Japan vs Korea: Domestic credit to private sector
Domestic credit to private sector over time
- Japan
- Korea
How they compare
Japan currently reports 187.4% against 160.3% in Korea, a difference of 27.1%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Korea's.
Across all 55 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 4th and Korea ranks 6th of 187 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 118.3% | 33.1% | 85.2% | Japan |
| 1980s | 144.3% | 43.1% | 101.2% | Japan |
| 1990s | 194.4% | 51.6% | 142.7% | Japan |
| 2000s | 172.6% | 110.3% | 62.3% | Japan |
| 2010s | 161.6% | 128.5% | 33.1% | Japan |
| 2020s | 187.7% | 160.3% | 27.4% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic credit to private sector, Japan or Korea?
- Japan, at 187.4% against 160.3% in Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector between Japan and Korea?
- 27.1%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Korea?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Korea rank globally for domestic credit to private sector?
- Japan ranks 4th and Korea ranks 6th 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.