Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Austria
Austria: Monetary Sector credit to private sector was 81.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Austria, 2001–2024
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, monetary sector credit to private sector in Austria stood at 81.8%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, monetary sector credit to private sector in Austria peaked at 99.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 81.8%, in 2024.
Austria ranks 28th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Austria, year by year
| Year | % GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 90.2% | — |
| 2002 | 89.2% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 88.3% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 88.4% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 95.0% | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 95.1% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 93.5% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 96.4% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 98.3% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 99.1% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 96.7% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 94.8% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 93.3% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 88.4% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 86.4% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 83.6% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 84.7% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 84.9% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 86.3% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 93.1% | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 93.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 89.2% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 84.1% | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 81.8% | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.7% | 88.3% | 98.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 89.8% | 83.6% | 99.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.2% | 81.8% | 93.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More financial sector data for Austria
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 64,020 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.1 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -0.4662 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 315.11 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 28.71 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 3.51 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 10.31 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 39.02 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 38.65 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 4,197 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is monetary sector credit to private sector in Austria?
- Monetary sector credit to private sector in Austria was 81.8% in 2024, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest monetary sector credit to private sector recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 99.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest monetary sector credit to private sector recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.8% in 2024.
- How does Austria rank for monetary sector credit to private sector?
- Austria ranks 28th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is monetary sector credit to private sector rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria 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.