Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in Suriname
Suriname: Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP was 19.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in Suriname, 1967–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 19.6% for private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in 2021.
That represents a change of down 19.6% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in Suriname peaked at 42.2% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 1995.
Suriname ranks 146th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in Suriname, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 11.9% | — |
| 1968 | 12.9% | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 14.7% | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 16.6% | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 17.5% | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 18.8% | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 17.9% | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 18.2% | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 16.8% | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 22.7% | +35.0% |
| 1977 | 22.1% | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 24.5% | +10.7% |
| 1979 | 26.9% | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 29.0% | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 30.7% | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 33.6% | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 35.1% | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 36.3% | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 39.5% | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 40.8% | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 39.4% | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 39.8% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 42.2% | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 37.4% | -11.3% |
| 1991 | 40.4% | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 40.6% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 21.5% | -47.1% |
| 1994 | 8.2% | -61.9% |
| 1995 | 6.6% | -19.6% |
| 1996 | 13.2% | +100.1% |
| 1997 | 17.1% | +29.9% |
| 1998 | 17.8% | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 14.0% | -21.4% |
| 2000 | 7.5% | -46.7% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 15.6% | +93.3% |
| 2003 | 17.1% | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 18.6% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 19.2% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 16.6% | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 19.9% | +19.4% |
| 2008 | 22.3% | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 24.3% | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 23.9% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 23.6% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 24.1% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 27.7% | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 29.7% | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 33.7% | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 36.3% | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 28.2% | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 24.2% | -14.2% |
| 2019 | 23.2% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 24.4% | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 19.6% | -19.6% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 19.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.7%, 39% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 19.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50.9%, 38% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP in Suriname 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +100.1% | 6.6% | 13.2% |
| 2002 | +93.3% | 8.1% | 15.6% |
| 1994 | -61.9% | 21.5% | 8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.2% | 11.9% | 14.7% | 3 |
| 1970s | 20.2% | 16.6% | 26.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.6% | 29.0% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.7% | 6.6% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.9% | 7.5% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.5% | 23.2% | 36.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.0% | 19.6% | 24.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 143 Syrian Arab Republic 20.7% compare
- 144 Eswatini 19.9% compare
- 145 Solomon Islands 19.7% compare
- 147 Sao Tome and Principe 18.8% compare
- 148 Djibouti 18.7% compare
- 149 Eritrea 18.6% compare
More financial sector data for Suriname
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 4.17 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 3.05 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 4.17 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in Suriname?
- Private credit by deposit money banks to gdp in Suriname was 19.6% 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 42.2% in 1989.
- What is the lowest private credit by deposit money banks to gdp recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 1995.
- How does Suriname rank for private credit by deposit money banks to gdp?
- Suriname ranks 146th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
- Is private credit by deposit money banks to gdp rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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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About this data
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).