Credit to Government (BIS)

Credit to Government. Bank for International Settlements — Credit statistics, 2018–2025.

Source: Bank for International Settlements — Credit statistics Licence: BIS terms — public data Unit: % of GDP Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)
72.0
-0.10pp vs 2024
Improving
15
of 28 tracked
Declining
6
period over period
Stable
7
±0.5pp band

Credit to Government

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2018–2025.

57.171.786.3100.9115.5 20182019202020212022202320242025
Europe & Central AsiaAmericasEast Asia & PacificMiddle East & North Africa

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇵🇱 Poland 59.2 +6.3pp
🇺🇸 United States 111 +4.8pp
🇫🇮 Finland 82.7 +4.7pp
🇮🇱 Israel 73.8 +4.6pp
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 88.8 +3.0pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇯🇵 Japan 178.8 -18.2pp
🇬🇷 Greece 147.6 -8.2pp
🇮🇪 Ireland 30.3 -5.7pp
🇵🇹 Portugal 88.2 -4.7pp
🇩🇰 Denmark 26.1 -3.6pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Middle East & North Africa +4.6pp
Americas +2.8pp
Europe & Central Asia -0.10pp
East Asia & Pacific -4.9pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
East Asia & Pacific 3 91.7 -4.9pp
Americas 3 82.5 +2.8pp
Middle East & North Africa 1 73.8 +4.6pp
Europe & Central Asia 21 67.7 -0.10pp

Credit to Government (BIS) — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

28 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntityCredit to GovernmentChange
1🇯🇵 Japan178.8-18.2pp
2🇬🇷 Greece147.6-8.2pp
3🇮🇹 Italy137.6+2.6pp
4🇺🇸 United States111+4.8pp
5🇫🇷 France108.1+0.80pp
6🇧🇪 Belgium99.9+1.6pp
7🇪🇸 Spain98.1-1.4pp
8🇨🇦 Canada96.1+2.6pp
9🇬🇧 United Kingdom88.8+3.0pp
10🇵🇹 Portugal88.2-4.7pp
11🇫🇮 Finland82.7+4.7pp
12🇦🇹 Austria75.2-0.20pp
13🇮🇱 Israel73.8+4.6pp
14🇭🇺 Hungary72.1-0.40pp
15🇵🇱 Poland59.2+6.3pp
16🇩🇪 Germany58.9-0.10pp
17🇳🇴 Norway53.9+1.2pp
18🇦🇺 Australia50.7+1.3pp
19🇰🇷 Korea, Republic of45.7+2.1pp
20🇨🇿 Czech Republic42.7+0.80pp
21🇳🇱 Netherlands41.8-0.10pp
22🇨🇱 Chile40.3+1.1pp
23🇸🇪 Sweden34+0.40pp
24🇮🇪 Ireland30.3-5.7pp
25🇨🇭 Switzerland26.2+0.40pp
26🇩🇰 Denmark26.1-3.6pp
27🇱🇺 Luxembourg25.20.00pp
28🇹🇷 Türkiye, Republic of24.2+1.2pp