Costa Rica vs Saudi Arabia: Domestic credit to private sector
Domestic credit to private sector over time
- Costa Rica
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 51.0% against 50.1% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.9%.
Across all 13 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 76th and Saudi Arabia ranks 78th of 187 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.9% | 37.9% | 5.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 51.8% | 43.4% | 8.4% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic credit to private sector, Costa Rica or Saudi Arabia?
- Costa Rica, at 51.0% against 50.1% in Saudi Arabia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector between Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.9%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2017.
- How do Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia rank globally for domestic credit to private sector?
- Costa Rica ranks 76th and Saudi Arabia ranks 78th 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.