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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Switzerland's domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) rose 2.9 percentage points on 2024 (from 149.68% to 152.58%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.09 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 15.06 percentage points in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.05 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 9% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2025, Switzerland had the 3rd 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 Switzerland in the 2025 ranking

• Hong Kong SAR, China — 1st of 110: 222.65%
• Australia — 3rd of 110: 133.79%
• New Zealand — 4th of 110: 129.68%
• Qatar — 5th of 110: 126.24%

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 66 values

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

• Albania — 34.03% (2025)
• Armenia — 68.68% (2025)
• Austria — 81.5% (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 22.84% (2025)
• Belarus — 24.11% (2021)
• Belgium — 66.79% (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 46.14% (2025)
• Bulgaria — 47.03% (2024)
• Croatia — 46.84% (2024)
• Cyprus

More financial sector data for Switzerland

• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 1.46 trillion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 744.57 billion (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 152.59% (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 105.67 (2025)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 0.15% (2025)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — -0.47% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 152.59% (2025)
• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 107.36 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$0.83 (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

152.58% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 66.09 percentage points from 86.49% in 1960. The highest value was 167.06% in 2020 and the lowest 68.36% in 1974.

How does Switzerland rank?

3rd highest of 110 economies with data for 2025.

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

In 2025, Switzerland's domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) rose 2.9 percentage points on 2024 (from 149.68% to 152.58%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.09 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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