Burkina Faso vs Mauritania: Domestic credit to private sector by banks
Domestic credit to private sector by banks over time
- Burkina Faso
- Mauritania
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 22.7% against 22.6% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 133rd and Mauritania ranks 135th of 187 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.2% | 3.4% | 0.1% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 10.0% | 13.9% | 3.8% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 13.7% | 19.4% | 5.7% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 14.5% | 21.0% | 6.5% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 14.3% | 17.1% | 2.7% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 22.5% | 19.4% | 3.2% | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic credit to private sector by banks, Burkina Faso or Mauritania?
- Burkina Faso, at 22.7% against 22.6% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in domestic credit to private sector by banks between Burkina Faso and Mauritania?
- 0.1%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mauritania?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
- How do Burkina Faso and Mauritania rank globally for domestic credit to private sector by banks?
- Burkina Faso ranks 133rd and Mauritania ranks 135th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Domestic credit to private sector by banks refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by other depository corporations (deposit taking corporations except central banks), 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. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.