Bahamas vs Costa Rica: Domestic credit to private sector

Bahamas
51.9%
in 2016
Costa Rica
51.0%
in 2025
Bahamas rank
73rd
Costa Rica rank
76th

Domestic credit to private sector over time

  • Bahamas
  • Costa Rica
0204060197319992025

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 51.9% against 51.0% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 73rd and Costa Rica ranks 76th of 187 countries.

Bahamas has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahamas Costa Rica Difference Ahead
2000s 58.7% 42.9% 15.8% Bahamas
2010s 59.9% 50.6% 9.3% Bahamas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher domestic credit to private sector, Bahamas or Costa Rica?
Bahamas, at 51.9% against 51.0% in Costa Rica as of 2016.
What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector between Bahamas and Costa Rica?
0.9%, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Costa Rica?
12 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2016.
How do Bahamas and Costa Rica rank globally for domestic credit to private sector?
Bahamas ranks 73rd and Costa Rica ranks 76th 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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Indicator
Domestic credit to private sector (% 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, 9,901 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.