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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).
As of 2021, Hong Kong ranks first with 260.01%, followed by Macau (238.19%) and China (178.13%).
Across 137 countries and territories, values run from 260.01% (Hong Kong) to 6.62% (Sudan), with a median of 50.21%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 3 from Europe and 2 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP (%), 2021. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Private credit by deposit money banks to GDP (%) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026