Japan vs Post-demographic dividend: Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP)
Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) over time
- Japan
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Japan currently reports 114.8% against 74.5% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 40.3%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 16th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 14th of 187 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68.6% | 44.1% | 24.5% | Japan |
| 1970s | 109.4% | 60.0% | 49.4% | Japan |
| 1980s | 134.9% | 74.8% | 60.2% | Japan |
| 1990s | 171.6% | 90.6% | 81.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 105.0% | 87.2% | 17.8% | Japan |
| 2010s | 102.3% | 85.8% | 16.5% | Japan |
| 2020s | 117.5% | 81.7% | 35.8% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher monetary sector credit to private sector, Japan or Post-demographic dividend?
- Japan, at 114.8% against 74.5% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in monetary sector credit to private sector between Japan and Post-demographic dividend?
- 40.3%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Post-demographic dividend?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for monetary sector credit to private sector?
- Japan ranks 16th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 14th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% 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, 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. 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.