 7 2001 - 2020
Costa Rica 60.37 8 2005 - 2020
Grenada 59.4 9 1977 - 2020
Jamaica 56.32 10 1960 - 2020
Ant.& Barb. 55.39 11 1977 - 2020
Dominica 53.24 12 1977 - 2020
St. Vincent & ... 47.11 13 1975 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago 45.36 14 1960 - 2020
Mexico 38.27 15 1997 - 2020
Guatemala 35.9 16 2001 - 2020
Domin. Rep. 30.51 17 2004 - 2020
Nicaragua 30.1 18 2001 - 2020
Haiti 8.61 19 1960 - 2020



Definition: Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector, 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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