Domestic credit to private sector in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Domestic credit to private sector was 42.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Domestic credit to private sector in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 2008–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) recorded 42.2% for domestic credit to private sector in 2025.
That represents a change of up 11.4% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit to private sector in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 56.2% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 37.9%, in 2024.
That places Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 30th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Domestic credit to private sector in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 42.3% | — |
| 2009 | 43.7% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 47.7% | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 50.0% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 51.1% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 54.5% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 56.2% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 54.3% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 55.2% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 54.2% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 50.7% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 48.5% | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 55.1% | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 51.3% | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 42.5% | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 40.3% | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 37.9% | -6.0% |
| 2025 | 42.2% | +11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.0% | 42.3% | 43.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 52.2% | 47.7% | 56.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.9% | 37.9% | 55.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- 27 Nepal 90.5% compare
- 28 South Africa 89.4% compare
- 29 Iceland 89.2% compare
- 30 Luxembourg 85.1% compare
- 31 Netherlands 82.3% compare
- 32 Austria 81.8% compare
- 33 Honduras 78.5% compare
More financial sector data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 33.9% (2025)
- Net migration 1.29 million (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate 75.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 9.9% (2025)
- Broad money 40.6% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 33.7% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 5.49 (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 9.8 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic credit to private sector in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Domestic credit to private sector in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 42.2% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit to private sector recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 56.2% in 2014.
- What is the lowest domestic credit to private sector recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.9% in 2024.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for domestic credit to private sector?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit to private sector rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.