Domestic Credit To The Private Sector

Africa Ranking

percent of GDPSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	South Africa	128.97	2019	1	129.36
2 ↑	Tunisia	86.56	2017	4	81.66
3	Morocco	85.14	2018	3	86.67
4 ↓	Mauritius	80.25	2019	2	96.27
5 ↑	Cape Verde	73.19	2020	6	58.68
6 ↓	Namibia	71.91	2020	5	70.82
7	Seychelles	49.95	2020	7	37.08
8 ↑	Botswana	37.66	2020	9	32.73
9 ↓	Kenya	32.74	2020	8	32.77
10 ↑	Algeria	29.64	2020	13	25.9
11	Burkina Faso	29.26	2020	11	28.42
12 ↓	Senegal	28.86	2020	10	29.55
13 ↑	Egypt	27.26	2020	16	24.02
14 ↓	Togo	26.58	2020	12	26.72
15	Mali	26.09	2020	15	24.5
16 ↑	Mozambique	24.79	2020	18	22.39
17 ↑	Rwanda	24.67	2020	19	21.44
18 ↓	Mauritania	23.6	2019	17	23.37
19 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	23.06	2018	14	25.24
20 ↑	Burundi	22.26	2020	23	20.7
21 ↑	Lesotho	21.54	2019	24	20.46
22 ↓	Swaziland	21.35	2020	21	20.88
23 ↓	Djibouti	19.65	2020	22	20.77
23 ↑	Ivory Coast	19.65	2019	25	19.44
25 ↑	Ethiopia	17.71	2008	26	18.53
26 ↓	Eritrea	17.56	2011	20	21.28
27 ↑	Liberia	17.29	2017	36	13.5
28 ↑	Somalia	16.05	1989	44	10.44
29 ↑	Zambia	15.63	2019	30	14.97
30 ↓	Benin	15.54	2020	27	17.61
31 ↓	Libya	15.52	2019	28	16.22
32 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	15.17	2019	33	14.19
32 ↓	Cameroon	15.17	2018	31	14.5
34 ↓	Comoros	15.05	2020	29	15.88
35 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	14.8	2019	32	14.31
36 ↓	Uganda	14.35	2020	35	13.88
37	Madagascar	14.12	2019	37	13.11
38 ↓	Republic of the Congo	13.41	2019	34	14.08
39 ↓	Gabon	13.38	2019	38	13.09
40 ↓	Tanzania	13.16	2020	39	12.62
41 ↑	Nigeria	12.13	2020	43	11.16
42 ↑	Niger	11.76	2020	47	10.19
43 ↓	Central African Republic	11.71	2019	42	11.22
44 ↓	Ghana	10.88	2020	40	12.34
45 ↓	Malawi	10.47	2016	41	11.4
46 ↑	Chad	9.27	2019	48	9.76
47 ↓	Guinea	9.07	2020	45	10.24
48 ↑	Sudan	7.89	2020	49	9.2
49 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.22	2020	50	6.17
50 ↓	Zimbabwe	6.75	2019	46	10.2
51 ↑	Gambia	6.68	2018	52	5.66
52 ↓	Sierra Leone	6.26	2020	51	5.7

Definition of Domestic Credit To The Private Sector

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.