Gabon: Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Gabon's claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) fell 15.55 percentage points on 2018 (from 19.88% to 4.33%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2018), the average change was +2.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 48.79 percentage points in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.76 percentage points in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% 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.

Closest to Gabon in the 2019 ranking

• Mauritania — 1st of 4: 9.42%
• Sri Lanka — 3rd of 4: 3.55%
• Cameroon — 4th of 4: 0.32%

What this measures

Claims on private sector include gross credit from the financial system to individuals, enterprises, nonfinancial public entities not included under net domestic credit, and financial institutions not included elsewhere. 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 represents the annual percentage growth in the ratio of claims to broad money.

All 59 values

Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) in nearby economies

• Angola — 5.49% (2025)
• Benin — 9.72% (2025)
• Botswana — 2.39% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — -2.62% (2025)
• Burundi — 20.15% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 4.11% (2025)
• Cameroon — 0.32% (2019)
• Central African Republic — 6.12% (2022)
• Chad — 11.95% (2021)

More financial sector data for Gabon

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 194.77 (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) — -3.96% (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 139.73 (2025)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 1.77% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 13.35% (2019)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 2.41 trillion (2019)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 481.13 billion (2019)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Gabon's claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money)?

4.33% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is down 24.56 percentage points from 28.89% in 1961. The highest value was 58.95% in 1974 and the lowest -42.39% in 1988.

Is the latest change in claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) unusual for Gabon?

In 2019, Gabon's claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) fell 15.55 percentage points on 2018 (from 19.88% to 4.33%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2018), the average change was +2.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.45 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.PRVT.ZG.M3, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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