🏧 Most Bank Credit to the Private Sector
Loans and credit that banks extend to businesses and households, as a share of GDP.
1
🇭🇰Hong Kong
230%
2
🇺🇸United States
196%
3
🇨🇳China
194%
4
🇯🇵Japan
188%
5
🇰🇷South Korea
160%
6
🇨🇭Switzerland
150%
7
🇹🇭Thailand
146%
8
🇩🇰Denmark
144%
9
🇳🇿New Zealand
142%
10
🇲🇴Macau
130%
11
🇦🇺Australia
129%
12
🇸🇪Sweden
125%
13
🇰🇭Cambodia
125%
14
🇳🇴Norway
124%
15
🇶🇦Qatar
121%
16
🇲🇾Malaysia
116%
17
🇫🇯Fiji
115%
18
🇬🇧United Kingdom
112%
19
🇫🇷France
108%
20
🇨🇱Chile
105%
21
🇫🇮Finland
92%
22
🇳🇵Nepal
91%
23
🇮🇸Iceland
91%
24
🇿🇦South Africa
89%
25
🇱🇺Luxembourg
85%
26
🇳🇱Netherlands
82%
27
🇦🇹Austria
82%
28
🇭🇳Honduras
78%
29
🇲🇦Morocco
78%
30
🇵🇹Portugal
77%
31
🇵🇦Panama
77%
32
🇧🇷Brazil
76%
33
🇪🇸Spain
74%
34
🇯🇴Jordan
73%
35
🇼🇸Samoa
70%
36
🇲🇺Mauritius
70%
37
🇮🇱Israel
70%
38
🇧🇹Bhutan
68%
39
🇬🇪Georgia
68%
40
🇧🇪Belgium
68%
41
🇦🇲Armenia
64%
42
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
64%
43
🇸🇻El Salvador
63%
44
🇴🇲Oman
63%
45
🇲🇹Malta
62%
46
🇹🇳Tunisia
61%
47
🇪🇪Estonia
61%
48
🇮🇹Italy
60%
49
🇸🇰Slovakia
60%
50
🇧🇴Bolivia
59%
Highlights
As of 2024, Hong Kong ranks first with 230%, followed by United States (196%) and China (194%).
Across 147 countries and territories, values run from 230% (Hong Kong) to 4% (Sierra Leone), with a median of 41%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia, 2 from Europe, 1 from the Americas and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP), 2024. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026