Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP) was 12.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Claims on central government, etc. in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 1965–2023
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % GDP.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 12.9% for claims on central government, etc. in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 148.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, claims on central government, etc. in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 13.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2008.
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 32nd of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 5.1% | — |
| 1966 | 5.0% | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 5.3% | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 5.4% | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 5.4% | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 5.6% | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 6.3% | +13.6% |
| 1972 | 6.8% | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 6.4% | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 4.1% | -35.4% |
| 1975 | 6.3% | +52.7% |
| 1976 | 8.1% | +29.1% |
| 1977 | 9.9% | +22.3% |
| 1978 | 10.6% | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 10.0% | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 9.2% | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 8.0% | -13.0% |
| 1982 | 9.1% | +14.4% |
| 1983 | 10.8% | +17.9% |
| 1984 | 10.9% | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 10.8% | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 10.0% | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 9.1% | -8.9% |
| 1988 | 9.5% | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 8.8% | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 9.0% | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 8.9% | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 11.2% | +25.3% |
| 1994 | 12.4% | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 10.2% | -17.9% |
| 1996 | 7.4% | -27.2% |
| 1997 | 6.9% | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 7.4% | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 8.6% | +15.6% |
| 2000 | 6.9% | -19.9% |
| 2001 | 11.3% | +64.6% |
| 2002 | 12.9% | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 13.0% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 11.6% | -11.0% |
| 2005 | 8.4% | -27.8% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | -49.8% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | -34.9% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -55.1% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | +297.5% |
| 2010 | 6.0% | +23.7% |
| 2011 | 5.0% | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 5.6% | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 8.5% | +37.7% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 11.5% | +26.9% |
| 2021 | 11.6% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 12.2% | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 12.9% | +5.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP) in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +297.5% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.2% | 5.0% | 5.4% | 5 |
| 1970s | 7.4% | 4.1% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.6% | 8.0% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.1% | 6.9% | 12.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 7.7% | 1.2% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 5.0% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.1% | 11.5% | 12.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
More financial sector data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Net migration -223,909 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 24.7% (2023)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 24.8% (2023)
- Broad money 42.6% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 31.7% (2023)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 20.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.12 (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate 67.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is claims on central government, etc. in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Claims on central government, etc. in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) was 12.9% in 2023, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest claims on central government, etc. recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest claims on central government, etc. recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2008.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for claims on central government, etc.?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 32nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is claims on central government, etc. rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 148.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. 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.