Domestic Credit to Private Sector

The World Bank calculates domestic credit to the private sector as a percentage of gross domestic product Domestic credit to the private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by financial firms, for example through loans, non-equity purchases and credit commercial. For some countries domestic credit to the private sector also includes credit to public enterprises. Financial corporations include monetary authorities and depository banks, as well as other financial corporations for which data is available. Examples of other finance companies are leasing companies, money lenders, insurance companies, pension funds and exchange companies. The data analyzed refer to the period between 2013 and 2021. Only countries with a complete historical series in the analyzed period were taken into consideration.