Saudi Arabia: Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP)

Key figures

Since 1960 it is up 57.33 percentage points from 6.98% 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, Saudi Arabia's domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) rose 4.64 percentage points on 2024 (from 59.67% to 64.31%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was +1.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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 10.2 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.47 percentage points in 2010. 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

In 2025, Saudi Arabia had the 27th highest value of the 110 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Saudi Arabia in the 2025 ranking

• Panama — 23rd of 110: 66.84%
• Georgia — 24th of 110: 66.57%
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 25th of 110: 65.03%
• Kosovo — 27th of 110: 59.94%
• South Africa — 28th of 110: 59.19%
• Tunisia — 29th of 110: 57.64%

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 Saudi Arabia

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 97.69 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$3.75 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$3.75 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — -2.57% (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 137.21 (2025)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 2.04% (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 2 trillion (2017)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 50.14% (2017)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 1.81 trillion (2017)

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Questions people ask

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

64.31% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 57.33 percentage points from 6.98% in 1960. The highest value was 64.31% in 2025 and the lowest 2.75% in 1974.

How does Saudi Arabia rank?

27th highest of 110 economies with data for 2025.

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

In 2025, Saudi Arabia's domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) rose 4.64 percentage points on 2024 (from 59.67% to 64.31%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2024), the average change was +1.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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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