Chad: Broad money (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Chad's broad money (% of GDP) rose 0.67 percentage points on 2020 (from 15.31% to 15.98%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.67 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.17 percentage points in 1986 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.73 percentage points in 1988. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.64 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 73% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 16.69% for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.73%, against 3.99% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Chad in the 2021 ranking

• Namibia — 3rd of 6: 72.61%
• Libya — 4th of 6: 64.41%
• Belarus — 5th of 6: 30.73%

What this measures

Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. 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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 62 values

Broad money (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 13.79% (2025)
• Benin — 29.58% (2025)
• Botswana — 44.1% (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 43.31% (2025)
• Burundi — 44.6% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 94.18% (2025)
• Cameroon — 21.4% (2018)
• Central African Republic — 32.9% (2022)
• Comoros — 36.1% (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 17.64% (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 28.4% (2023)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More financial sector data for Chad

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 120.67 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$581.93 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$581.93 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — -1.96% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 8.27% (2021)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — -347.79 billion (2021)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 8.32% (2021)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 1.5 trillion (2021)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 12.75 (2021)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Chad's broad money (% of GDP)?

15.98% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 9.01 percentage points from 6.97% in 1960. The highest value was 21.56% in 1987 and the lowest 5.54% in 2005.

Is the latest change in broad money (% of GDP) unusual for Chad?

In 2021, Chad's broad money (% of GDP) rose 0.67 percentage points on 2020 (from 15.31% to 15.98%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.67 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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