Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Domestic credit to private sector by banks was 32.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Caribbean Small States, 1967–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, domestic credit to private sector by banks in Caribbean Small States stood at 32.7%.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit to private sector by banks in Caribbean Small States peaked at 50.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 1967.
Caribbean Small States ranks 34th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 14.9% | — |
| 1968 | 15.1% | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 30.5% | +101.6% |
| 1970 | 33.2% | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 26.8% | -19.3% |
| 1972 | 29.0% | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 31.7% | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 22.1% | -30.3% |
| 1975 | 22.4% | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 24.6% | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 25.8% | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 27.8% | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 26.3% | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 24.2% | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 26.3% | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 27.3% | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 31.0% | +13.4% |
| 1984 | 31.4% | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 31.2% | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 32.0% | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 33.0% | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 33.6% | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 33.5% | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 33.1% | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 35.4% | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 35.9% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 36.6% | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 34.8% | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 36.9% | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 38.6% | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 38.8% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 40.3% | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 40.2% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 40.4% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 47.6% | +17.9% |
| 2002 | 47.3% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 44.2% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 44.4% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 43.6% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 43.1% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 43.7% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 41.1% | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 48.9% | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 42.3% | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 40.3% | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 42.1% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 41.6% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 41.1% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 43.3% | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 45.2% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 43.9% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 43.4% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 43.6% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 50.4% | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 43.1% | -14.6% |
| 2022 | 36.2% | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 37.4% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 33.5% | -10.4% |
| 2025 | 32.7% | -2.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Caribbean Small States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +101.6% | 15.1% | 30.5% |
| 1974 | -30.3% | 31.7% | 22.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.2% | 14.9% | 30.5% | 3 |
| 1970s | 27.0% | 22.1% | 33.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.4% | 24.2% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.1% | 33.1% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.4% | 40.4% | 48.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.7% | 40.3% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.9% | 32.7% | 50.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More financial sector data for Caribbean Small States
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -27.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 3.57 (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 32.7% (2025)
- Broad money 53.5% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 11.5% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 34.4% (2025)
- Net migration -5,294 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -7.27 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic credit to private sector by banks in Caribbean Small States?
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Caribbean Small States was 32.7% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit to private sector by banks recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 50.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest domestic credit to private sector by banks recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 1967.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for domestic credit to private sector by banks?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 34th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit to private sector by banks rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Domestic credit to private sector by banks refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by other depository corporations (deposit taking corporations except central banks), 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.