Banking survey: claims on private sector (current LCU) by country

Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector, 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.

Countries reporting
50
Highest
85.09 trillion current LCU
Mozambique
Lowest
0 current LCU
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
235.99 billion current LCU
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
1,590

What the numbers show

Banking survey: claims on private sector (current LCU) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 85.09 trillion current LCU in Mozambique; the lowest is 0 current LCU in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 235.99 billion current LCU, and the mean is 2.72 trillion current LCU.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 1,007,190.0%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 100.0%).

Banking survey: claims on private sector: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 85.09 trillion current LCU 2010 up 650.1% volatile
2 Zambia 11.43 trillion current LCU 2011 up 1,107.9% volatile
3 Tanzania 6.60 trillion current LCU 2011 up 1,234.9% volatile
4 Uganda 4.75 trillion current LCU 2011 up 643.4% volatile
5 South Africa 4.21 trillion current LCU 2011 up 190.2% volatile
6 Guinea 3.17 trillion current LCU 2011 up 939.6% volatile
7 Madagascar 3.04 trillion current LCU 2011 up 507.8% volatile
8 Cote d'Ivoire 2.10 trillion current LCU 2011 up 74.1% volatile
9 Angola 2.06 trillion current LCU 2011 up 24,965.2% volatile
10 Algeria 2.03 trillion current LCU 2011 up 496.7% volatile
11 Senegal 1.77 trillion current LCU 2011 up 171.4% volatile
12 Kenya 1.03 trillion current LCU 2011 up 301.6% volatile
13 Sierra Leone 962.75 billion current LCU 2011 up 2,655.2% volatile
14 Burkina Faso 951.74 billion current LCU 2011 up 267.2% volatile
15 Cameroon 909.78 billion current LCU 2007 up 169.0% rising
16 Mali 654.40 billion current LCU 2008 up 156.6% volatile
17 Burundi 617.49 billion current LCU 2011 up 333.3% volatile
18 Gabon 593.30 billion current LCU 2007 up 94.0% volatile
19 Morocco 564.98 billion current LCU 2011 up 170.8% volatile
20 Rwanda 507.94 billion current LCU 2011 up 597.9% volatile
21 Congo 462.24 billion current LCU 2011 up 324.1% volatile
22 Egypt 423.21 billion current LCU 2011 up 102.1% volatile
23 Mauritania 316.10 billion current LCU 2011 up 319.3% volatile
24 Benin 306.70 billion current LCU 2004 up 593.9% volatile
25 Mauritius 290.08 billion current LCU 2011 up 279.7% volatile
26 Togo 181.90 billion current LCU 1998 up 78.7% volatile
27 Chad 145.00 billion current LCU 2008 up 166.8% volatile
28 Equatorial Guinea 129.45 billion current LCU 2006 up 6,405.1% volatile
29 Niger 114.00 billion current LCU 1982 up 965.4% volatile
30 Cape Verde 106.72 billion current LCU 2011 up 6,739.7% volatile
31 Democratic Republic of Congo 56.79 billion current LCU 2005 up 1,007,190.0% volatile
32 Central African Republic 54.88 billion current LCU 2007 up 127.0% rising
33 Tunisia 49.33 billion current LCU 2011 up 152.6% volatile
34 Malawi 45.82 billion current LCU 2009 up 635.1% volatile
35 Guinea-Bissau 45.50 billion current LCU 2011 up 925.7% volatile
36 Namibia 43.11 billion current LCU 2011 up 326.2% volatile
37 Nigeria 42.56 billion current LCU 1991 up 426.6% volatile
38 Comoros 38.44 billion current LCU 2010 up 198.5% volatile
39 Ethiopia 36.78 billion current LCU 2011 up 152.1% volatile
40 Botswana 26.47 billion current LCU 2011 up 529.8% volatile
41 Ghana 13.35 billion current LCU 2010 up 823.7% volatile
42 Sudan 7.89 billion current LCU 2005 up 5,934.4% volatile
43 Eswatini 6.30 billion current LCU 2011 up 377.3% volatile
44 Eritrea 5.38 billion current LCU 2007 up 239.7% volatile
45 Gambia 4.34 billion current LCU 2011 up 459.9% volatile
46 Seychelles 3.41 billion current LCU 2011 up 288.4% volatile
47 Zimbabwe 2.71 billion current LCU 2011 up 15.9% volatile
48 Lesotho 2.62 billion current LCU 2011 up 178.2% volatile
49 Liberia 6,646 current LCU 2008 up 437.3% volatile
50 Sao Tome and Principe 0 current LCU 2006 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Banking survey: claims on private sector (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 1,590 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector, 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.