Domestic credit to private sector in Argentina
Argentina: Domestic credit to private sector was 17.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Domestic credit to private sector in Argentina, 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for domestic credit to private sector in Argentina is 17.6%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 16.4% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit to private sector in Argentina peaked at 39.7% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2004.
Argentina ranks 150th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Domestic credit to private sector in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13.6% | — |
| 1961 | 14.1% | +3.5% |
| 1962 | 12.0% | -14.7% |
| 1963 | 11.5% | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 10.6% | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 10.1% | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 11.1% | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 10.9% | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 13.9% | +26.7% |
| 1969 | 16.0% | +15.2% |
| 1970 | 17.5% | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 18.0% | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 17.6% | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 16.7% | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 19.2% | +14.8% |
| 1975 | 16.4% | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 13.6% | -17.5% |
| 1977 | 18.4% | +35.5% |
| 1978 | 20.6% | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 24.1% | +17.0% |
| 1980 | 25.4% | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 33.6% | +32.1% |
| 1982 | 33.9% | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 28.1% | -17.1% |
| 1984 | 25.0% | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 17.4% | -30.5% |
| 1986 | 16.9% | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 21.3% | +26.0% |
| 1988 | 20.3% | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 39.7% | +95.3% |
| 1990 | 15.6% | -60.7% |
| 1991 | 12.6% | -19.3% |
| 1992 | 15.4% | +22.7% |
| 1993 | 18.3% | +18.4% |
| 1994 | 20.3% | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 20.0% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 20.2% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 21.9% | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 24.2% | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 24.9% | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 23.9% | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 20.8% | -12.8% |
| 2002 | 15.3% | -26.4% |
| 2003 | 10.8% | -29.8% |
| 2004 | 9.7% | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 10.7% | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 11.9% | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 13.1% | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 12.3% | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 12.7% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 14.0% | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 13.8% | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 14.4% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 13.7% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | +16.8% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 12.9% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 15.4% | +19.1% |
| 2024 | 15.1% | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 17.6% | +16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.4% | 10.1% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 18.2% | 13.6% | 24.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.2% | 16.9% | 39.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.3% | 12.6% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.1% | 9.7% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.4% | 12.7% | 16.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 15.0% | 12.9% | 17.6% | 6 |
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- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic credit to private sector in Argentina?
- Domestic credit to private sector in Argentina was 17.6% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit to private sector recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 39.7% in 1989.
- What is the lowest domestic credit to private sector recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2004.
- How does Argentina rank for domestic credit to private sector?
- Argentina ranks 150th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit to private sector rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.