Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (Domestic International) in Palestine
Palestine: Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (Domestic International) was 56.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Domestic credit to private sector in Palestine, 1998–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 56.5% for domestic credit to private sector in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 73.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit to private sector in Palestine peaked at 58.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.6%, in 2008.
Palestine ranks 65th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (Domestic International) in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 18.0% | — |
| 1999 | 21.4% | +18.5% |
| 2000 | 21.5% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 21.4% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 24.2% | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 21.7% | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 23.1% | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 26.4% | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 26.2% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 22.9% | -12.8% |
| 2008 | 17.6% | -23.2% |
| 2009 | 19.5% | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 21.4% | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 23.0% | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 24.0% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 24.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 27.3% | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 32.6% | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 36.5% | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 41.7% | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 44.8% | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 44.9% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 52.2% | +16.3% |
| 2021 | 47.3% | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 47.7% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 52.7% | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 58.6% | +11.2% |
| 2025 | 56.5% | -3.7% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 56.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24.7%, 2.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 56.5% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 56.5%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 18.0% | 21.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.5% | 17.6% | 26.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.0% | 21.4% | 44.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.5% | 47.3% | 58.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More financial sector data for Palestine
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 23.12 % change on previous year (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 domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7396 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 2,345 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), annual growth rate 27.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.6879 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), per capita 2,181 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -0.0475 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic credit to private sector in Palestine?
- Domestic credit to private sector in Palestine was 56.5% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit to private sector recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 58.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest domestic credit to private sector recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.6% in 2008.
- How does Palestine rank for domestic credit to private sector?
- Palestine ranks 65th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit to private sector rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.