Djibouti's monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) was 25.16% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.46 percentage points from 21.7% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25.16% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 21.15% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 21.7% | 2015 |
| Highest | 55.94% | 1985 |
| Lowest | 18.6% | 2021 |
| Average since 2016 | 21.53% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 55.94% | 1985 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Djibouti's monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) rose 2.06 percentage points on 2024 (from 23.1% to 25.16%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.13 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 5.01 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.21 percentage points in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 23% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Djibouti had the 73rd highest value of the 104 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 25.16% | 2025 |
| World | 90.64% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 38.14% | 2025 |
Closest to Djibouti in the 2025 ranking
- Mexico — 70th of 104: 27.1%
- Kazakhstan — 71st of 104: 25.89%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 72nd of 104: 25.84%
- Eswatini — 74th of 104: 23.08%
- Togo — 75th of 104: 23%
- Azerbaijan — 76th of 104: 22.86%
What this measures
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. 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 40 values
| Year | Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.16 |
| 2024 | 23.1 |
| 2023 | 21.82 |
| 2022 | 19.83 |
| 2021 | 18.6 |
| 2020 | 21.15 |
| 2019 | 22.35 |
| 2018 | 21.63 |
| 2017 | 21.17 |
| 2016 | 20.44 |
| 2015 |
Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 3.1% (2020)
- Algeria — 19.59% (2025)
- Bahrain — 70.55% (2015)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 25.84% (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 57.83% (2016)
- Iraq — 13.99% (2024)
- Israel — 72.47% (2025)
- Jordan — 71.31% (2025)
- Kuwait — 4.92% (2025)
- Lebanon
More financial sector data for Djibouti
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$177.72 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$177.72 (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 335.15 billion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 281.4 billion (2025)
- Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money) — -0.71% (2025)
- Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) — 6.93% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 524.41 billion (2024)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 8.46 (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 25.16% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Djibouti's monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP)?
- 25.16% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1985?
- It is down 30.78 percentage points from 55.94% in 1985. The highest value was 55.94% in 1985 and the lowest 18.6% in 2021.
- How does Djibouti rank?
- 73rd highest of 104 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) unusual for Djibouti?
- In 2025, Djibouti's monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) rose 2.06 percentage points on 2024 (from 23.1% to 25.16%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.13 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.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.PRVT.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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