Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP)

For 2025, Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) is led by Hong Kong SAR, China at 222.65%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

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0.055.7111167223Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 222.65%223AustraliaAustralia: 133.79%134New ZealandNew Zealand: 129.68%130QatarQatar: 126.24%126CambodiaCambodia: 121.43%121MalaysiaMalaysia: 117.92%118Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 117.04%117JapanJapan: 115.86%116ThailandThailand: 111.78%112NepalNepal: 90.40%90.4IcelandIceland: 89.24%89.2FijiFiji: 78.28%78.3
Rank Country Value
51 Timor-Leste 39.03%
52 Dominica 38.09%
53 Burundi 37.89%
54 Antigua and Barbuda 37.42%
55 Turkiye 36.89%
56 Guatemala 36.67%
57 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 36.57%
58 Serbia 35.35%
59 Seychelles 34.46%
60 Bangladesh 34.41%
61 Tonga 33.85%
62 Botswana 33.12%
63 Maldives 32.53%
64 Dominican Republic 31.81%
65 Indonesia 31.78%
66 Uzbekistan 31.21%
67 Senegal 30.85%
68 Uruguay 30.74%
69 Moldova 28.22%
70 Mexico 27.10%
71 Kazakhstan 25.88%
72 Egypt, Arab Rep. 25.84%
73 Djibouti 25.16%
74 Eswatini 22.97%
75 Togo 22.94%
76 Azerbaijan 22.84%
77 Burkina Faso 22.68%
78 Cote d'Ivoire 22.66%
79 Romania 22.07%
80 Rwanda 21.98%
81 Mali 20.38%
82 Suriname 20.25%
83 Benin 19.74%
84 Algeria 19.56%
85 Mozambique 17.66%
86 Argentina 15.83%
87 Zambia 13.68%
88 Papua New Guinea 13.45%
89 Uganda 12.55%
90 Libya 12.35%
91 Ukraine 12.03%
92 Guyana 11.30%
93 Pakistan 10.68%
94 Guinea 9.91%
95 Guinea-Bissau 9.60%
96 Niger 9.53%
97 Angola 5.70%
98 Sierra Leone 5.48%
99 Kuwait 4.92%
100 South Sudan 3.18%
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Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China sits at the top of the Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) distribution in 2025 at 222.65%, with a lead of 88.85% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Timor-Leste at 39.03%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Haiti (3.07%), and the page currently covers 101 countries.

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