Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in El Salvador

El Salvador: Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP was 53.1% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
53.1%
Change on year
down 9.0%
World rank
79th
of 187 countries
All-time high
58.3%
in 2020
All-time low
16.8%
in 1990
Years of data
57
1965–2021

Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in El Salvador, 1965–2021

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Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 53.1% for private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in 2021.

The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in El Salvador peaked at 58.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.8%, in 1990.

El Salvador ranks 79th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.

Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP (%) in El Salvador, 1965 to 2021.
Year % Change
1965 19.6%
1966 19.9% +1.5%
1967 19.3% -3.0%
1968 19.0% -1.6%
1969 20.3% +6.5%
1970 20.2% -0.2%
1971 21.6% +6.7%
1972 22.8% +5.5%
1973 25.2% +10.6%
1974 25.7% +2.1%
1975 24.0% -6.9%
1976 23.2% -3.1%
1977 22.4% -3.5%
1978 24.5% +9.3%
1979 24.6% +0.4%
1980 23.8% -3.2%
1981 26.1% +9.8%
1982 30.1% +15.3%
1983 32.3% +7.3%
1984 33.4% +3.3%
1985 41.5% +24.5%
1986 25.9% -37.6%
1987 26.9% +3.7%
1988 28.8% +7.2%
1989 30.1% +4.4%
1990 16.8% -44.0%
1991 18.0% +6.9%
1992 20.1% +11.4%
1993 22.4% +11.5%
1994 32.6% +45.9%
1995 37.1% +13.9%
1996 39.6% +6.7%
1997 43.9% +10.7%
1998 46.0% +4.7%
1999 48.3% +5.1%
2000 50.3% +4.1%
2001 45.1% -10.4%
2002 44.7% -0.8%
2003 46.8% +4.7%
2004 47.4% +1.2%
2005 49.1% +3.6%
2006 49.4% +0.7%
2007 50.7% +2.5%
2008 50.0% -1.4%
2009 49.1% -1.8%
2010 46.9% -4.5%
2011 44.8% -4.5%
2012 44.2% -1.3%
2013 46.4% +5.1%
2014 47.2% +1.8%
2015 47.8% +1.1%
2016 48.7% +2.1%
2017 49.8% +2.2%
2018 51.0% +2.5%
2019 52.3% +2.4%
2020 58.3% +11.6%
2021 53.1% -9.0%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 53.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.7%, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 53.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50.9%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1990 -44.0% 30.1% 16.8%
1994 +45.9% 22.4% 32.6%
1986 -37.6% 41.5% 25.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 19.7% 19.0% 20.3% 5
1970s 23.4% 20.2% 25.7% 10
1980s 29.9% 23.8% 41.5% 10
1990s 32.5% 16.8% 48.3% 10
2000s 48.2% 44.7% 50.7% 10
2010s 47.9% 44.2% 52.3% 10
2020s 55.7% 53.1% 58.3% 2

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Frequently asked questions

What is private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in El Salvador?
Private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in El Salvador was 53.1% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest private credit by deposit money banks to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 58.3% in 2020.
What is the lowest private credit by deposit money banks to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 16.8% in 1990.
How does El Salvador rank for private credit by deposit money banks to gdp?
El Salvador ranks 79th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
Is private credit by deposit money banks to gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 8,608 data points, 1960–2021
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Private credit by deposit money banks and other financial institutions to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is credit to the private sector, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Private credit by deposit money banks (IFS line 22d); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).