South Africa - Domestic credit to private sector

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

Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) in South Africa was 62.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 70.38 in 2007, while its lowest value was 41.50 in 1980.

Definition: 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.

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

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Year Value
1965 47.88
1966 46.02
1967 45.38
1968 46.08
1969 47.16
1970 48.90
1971 48.87
1972 48.53
1973 50.02
1974 47.59
1975 49.74
1976 47.97
1977 46.56
1978 45.65
1979 43.93
1980 41.50
1981 45.87
1982 47.20
1983 49.31
1984 52.42
1985 52.49
1986 48.89
1987 48.10
1988 51.11
1989 50.95
1990 50.80
1992 55.22
1993 48.97
1994 51.02
1995 52.03
1996 54.22
1997 55.85
1998 59.85
1999 59.76
2000 60.51
2001 66.78
2002 50.12
2003 54.06
2004 55.85
2005 58.81
2006 65.82
2007 70.38
2008 69.56
2009 66.95
2010 63.27
2011 61.42
2012 62.61
2013 61.56
2014 61.73
2015 62.51
2016 61.00
2017 60.08
2018 59.80
2019 60.44
2020 62.40

Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) in South Africa was 107.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 142.42 in 2007, while its lowest value was 53.97 in 1980.

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
1965 67.70
1966 66.03
1967 65.27
1968 63.01
1969 64.48
1970 66.40
1971 66.92
1972 65.67
1973 65.79
1974 61.86
1975 63.82
1976 61.53
1977 60.07
1978 58.97
1979 56.94
1980 53.97
1981 58.77
1982 60.57
1983 64.76
1984 67.77
1985 71.13
1986 70.46
1987 71.09
1988 72.93
1989 75.44
1990 78.47
1992 99.38
1993 95.83
1994 101.06
1995 105.01
1996 105.54
1997 102.37
1998 103.72
1999 118.17
2000 117.10
2001 121.07
2002 97.32
2003 102.77
2004 112.82
2005 122.28
2006 139.01
2007 142.42
2008 125.96
2009 121.09
2010 124.90
2011 118.72
2012 125.17
2013 126.98
2014 128.85
2015 125.88
2016 123.40
2017 125.97
2018 117.01
2019 116.13
2020 107.88

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Assets