Chad: Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Chad's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) rose 1.56 percentage points on 2020 (from 11.08% to 12.63%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.08 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 5.81 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.43 percentage points in 2007. 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 1.42 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 92% 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 15.62% 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 0.98%, against 3.66% 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

• Belarus — 2nd of 4: -5.76%
• Russian Federation — 3rd of 4: -6.51%
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 4th of 4: -22.6%

What this measures

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.

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

All 62 values

Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 7.84% (2025)
• Benin — 1.94% (2025)
• Botswana — 17.38% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 6.48% (2025)
• Burundi — 23.01% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 8.46% (2025)
• Cameroon — 3.69% (2019)
• Central African Republic — 25.54% (2022)
• Comoros — 4.16% (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1.46% (2023)

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 (% of GDP) — 15.98% (2021)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio

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Questions people ask

What is Chad's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)?

12.63% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 12.66 percentage points from -0.03% in 1960. The highest value was 12.63% in 2021 and the lowest -4% in 2008.

Is the latest change in claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) unusual for Chad?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FS.AST.CGOV.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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