Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Malta
Malta: Monetary Sector credit to private sector was 61.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Malta, 2005–2024
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, monetary sector credit to private sector in Malta stood at 61.7%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, monetary sector credit to private sector in Malta peaked at 121.6% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 61.7%, in 2024.
Malta ranks 47th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Monetary Sector credit to private sector in Malta, year by year
| Year | % GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 97.7% | — |
| 2006 | 106.9% | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 108.6% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 114.4% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 121.6% | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 115.0% | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 116.9% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 108.6% | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 99.9% | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 94.5% | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 83.4% | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 79.3% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 70.9% | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 69.1% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 69.5% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 75.1% | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 68.4% | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 68.9% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 64.2% | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 61.7% | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 109.9% | 97.7% | 121.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 90.7% | 69.1% | 116.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.7% | 61.7% | 75.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More financial sector data for Malta
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 33,687 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7652 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 420,000 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 38.27 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 786.42 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 1.09 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.13 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 1.13 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,944 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is monetary sector credit to private sector in Malta?
- Monetary sector credit to private sector in Malta was 61.7% in 2024, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest monetary sector credit to private sector recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 121.6% in 2009.
- What is the lowest monetary sector credit to private sector recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.7% in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for monetary sector credit to private sector?
- Malta ranks 47th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is monetary sector credit to private sector rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta 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.