Malawi vs Sierra Leone: Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP
Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP over time
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 7.4% against 6.8% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 180th and Sierra Leone ranks 183rd of 187 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.4% | 5.5% | 2.0% | Malawi |
| 1970s | 12.3% | 6.0% | 6.3% | Malawi |
| 1980s | 5.4% | 5.1% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1990s | 3.3% | 2.9% | 0.4% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 3.5% | 0.1% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 9.0% | 5.9% | 3.1% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher private credit by deposit money banks to gdp, Malawi or Sierra Leone?
- Malawi, at 7.4% against 6.8% in Sierra Leone as of 2016.
- What is the difference in private credit by deposit money banks to gdp between Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 0.6%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2016.
- How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for private credit by deposit money banks to gdp?
- Malawi ranks 180th and Sierra Leone ranks 183rd of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Private credit by deposit money banks and other financial institutions to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is credit to the private sector, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Private credit by deposit money banks (IFS line 22d); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).