Indicator Dictionary

Value Range

From -65.9% in Lybia to about 320.5% in Japan.

Description

Domestic credit provided by the banking sector includes all credit to various sectors on a gross basis, with the exception of credit to the central government, which is net. The banking sector includes monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other banking institutions where data are available (including institutions that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other banking institutions are savings and mortgage loan institutions and building and loan associations.

Perspective

4: Resource Flows and Funds

Data

Comments

Source: Data for this indicator are provided at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.DOMS.GD.ZS/