Nicaragua - Domestic credit provided by banking sector

Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP)

Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP) in Nicaragua was 38.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 72.34 in 2002, while its lowest value was 38.26 in 2020.

Definition: Domestic credit provided by the financial sector includes all credit to various sectors on a gross basis, with the exception of credit to the central government, which is net. The financial sector includes 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
2001 72.22
2002 72.34
2003 71.64
2004 64.99
2005 61.64
2006 58.33
2007 59.47
2008 54.86
2009 53.38
2010 50.26
2011 46.31
2012 45.97
2013 48.55
2014 46.89
2015 47.83
2016 49.28
2017 51.46
2018 49.52
2019 42.80
2020 38.26

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Assets