Mauritania - Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) in Mauritania was 22.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 24.48 in 1990, while its lowest value was 2.18 in 1966.

Definition: Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by financial corporations, 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. The financial corporations include monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1962 3.23
1963 2.32
1964 2.28
1965 2.44
1966 2.18
1967 3.74
1968 5.25
1969 6.63
1970 9.04
1971 8.63
1972 9.37
1973 13.00
1974 11.44
1975 19.00
1976 18.80
1977 22.16
1978 23.84
1979 20.34
1980 20.95
1981 21.10
1982 22.23
1983 21.72
1984 21.87
1985 21.39
1986 19.79
1987 19.35
1988 19.59
1989 19.36
1990 24.48
1991 18.56
2005 18.40
2006 14.62
2007 16.30
2008 19.21
2009 19.98
2010 18.28
2011 16.59
2012 16.77
2013 18.35
2014 19.52
2015 21.12
2016 20.30
2017 21.07
2018 22.40
2019 22.74

Development Relevance: Private sector development and investment - tapping private sector initiative and investment for socially useful purposes - are critical for poverty reduction. In parallel with public sector efforts, private investment, especially in competitive markets, has tremendous potential to contribute to growth. Private markets are the engine of productivity growth, creating productive jobs and higher incomes. And with government playing a complementary role of regulation, funding, and service provision, private initiative and investment can help provide the basic services and conditions that empower poor people - by improving health, education, and infrastructure.

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

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Credit is an important link in money transmission; it finances production, consumption, and capital formation, which in turn affect economic activity. The data on domestic credit provided to the private sector are taken from the financial corporations survey (line 52D) of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) International Financial Statistics or, when unavailable, from its depository survey (line 32D). The banking sector includes monetary authorities (the central bank) and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including institutions that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Assets