Nepal vs South Asia: Domestic credit to private sector
Domestic credit to private sector over time
- Nepal
- South Asia
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 90.5% against 43.5% in South Asia, a difference of 47.0%.
That makes Nepal's figure about 2.1 times South Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Asia ahead.
Nepal ranks 27th and South Asia ranks 28th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 2 and South Asia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | South Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.6% | 9.0% | 7.4% | South Asia |
| 1970s | 4.5% | 14.5% | 10.0% | South Asia |
| 1980s | 9.9% | 22.6% | 12.8% | South Asia |
| 1990s | 20.0% | 23.2% | 3.2% | South Asia |
| 2000s | 34.6% | 37.4% | 2.8% | South Asia |
| 2010s | 60.6% | 45.9% | 14.7% | Nepal |
| 2020s | 93.3% | 40.7% | 52.7% | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic credit to private sector, Nepal or South Asia?
- Nepal, at 90.5% against 43.5% in South Asia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector between Nepal and South Asia?
- 47.0%, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and South Asia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Nepal and South Asia rank globally for domestic credit to private sector?
- Nepal ranks 27th and South Asia ranks 28th 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.