Germany Domestic Credit Growth

2000 - 2025 | Monthly | % | CEIC Data

Key information about Germany Domestic Credit Growth

  • Germany Domestic Credit shrunk by 100.0 % YoY in May 2025, compared with an increase of 1.0 % YoY in the previous month
  • Germany Domestic Credit Growth YoY data is updated monthly
  • It averaged 0.8 %, available from Jan 2000 to May 2025
  • The data reached an all-time high of 38.8 % in Sep 2011 and a record low of -100.0 % in May 2025

CEIC calculates monthly Domestic Credit Growth from monthly Domestic Credit. The International Monetary Fund provides Domestic Credit in EUR. Domestic Credit Growth prior to December 2002 is based on an older methodology.


Further information about Germany Domestic Credit Growth

  • In the latest reports, Germany Domestic Credit reached 0.0 USD mn in May 2025
  • Money Supply M2 in Germany increased to 4,604.1 USD bn YoY in Oct 2025
  • Germany Foreign Exchange Reserves was measured at 36.4 USD bn in Oct 2025
  • The Foreign Exchange Reserves equaled 0.3 Months of Import in Sep 2025
  • The country's Non Performing Loans Ratio stood at 1.5 % in Dec 2023, compared with the ratio of 1.2 % in the previous year
  • Household Debt of Germany reached 49.0 % in Jun 2025, accounting for 49.0 % of the country's Nominal GDP

View Germany's Domestic Credit Growth from Jan 2000 to May 2025 in the chart:

Germany Domestic Credit Growth

What was Germany's Domestic Credit Growth in May 2025?

Germany Domestic Credit shrunk by 100.0 % YoY in May 2025, compared with an increase of 1.0 % YoY in the previous month See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
-100.0 May 2025 1.0 Apr 2025 -100.0 May 2025 38.8 Sep 2011 % monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025

