Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Nepal: Monetary Sector credit to private sector
Monetary Sector credit to private sector over time
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 90.5% against 47.3% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 43.2%.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.9 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 25th and Nepal ranks 24th of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 4 and Nepal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.4% | 1.6% | 14.8% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1970s | 30.7% | 4.5% | 26.2% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 37.5% | 9.7% | 27.8% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 32.2% | 20.0% | 12.2% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 23.4% | 34.6% | 11.2% | Nepal |
| 2010s | 41.4% | 60.6% | 19.1% | Nepal |
| 2020s | 45.8% | 93.3% | 47.5% | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher monetary sector credit to private sector, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 90.5% against 47.3% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in monetary sector credit to private sector between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Nepal?
- 43.2%, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Nepal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Nepal rank globally for monetary sector credit to private sector?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 25th and Nepal ranks 24th of 47 groups.
- 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.