Latin America & Caribbean vs Lebanon: Domestic credit to private sector by banks

Latin America & Caribbean
48.5%
in 2025
Lebanon
102.2%
in 2017
Latin America & Caribbean rank
23rd
Lebanon rank
21st

Domestic credit to private sector by banks over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Lebanon
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How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 102.2% against 48.5% in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 53.7%.

That makes Lebanon's figure about 2.1 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Lebanon ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 23rd and Lebanon ranks 21st of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Lebanon in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Lebanon Difference Ahead
1980s 61.1% 59.8% 1.4% Latin America & Caribbean
1990s 32.7% 59.1% 26.4% Lebanon
2000s 25.9% 74.8% 49.0% Lebanon
2010s 42.7% 91.4% 48.7% Lebanon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher domestic credit to private sector by banks, Latin America & Caribbean or Lebanon?
Lebanon, at 102.2% against 48.5% in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2017.
What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector by banks between Latin America & Caribbean and Lebanon?
53.7%, with Lebanon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Lebanon?
30 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2017.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Lebanon rank globally for domestic credit to private sector by banks?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 23rd and Lebanon ranks 21st of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 11,621 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.