Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Monetary Sector credit to private sector was 3.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Afghanistan, 2006–2020
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % GDP.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 3.1% for monetary sector credit to private sector in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 73.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, monetary sector credit to private sector in Afghanistan peaked at 11.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2020.
Afghanistan ranks 185th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | % GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4.8% | — |
| 2007 | 6.8% | +41.2% |
| 2008 | 9.4% | +37.3% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 5.0% | -57.2% |
| 2012 | 4.5% | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.9% | 4.8% | 10.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 3.2% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More financial sector data for Afghanistan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita -2,032 current LCU per person (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP -3.98 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -8.19 % change on previous year (2020)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 24.61 million SDR (2020)
- Gold reserves at market value 923.06 million SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 5.81 billion SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.85 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 6.77 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 6.76 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 173.12 SDR per person (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is monetary sector credit to private sector in Afghanistan?
- Monetary sector credit to private sector in Afghanistan was 3.1% in 2020, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest monetary sector credit to private sector recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2010.
- What is the lowest monetary sector credit to private sector recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2020.
- How does Afghanistan rank for monetary sector credit to private sector?
- Afghanistan ranks 185th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is monetary sector credit to private sector rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% 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, 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.