Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) in Low income
Low income: Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) was 13.4% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Low income, 1963–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % GDP.
Analysis
Low income recorded 13.4% for monetary sector credit to private sector in 2021. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, monetary sector credit to private sector in Low income peaked at 12.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 1994.
That places Low income 47th out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) in Low income, year by year
| Year | % GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 5.8% | — |
| 1964 | 7.2% | +24.4% |
| 1965 | 6.5% | -10.0% |
| 1966 | 6.7% | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 6.7% | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 6.6% | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 6.3% | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 6.5% | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 6.2% | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 6.6% | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 7.0% | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 7.4% | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 7.6% | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 7.3% | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 7.2% | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 7.8% | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 7.8% | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 7.9% | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 7.6% | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 7.4% | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 7.6% | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 7.5% | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 7.0% | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 7.3% | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 7.7% | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 6.2% | -19.4% |
| 1989 | 6.0% | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 5.8% | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 5.4% | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 6.1% | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 6.0% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 5.4% | -11.2% |
| 1995 | 5.8% | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 7.0% | +21.7% |
| 1997 | 7.4% | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 8.0% | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 8.2% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 6.7% | -18.6% |
| 2001 | 7.1% | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 7.9% | +11.5% |
| 2004 | 8.4% | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 10.2% | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 10.2% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 10.0% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 12.4% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 13.4% | +7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.5% | 5.8% | 7.2% | 7 |
| 1970s | 7.1% | 6.2% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.2% | 6.0% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.5% | 5.4% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.0% | 6.7% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 9.6% | 12.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 12.9% | 12.4% | 13.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More financial sector data for Low income
- Broad money 22.6% (2015)
- Net migration 160,831 (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate 217.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 12.6% (2020)
- Claims on central government, etc. 7.1% (2020)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 12.4% (2020)
- Total reserves in months of imports 3.28 (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 11.57 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is monetary sector credit to private sector in Low income?
- Monetary sector credit to private sector in Low income was 13.4% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest monetary sector credit to private sector recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 12.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest monetary sector credit to private sector recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 1994.
- How does Low income rank for monetary sector credit to private sector?
- Low income ranks 47th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is monetary sector credit to private sector rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income 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.