* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Small firms with bank credit, percent of all small firms, 2019:

The average for 2019 based on 38 countries was 30.43 percent. The highest value was in Cyprus: 69.3 percent and the lowest value was in Zambia: 6.3 percent. The indicator is available from 2006 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Small firms with bank credit, 2019 Global rank Available data
Cyprus 69.3 1 2019 - 2019
Slovenia 64.6 2 2009 - 2019
Hungary 48.9 3 2009 - 2019
Serbia 48.9 4 2009 - 2019
Bosnia & Herz. 43.4 5 2009 - 2019
Portugal 42.8 6 2019 - 2019
Bulgaria 42 7 2007 - 2019
Czechia 40.8 8 2009 - 2019
Malta 39.2 9 2019 - 2019
Georgia 38 10 2008 - 2019
North Macedonia 37.1 11 2009 - 2019
Estonia 36.7 12 2009 - 2019
Malaysia 36.2 13 2015 - 2019
Romania 36.1 14 2009 - 2019
Poland 33.9 15 2009 - 2019
Rwanda 32.9 16 2006 - 2019
Lebanon 32 17 2013 - 2019
Croatia 31.4 18 2007 - 2019
Montenegro 31.2 19 2009 - 2019
Turkey 31 20 2008 - 2019
Russia 29.9 21 2009 - 2019
Albania 29.5 22 2007 - 2019
Slovakia 29.1 23 2009 - 2019
Mongolia 26.8 24 2009 - 2019
Latvia 23.5 25 2009 - 2019
Lithuania 22.6 26 2009 - 2019
Italy 22.4 27 2019 - 2019
Ukraine 18.7 28 2008 - 2019
Morocco 18.6 29 2013 - 2019
Uzbekistan 18.6 30 2008 - 2019
Kyrgyzstan 17.4 31 2009 - 2019
Moldova 16 32 2009 - 2019
Jordan 13.3 33 2013 - 2019
Tajikistan 13.1 34 2008 - 2019
Palestine 13 35 2013 - 2019
Kazakhstan 12 36 2009 - 2019
Azerbaijan 9.1 37 2009 - 2019
Zambia 6.3 38 2007 - 2019


New - World map: Small firms with bank credit




Definition: Percentage of small firms (5-19 workers) in the formal sector with a line of credit or a loan from a (formal) financial institution, such as a bank, credit union, microfinance institution, or cooperative.

Selected articles from our guide:

Are trade deficits bad for the economy?

Sources of economic growth

Currency values and investment returns

How to write an economics research paper

All articles

This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK