Saint Lucia vs Trinidad and Tobago: Domestic credit to private sector
Domestic credit to private sector over time
- Saint Lucia
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 51.7% against 50.4% in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 1.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Saint Lucia ahead.
Saint Lucia ranks 75th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 77th of 187 countries.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Lucia | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35.3% | 30.4% | 4.8% | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 45.9% | 31.3% | 14.6% | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 70.1% | 36.5% | 33.6% | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 74.4% | 32.7% | 41.7% | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 57.3% | 44.8% | 12.5% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic credit to private sector, Saint Lucia or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Saint Lucia, at 51.7% against 50.4% in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2025.
- What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector between Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 1.3%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
- How do Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for domestic credit to private sector?
- Saint Lucia ranks 75th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 77th 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.