Central Europe and the Baltics: Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Central Europe and the Baltics' monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) fell 0.63 percentage points on 2023 (from 37.59% to 36.96%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.29 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 8.21 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.87 percentage points in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.22 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 35.33% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 4.03%, against 5.84% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

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What this measures

Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector, 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.

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

All 32 values

Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 3.1% (2020)
• Algeria — 19.59% (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 — 71.31% (2025)
• Kuwait

More financial sector data for Central Europe and the Baltics

• Broad money (% of GDP) — 66.16% (2024)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 36.93% (2024)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 3.81% (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 3.84% (2025)
• Listed domestic companies, total — 1,217 (2025)
• Stocks traded, total value (current US$) — US$145.95 billion (2025)
• Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — 6.04% (2025)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 11.15% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Central Europe and the Baltics's monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP)?

36.96% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is up 8.22 percentage points from 28.74% in 1993. The highest value was 51.97% in 2011 and the lowest 18.44% in 2002.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.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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