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Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP) by African country

2025

Credit to the private sector by financial corporations as a share of GDP — a measure of financial depth.

Africa, 202529 of 54 countries
23.9%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Morocco · 79.2%Lowest in 2025South Sudan · 3.2%Reported in 202529 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 18.4%Democratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — 29.4%Sudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — no dataLesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — 33.2%Namibia — no dataSenegal — 30.9%Mali — 20.4%Mauritania — no dataBenin — 19.8%Niger — 9.6%Nigeria — no dataCameroon — no dataTogo — 23.0%Ghana — 7.9%Cote d'Ivoire — 22.7%Guinea — 10.6%Guinea-Bissau — 10.0%Liberia — no dataSierra Leone — 5.5%Burkina Faso — 22.7%Central African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — 19.2%Malawi — no dataMozambique — 18.3%Eswatini — 23.1%Angola — 6.6%Burundi — 38.5%Madagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — 57.7%Algeria — 19.6%Eritrea — no dataMorocco — 79.2%Egypt — 25.8%Libya — 12.5%Ethiopia — no dataDjibouti — 25.2%Uganda — no dataRwanda — 22.1%South Sudan — 3.2%NigeriaNigeriaEthiopiaEthiopiaKenya 29.4%Kenya 29.4%South AfricaSouth Africa2025HIGHEST IN 2025Morocco79.2%Mauritiusnot drawn72.0%Tunisia57.7%Cabo Verdenot drawn54.0%Burundi38.5%LOWEST IN 2025South Sudan3.2%Sierra Leone5.5%Angola6.6%Ghana7.9%Niger9.6%PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenya29.4%8 of 29Nigeriano dataSouth Africano dataOTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNComorosnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno data% of GDP · quintiles of the observed range3.2%10%19.6%22.7%30.9%79.2%no record
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa5 of 6 countries35.0%
Southern Africa2 of 5 countries29.9%
Eastern Africa9 of 18 countries22.2%
Western Africa12 of 16 countries17.2%
Middle Africa1 of 9 countries6.6%
Africaall 54 countries · 29 with a 2025 figure23.9%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
25 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 20 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)Credit to the private sector by financial corporations as a share of GDP — a measure of financial depth.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of GDP
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1960–2025
Coverage29 of 54 countries · 29 reported, 0 modelled, 25 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 29 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/private-credit
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=domestic_credit_private_sector_pct_gdp&year=2025&limit=100

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Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP): most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

45 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryCredit to Private Sector (% of GDP)Period
1South Africa89.4%2024
2Morocco79.2%2025
3Mauritius72%2025
4Tunisia57.7%2025
5Namibia55.1%2024
6Cabo Verde54%2025
7Burundi38.5%2025
8Botswana33.2%2025
9Senegal30.9%2025
10Kenya29.4%2025
11Egypt25.8%2025
12Djibouti25.2%2025
13Lesotho24.3%2024
14Eswatini23.1%2025
15Togo23%2025
16Burkina Faso22.7%2025
17Cote d'Ivoire22.7%2025
18Rwanda22.1%2025
19Mali20.4%2025
20Benin19.8%2025
21Algeria19.6%2025
22Zambia19.2%2025
23Tanzania18.4%2025
24Mozambique18.3%2025
25Liberia17.2%2024
26Madagascar16.5%2024
27Comoros15.3%2024
28Uganda14.3%2024
29Republic of the Congo13.8%2023
30Nigeria13.2%2023
31Libya12.5%2025
32Democratic Republic of the Congo11.3%2023
33Guinea10.6%2025
34Guinea-Bissau10%2025
35Niger9.6%2025
36Gambia9.4%2024
37Ghana7.9%2025
38Malawi7.9%2024
39Sao Tome and Principe7.8%2023
40Angola6.6%2025
41Zimbabwe6.5%2023
42Equatorial Guinea5.8%2023
43Sierra Leone5.5%2025
44Somalia5.4%2024
45South Sudan3.2%2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 45 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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