Arab World: Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP)

Key figures

Since 1960 it is up 41.1 percentage points from 12.87% in 1960. The World Bank has no value for 4 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2025, Arab World's domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) rose 2.72 percentage points on 2024 (from 51.26% to 53.98%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was +0.77 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.58 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.02 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.54 percentage points in 1990. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

Domestic credit to private sector by banks refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by other depository corporations (deposit taking corporations except central banks), 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.

Limitations: Credit to the private sector may sometimes include credit to state-owned or partially state-owned enterprises.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 62 values

Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 2.99% (2020)
• Algeria — 19.56% (2025)
• Bahrain — 70.55% (2015)
• Djibouti — 25.16% (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 25.84% (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 57.83% (2016)
• Iraq — 13.99% (2024)
• Israel — 72.47% (2025)
• Jordan — 71.23% (2025)
• Kuwait

More financial sector data for Arab World

• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 2.7% (2025)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 15.68% (2018)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 51.74% (2017)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 80.73% (2017)
• Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 53.31% (2017)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 1.77% (2025)
• Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) — 22.53% (2024)
• Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) — 10.98% (2025)
• Listed domestic companies, total — 1,487 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Arab World's domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP)?

53.98% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 41.1 percentage points from 12.87% in 1960. The highest value was 53.98% in 2025 and the lowest 10.98% in 1974.

Is the latest change in domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) unusual for Arab World?

In 2025, Arab World's domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) rose 2.72 percentage points on 2024 (from 51.26% to 53.98%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was +0.77 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.58 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FD.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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