United States

Private-sector credit

Name: Private-sector credit data for United States
Creator: World Bank
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Credit extended to the private sector.

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Source: World Bank · FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS:US

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Private-sector credit - United States in United States was 201.2% on January 1, 2024, higher by 5.6% (+2.9%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in % of gdp.

Latest201.22%

YoY+2.87%

10Y Avg196.87%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Min71.05%

Mean135.46%

Max223.84%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Tier 1 - critical

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World Bank Open Data

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FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS:US

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Stored · 2024-01-01

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ComparabilityReal, nominal, and chain measures are not interchangeable: Use real growth for cycle analysis, nominal levels for revenue/size questions, and PPP or per-capita variants for welfare comparisons.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Provider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 65 observations available; latest observation 2024-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-14T22:41:57.664Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 35/100. This provider currently exposes only the latest published values in Macro by Mark.

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CitationPrivate-sector credit - United States (World Bank Indicators: FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS, United States, retrieved Jun 14, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 14, 2026

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SourceInternational 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)

CategoryFinancial Sector ; Private Sector

FrequencyAnnual

Unit% of GDP

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Platform last fetchJune 14, 2026

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About this series

Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

The reading right now

As of January 2024, Private-sector credit for United States stood at 201.2%. That is up 5.6 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 204.8%, ranging from a low of 190.9% in January 2022 to a high of 223.8% in January 2021. The current reading sits 4.3 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 196.9%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.