Total Credit
Total Credit measures the stock of credit provided by depository institutions to all sectors of the domestic economy, covering both the private and public sectors and denominated in local or foreign currency. Published in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Latin Macro Watch (LMW), this indicator helps researchers, policymakers and analysts track bank lending and financial depth across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Coverage
Total Credit is available for 22 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency, spanning 1990 to 2026. Values can be expressed as a share of GDP or M2, in millions of USD or domestic currency, at constant CPI-deflated prices and on a seasonally adjusted basis (end-of-period and period-average variants). Transformations include three-, six- and twelve-month moving averages (MA3, MA6, MA12) and month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year growth rates (MoM %, QoQ %, YoY %).
Sources
The series is compiled from national central banks and statistical agencies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de la República de Colombia, Banco Central de Chile and Banco Central de Reserva del Perú. Coverage is generally limited to commercial and development banks, so the aggregate is narrower than broader depository-corporation credit measures, and totals may not equal the sum of private- and public-sector credit.
Metadata & use
| Format | CSV |
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| Language | en |
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Argentina
Bahamas
Trinidad & Tobago
Belize
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
El Salvador
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Panama
Uruguay
Venezuela
Barbados
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
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| Data notes |
What does Total Credit measure?It measures the stock of credit provided by depository institutions to all sectors of the domestic economy, covering both the private and public sectors and denominated in local or foreign currency. How many countries and which time period are covered?The indicator covers 22 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2026, at annual, monthly and quarterly frequency. What units and transformations are available?Values are available as a share of GDP or M2, in millions of USD or domestic currency, at constant CPI-deflated prices and seasonally adjusted, with MA3/MA6/MA12 moving averages and MoM %, QoQ % and YoY % growth rates. Where does the data come from?The data is compiled from national central banks and statistical agencies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco de la República de Colombia and Banco Central de Chile. Why might Total Credit not equal private plus public credit?Coverage is limited to commercial and development banks, and the source's sectoral total can include resident categories not assigned to either aggregate, leaving a small unallocated residual. How do I cite this indicator?Cite it as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Total Credit". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset. |