Domestic credit to private sector in Jamaica in 2024 was 49.85% of GDP. In 2023, the value was amounted to 49.14% of GDP. This is the first year of growth after a decline. Since 1960, for the whole period of data from IMF, this indicator has increased in 3.17 times. The lowest domestic credit to private sector as a share of GDP in Jamaica was recorded in 2001, with a value of 12.95%. The highest value was in 2020, when it reached 56.86% of GDP.
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.
Domestic credit to private sector | Jamaica – yearly data, chart and table
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World bank,
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IMF
World bank
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OECD
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IMF
https://www.imf.org
https://www.imf.org
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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.
