Australia vs Sweden: Domestic credit to private sector
Domestic credit to private sector over time
- Australia
- Sweden
How they compare
Australia currently reports 133.8% against 125.3% in Sweden, a difference of 8.5%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sweden ahead.
Australia ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 13th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.0% | 37.4% | 16.4% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 26.7% | 36.8% | 10.1% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 36.7% | 39.1% | 2.4% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 69.1% | 39.0% | 30.2% | Australia |
| 2000s | 105.4% | 95.7% | 9.7% | Australia |
| 2010s | 131.3% | 129.3% | 2.0% | Australia |
| 2020s | 134.0% | 133.2% | 0.8% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic credit to private sector, Australia or Sweden?
- Australia, at 133.8% against 125.3% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector between Australia and Sweden?
- 8.5%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for domestic credit to private sector?
- Australia ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 13th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.