Domestic Credit Growth by Country Comparison

country/region Last Frequency Range
Albania (%) 9.2 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2003 - Oct 2025
Algeria (%) 10.7 Jul 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Jul 2025
Argentina (%) 66.1 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1991 - Sep 2025
Armenia (%) 21.7 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 1994 - Sep 2025
Australia (%) 3.6 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Sep 2025
Austria (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Azerbaijan (%) 9.5 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Oct 2025
Bahrain (%) 7.0 Oct 2025 monthly Sep 1992 - Oct 2025
Bangladesh (%) 9.6 Oct 2025 monthly Jul 1988 - Oct 2025
Belarus (%) 15.0 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2007 - Oct 2025
Belgium (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Bolivia (%) 10.8 Aug 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Aug 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina (%) 12.2 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Botswana (%) 9.6 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 2005 - Sep 2025
Brazil (%) 8.2 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Oct 2025
Brunei (%) 4.7 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2000 - Dec 2024
Bulgaria (%) 15.0 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1994 - Oct 2025
Cambodia (%) 3.8 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Oct 2025
Canada (%) 4.7 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1970 - Sep 2025
Chile (%) 6.5 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 1979 - Sep 2025
China (%) 7.9 Oct 2025 monthly Jun 2000 - Oct 2025
Colombia (%) 6.3 Jul 2024 monthly Jan 1994 - Jul 2024
Croatia (%) 5.9 Dec 2022 monthly Jun 1995 - Dec 2022
Cyprus (%) 2.6 Oct 2025 monthly Nov 2006 - Oct 2025
Czech Republic (%) 7.5 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2003 - Oct 2025
Denmark (%) -11.6 May 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - May 2025
Ecuador (%) 12.2 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2007 - Oct 2025
Egypt (%) 27.0 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1997 - Oct 2025
Estonia (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jun 1993 - May 2025
European Union (%) 0.5 May 2025 monthly Sep 1998 - May 2025
Finland (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
France (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Georgia (%) 12.7 Oct 2025 monthly Oct 1996 - Oct 2025
Germany (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Ghana (%) -9.1 May 2025 monthly Jan 1968 - May 2025
Greece (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2002 - May 2025
Hong Kong SAR, China (%) 2.5 Aug 2025 monthly Dec 1991 - Aug 2025
Hungary (%) 5.1 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1999 - Oct 2025
Iceland (%) 7.8 Feb 2025 monthly Sep 1994 - Feb 2025
India (%) 10.4 Sep 2025 monthly Mar 2000 - Sep 2025
Indonesia (%) 7.0 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2005 - Oct 2025
Iran (%) 25.8 Feb 2017 monthly Jan 1965 - Feb 2017
Ireland (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Israel (%) 13.3 Aug 2025 monthly Dec 2000 - Aug 2025
Italy (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Ivory Coast (%) 11.0 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 1965 - Aug 2025
Japan (%) -0.2 Oct 2025 monthly Apr 2004 - Oct 2025
Jordan (%) 3.0 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Kazakhstan (%) 15.1 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Oct 2025
Kenya (%) 8.0 Jul 2025 monthly Dec 1996 - Jul 2025
South Korea (%) 6.7 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Oct 2025
Kosovo (%) 16.5 Oct 2025 monthly Nov 2008 - Oct 2025
Kuwait (%) 16.7 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1995 - Oct 2025
Kyrgyzstan (%) 78.0 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2003 - Oct 2025
Laos (%) 10.9 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 1992 - Sep 2025
Latvia (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jul 2004 - May 2025
Lebanon (%) 2.2 Jan 2018 monthly Mar 1966 - Jan 2018
Lithuania (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Dec 1994 - May 2025
Luxembourg (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Macau SAR, China (%) -26.1 Oct 2025 monthly Jun 1985 - Oct 2025
North Macedonia (%) 19.8 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2004 - Oct 2025
Malawi (%) 46.8 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1976 - Oct 2025
Malaysia (%) 5.3 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1988 - Oct 2025
Malta (%) 8.5 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2009 - Oct 2025
Mauritius (%) 11.0 Oct 2025 monthly Jun 2006 - Oct 2025
Mexico (%) 6.8 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Sep 2025
Moldova (%) 18.2 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Oct 2025
Mongolia (%) 22.7 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1992 - Oct 2025
Montenegro (%) 22.0 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2006 - Oct 2025
Morocco (%) 5.9 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Oct 2025
Mozambique (%) 12.6 Aug 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Aug 2025
Myanmar (%) 16.4 Jan 2021 monthly Dec 2002 - Jan 2021
Nepal (%) 5.5 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2002 - Sep 2025
Netherlands (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - May 2025
New Zealand (%) 5.2 Oct 2025 monthly Mar 1989 - Oct 2025
Nigeria (%) -12.6 Oct 2025 monthly Apr 1991 - Oct 2025
Norway (%) 3.7 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1986 - Oct 2025
Oman (%) 7.4 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2000 - Sep 2025
Pakistan (%) 8.4 Oct 2025 monthly Jun 2009 - Oct 2025
Palestinian Territory (%) 7.6 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 1999 - Sep 2025
Panama (%) 1.6 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Oct 2025
Paraguay (%) 14.5 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Oct 2025
Peru (%) 11.3 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1993 - Sep 2025
Philippines (%) 10.5 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Oct 2025
Poland (%) 9.8 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1997 - Oct 2025
Portugal (%) 0.3 Aug 2019 monthly Dec 2001 - Aug 2019
Qatar (%) 7.0 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2008 - Oct 2025
Romania (%) 9.6 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2005 - Oct 2025
Russia (%) 14.1 May 2025 monthly Dec 2001 - May 2025
Saudi Arabia (%) 21.6 Dec 2017 quarterly Mar 1969 - Dec 2017
Serbia (%) 21.5 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 2004 - Oct 2025
Singapore (%) 5.2 Oct 2025 monthly Mar 2005 - Oct 2025
Slovakia (%) 2.2 May 2025 monthly Jan 2007 - May 2025
Slovenia (%) -86.1 May 2025 monthly Jan 2005 - May 2025
South Africa (%) 7.7 Oct 2025 monthly Mar 1966 - Oct 2025
Spain (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Sri Lanka (%) 11.8 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1997 - Sep 2025
Sudan (%) 82.5 Dec 2022 quarterly Mar 2003 - Dec 2022
Sweden (%) -3.1 May 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - May 2025
Switzerland (%) 2.5 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1988 - Oct 2025

