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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
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 222.65%
2 Australia 133.79%
3 New Zealand 129.68%
4 Qatar 126.24%
5 Cambodia 121.43%
6 Malaysia 117.92%
7 Macao SAR, China 117.04%
8 Japan 115.86%
9 Thailand 111.78%
10 Nepal 90.40%
11 Iceland 89.24%
12 Fiji 78.28%
13 Brazil 75.10%
14 Honduras 72.67%
15 Israel 72.47%
16 Bhutan 72.26%
17 Mauritius 72.00%
18 Jordan 71.23%
19 Chile 70.10%
20 Armenia 68.68%
21 Panama 66.84%
22 Georgia 65.86%
23 St. Kitts and Nevis 65.03%
24 Saudi Arabia 64.31%
25 Kosovo 59.94%
26 South Africa 59.19%
27 Tunisia 57.64%
28 Ecuador 57.64%
29 Grenada 57.54%
30 West Bank and Gaza 56.44%
31 Paraguay 55.69%
32 El Salvador 55.00%
33 Morocco 53.49%
34 Cabo Verde 53.44%
35 North Macedonia 53.30%
36 Philippines 52.11%
37 Bolivia 51.75%
38 St. Lucia 51.74%
39 Montenegro 50.94%
40 Trinidad and Tobago 50.29%
41 Costa Rica 50.04%
42 Mongolia 48.52%
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.14%
44 Namibia 46.13%
45 Jamaica 45.73%
46 United States 44.51%
47 India 44.03%
48 Belize 42.86%
49 Colombia 39.83%
50 Brunei Darussalam 39.07%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

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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