Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

For 2025, Domestic credit to private sector (% 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 refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by financial corporations, 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. The financial corporations include monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies. 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%223United StatesUnited States: 201.27%201JapanJapan: 187.41%187New ZealandNew Zealand: 143.38%143ThailandThailand: 143.08%143AustraliaAustralia: 133.79%134QatarQatar: 126.75%127CambodiaCambodia: 121.48%121FijiFiji: 118.96%119MalaysiaMalaysia: 117.94%118Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 117.04%117ChileChile: 102.08%102
Rank Country Value
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 222.65%
2 United States 201.27%
3 Japan 187.41%
4 New Zealand 143.38%
5 Thailand 143.08%
6 Australia 133.79%
7 Qatar 126.75%
8 Cambodia 121.48%
9 Fiji 118.96%
10 Malaysia 117.94%
11 Macao SAR, China 117.04%
12 Chile 102.08%
13 Nepal 90.54%
14 Iceland 89.24%
15 Brazil 75.10%
16 Israel 72.47%
17 Bhutan 72.26%
18 Mauritius 72.03%
19 Jordan 71.31%
20 Armenia 70.54%
21 Georgia 68.42%
22 Kosovo 65.62%
23 Samoa 65.48%
24 St. Kitts and Nevis 65.03%
25 El Salvador 64.37%
26 Ecuador 58.87%
27 Tunisia 57.69%
28 Grenada 57.54%
29 West Bank and Gaza 56.45%
30 North Macedonia 56.31%
31 Paraguay 55.70%
32 Cabo Verde 54.04%
33 Philippines 52.11%
34 Bolivia 51.75%
35 St. Lucia 51.74%
36 Costa Rica 51.03%
37 Trinidad and Tobago 50.36%
38 Jamaica 45.88%
39 Turkiye 45.78%
40 India 44.03%
41 Belize 43.11%
42 Brunei Darussalam 40.15%
43 Colombia 39.86%
44 Timor-Leste 39.15%
45 Burundi 38.54%
46 Dominica 38.09%
47 Antigua and Barbuda 37.42%
48 Guatemala 37.23%
49 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 36.57%
50 Maldives 36.43%
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 (% of GDP) distribution in 2025 at 222.65%, with a lead of 21.38% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Timor-Leste at 39.15%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Haiti (3.21%), and the page currently covers 87 countries.

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