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Germany Key Series

Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -2.3 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 1991 - Sep 2025
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) -46,923.274 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1991 - Sep 2025
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 289,924.014 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1991 - Sep 2025
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 22.2 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1991 - Sep 2025
National Government Debt (USD mn) 3,217,205.9 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2000 - Jun 2025
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 62.3 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2000 - Jun 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (EUR bn) 2,707.148 2030 yearly 1991 - 2030
Forecast: Government Net Debt (EUR bn) 3,815.153 2030 yearly 1991 - 2030
Forecast: Government Revenue (EUR bn) 2,497.167 2030 yearly 1991 - 2030
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 2.670 2030 yearly 1980 - 2030
Trade Balance (USD mn) 17,819.8 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1957 - Sep 2025
Total Exports (USD mn) 153,945.2 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1957 - Sep 2025
Total Exports Growth (%) 2.0 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1951 - Sep 2025
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 11,279,159.417 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 70,970,902.063 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 54,214,028.985 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 136,125.4 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1957 - Sep 2025
Total Imports Growth (%) 4.9 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1951 - Sep 2025
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 36,738,204.645 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 41,845,878.903 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 15,397.511 Sep 2025 monthly Sep 1977 - Sep 2025
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 10,165.974 Sep 2025 monthly Jul 1990 - Sep 2025
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 7,946.738 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - Sep 2025
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 17,865.279 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - Sep 2025
Trade Balance: swda (EUR bn) 16.860 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1950 - Oct 2025
Imports cif (EUR mn) 112,323.771 Jan 2025 monthly Jan 1950 - Jan 2025
Exports fob (EUR mn) 125,080.953 Jan 2025 monthly Jan 1950 - Jan 2025
Exports fob: YoY (%) 0.400 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2001 - Dec 2024
Imports cif: YoY (%) 2.500 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2001 - Dec 2024
Imports cif: swda (EUR bn) 113.140 Jan 2025 monthly Jan 1950 - Jan 2025
Exports fob: swda (EUR bn) 129.170 Jan 2025 monthly Jan 1950 - Jan 2025
Exports: SITC: Pharmaceutical Products (EUR th) 8,446,608.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Exports: SITC: Electrical Machinery, TV Image and Sound Reproducing (EUR th) 12,545,323.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Exports: SITC: Plastics & Articles Thereof (EUR th) 4,440,956.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Imports: SITC: Vehicles, Motorcycles & Bicycles (EUR th) 9,570,236.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Imports: SITC: Electrical Machinery, TV Image and Sound Reproducing (EUR th) 14,276,678.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Imports: SITC: Pharmaceutical Products (EUR th) 5,258,596.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Imports: SITC: Mineral Fuels & Oils, Bituminous Substances (EUR th) 9,942,246.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Imports: SITC: Machinery and Mechanical Appliances (EUR th) 12,277,980.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Exports: SITC: Machinery and Mechanical Appliances (EUR th) 19,193,096.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Exports: SITC: Iron & Steel (EUR th) 1,720,795.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Imports: SITC: Iron & Steel (EUR th) 1,543,056.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Exports: SITC: Vehicles, Motorcycles & Bicycles (EUR th) 16,430,085.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2008 - Dec 2024
Exports: China (EUR th) 6,058,582.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2000 - Dec 2024
Motor Vehicle Exports: Car (Unit) 292,200.000 Nov 2025 monthly Jul 2000 - Nov 2025
Exports Value: HS: Photosensitive Semiconductor Devices, Photovoltaic Cells asse... (EUR th) 25,537.000 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2021 - Sep 2025
Imports Value: HS: Photosensitive Semiconductor Devices, Light Emitting Diodes (... (EUR th) 84,451.000 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2021 - Sep 2025
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 3,388.1 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1971 - Sep 2025
Current Account Balance (USD mn) 17,362.0 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1991 - Sep 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) 4.4 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1991 - Sep 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 10,094.8 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1971 - Sep 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 1.5 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1991 - Sep 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 79,615.696 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1971 - Sep 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 6.1 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1971 - Sep 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) -4,838.6 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1971 - Sep 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 84,454.253 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1971 - Sep 2025
External Debt (USD mn) 7,881,499.2 Jun 2025 quarterly Jun 1999 - Jun 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 147.6 2024 yearly 1999 - 2024
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 2,850,772.9 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 52.5 2024 yearly 2004 - 2024
Total Debt: % of GDP (%) 595.9 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 1999 - Jun 2025
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) 244.728 2030 yearly 1980 - 2030
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) 3,903,737.077 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 1957 - Jun 2025
Insolvency (IN): No of Proceedings (NP) (Unit) 9,071.000 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Nov 2024
DE: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn) 34,735.566 2024 yearly 1971 - 2024
DE: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn) 23,662.388 2024 yearly 1971 - 2024
DE: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received (USD mn) 21,225.006 2024 yearly 1971 - 2024
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 1.5 2023 yearly 2005 - 2023
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 49.0 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 1991 - Jun 2025
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 3,299,802.727 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1957 - Oct 2025
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 4,604,051.140 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1969 - Oct 2025
M2 Growth (%) 3.3 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1970 - Oct 2025
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 1.0 Nov 2025 monthly Jan 1999 - Nov 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 36,376.1 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1957 - Oct 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 0.704 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 1991 - Sep 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 0.3 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1957 - Sep 2025
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 433,546.899 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1998 - Oct 2025
Total Deposits (USD mn) 7,048,966.986 Oct 2025 monthly Sep 1997 - Oct 2025
Total Deposits Growth (%) 2.2 Oct 2025 monthly Sep 1998 - Oct 2025
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 0.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 1999 - May 2025
Domestic Credit Growth (%) -100.0 May 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - May 2025
Debt Service Ratio: Households (%) 5.400 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 1999 - Jun 2025
Debt Service Ratio: Private Non-Financial Sector (%) 12.400 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 1999 - Jun 2025
Credit to Households (USD bn) 2,536.840 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 1970 - Jun 2025
Credit to Private Non-Financial Sector (USD bn) 7,157.690 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 1955 - Jun 2025
Household Debt (USD mn) 2,531,962.4 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 1991 - Jun 2025
Total Loans (USD mn) 8,564,458.401 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1957 - Oct 2025
Total Loans Growth (%) 0.68 Oct 2025 monthly Dec 1949 - Oct 2025
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 73.24 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 1991 - Sep 2025
Business and Economic Survey Last Frequency Range
Business Confidence Growth (% Point) 8.0 Nov 2025 monthly Jan 1992 - Nov 2025
Current Economic Situation Indicator: Germany: Balance (%) -88.500 Feb 2025 monthly Dec 1991 - Feb 2025
Economic Expectation Indicator: Germany (%) 26.000 Feb 2025 monthly Dec 1991 - Feb 2025
Leading Economic Index (2016=100) 87.300 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 1965 - Dec 2024

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