Jamaica vs Sri Lanka: Domestic credit to private sector
Domestic credit to private sector over time
- Jamaica
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 47.0% against 45.9% in Jamaica, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 86th and Sri Lanka ranks 84th of 187 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 4 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.3% | 9.3% | 8.1% | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 26.1% | 14.7% | 11.4% | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 28.7% | 19.9% | 8.8% | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 23.1% | 20.7% | 2.4% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 22.2% | 31.1% | 8.9% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 32.3% | 38.0% | 5.6% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic credit to private sector, Jamaica or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 47.0% against 45.9% in Jamaica as of 2019.
- What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector between Jamaica and Sri Lanka?
- 1.1%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Sri Lanka?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2019.
- How do Jamaica and Sri Lanka rank globally for domestic credit to private sector?
- Jamaica ranks 86th and Sri Lanka ranks 84th 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.