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Claims on governments and other public entities (current LCU) by country

Claims on governments and other public entities (IFS line 32an + 32b + 32bx + 32c) usually comprise direct credit for specific purposes such as financing of the government budget deficit or loans to state enterprises, advances against future credit authorizations, and purchases of treasury bills and bonds, net of...

Countries reporting
49
Highest
5.21 trillion current LCU
Zambia
Lowest
-9.90 trillion current LCU
Mozambique
Median
7.78 billion current LCU
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
1,683

What the numbers show

Claims on governments and other public entities (current LCU) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 5.21 trillion current LCU in Zambia; the lowest is -9.90 trillion current LCU in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.78 billion current LCU, and the mean is 30.12 billion current LCU.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 5,187.0%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 5,888.2%).

Claims on governments and other public entities: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zambia 5.21 trillion current LCU 2011 up 182.0% volatile
2 Guinea 3.77 trillion current LCU 2011 up 1,269.7% volatile
3 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.70 trillion current LCU 2011 up 518.2% volatile
4 Sierra Leone 1.15 trillion current LCU 2011 up 58.0% volatile
5 Madagascar 549.80 billion current LCU 2010 up 48.1% volatile
6 Côte d'Ivoire 480.20 billion current LCU 2011 up 6.4% volatile
7 Kenya 436.45 billion current LCU 2011 up 302.6% volatile
8 Algeria 423.60 billion current LCU 2002 up 244.0% volatile
9 Egypt 382.90 billion current LCU 2011 up 240.3% volatile
10 Senegal 341.27 billion current LCU 2011 up 54.4% volatile
11 South Africa 252.10 billion current LCU 2005 up 740.4% volatile
12 Mauritania 183.10 billion current LCU 2011 up 162.1% volatile
13 Morocco 123.81 billion current LCU 2011 up 42.9% rising
14 Central African Republic 84.68 billion current LCU 2007 up 210.9% volatile
15 Mauritius 49.85 billion current LCU 2009 up 213.0% volatile
16 Ethiopia 44.99 billion current LCU 2011 up 189.4% volatile
17 Nigeria 34.94 billion current LCU 1991 up 432.9% volatile
18 Cape Verde 16.98 billion current LCU 2011 down 23.4% volatile
19 Niger 16.30 billion current LCU 1982 up 586.6% volatile
20 Burundi 11.40 billion current LCU 2002 up 1,649.4% volatile
21 Chad 11.30 billion current LCU 2008 down 68.8% volatile
22 Comoros 11.25 billion current LCU 2009 up 188.8% volatile
23 Eritrea 8.46 billion current LCU 2001 up 5,187.0% volatile
24 Togo 7.85 billion current LCU 1986 up 576.7% volatile
25 Equatorial Guinea 7.78 billion current LCU 1998 up 45.6% volatile
26 Sudan 6.63 billion current LCU 2009 up 519.8% volatile
27 Benin 6.21 billion current LCU 1988 up 226.2% volatile
28 Seychelles 3.97 billion current LCU 2010 up 21.0% volatile
29 Tunisia 3.88 billion current LCU 2011 — volatile
30 Malawi 3.62 billion current LCU 2001 up 1,482.6% volatile
31 Ghana 2.70 billion current LCU 2010 up 103.9% volatile
32 Guinea-Bissau 2.60 billion current LCU 2011 down 83.1% volatile
33 Gambia 1.48 billion current LCU 2011 up 151.0% volatile
34 Zimbabwe 43.09 million current LCU 2011 down 95.1% volatile
35 Liberia 70,306 current LCU 2008 up 54.8% rising
36 Eswatini -1.91 billion current LCU 2011 up 7.0% volatile
37 Lesotho -2.48 billion current LCU 2011 down 325.6% volatile
38 Namibia -3.79 billion current LCU 2011 down 923.5% volatile
39 Botswana -11.38 billion current LCU 2011 up 58.3% volatile
40 Sao Tome and Principe -20.00 billion current LCU 1998 down 5,888.2% volatile
41 Burkina Faso -57.40 billion current LCU 2011 down 860.0% volatile
42 Mali -100.00 billion current LCU 2008 down 285.3% volatile
43 Rwanda -221.83 billion current LCU 2011 down 1,478.8% volatile
44 Cameroon -287.14 billion current LCU 2007 down 166.3% volatile
45 Uganda -460.42 billion current LCU 2011 down 197.6% volatile
46 Gabon -522.95 billion current LCU 2007 down 365.3% volatile
47 Angola -592.07 billion current LCU 2011 — volatile
48 Congo -1.69 trillion current LCU 2011 down 1,165.5% volatile
49 Mozambique -9.90 trillion current LCU 2010 down 92.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Claims on governments and other public entities (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
53 places, 1,683 data points, 1960–2011
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Claims on governments and other public entities (IFS line 32an + 32b + 32bx + 32c) usually comprise direct credit for specific purposes such as financing of the government budget deficit or loans to state enterprises, advances against future credit authorizations, and purchases of treasury bills and bonds, net of deposits by the public sector. Public sector deposits with the banking system also include sinking funds for the service of debt and temporary deposits of government revenues. Data are in current local currency.