Rwanda's net domestic credit (current LCU) was 5.85 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 411.28% from 1.14 trillion in 2015 (17.72% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.85 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.24 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.14 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 5.85 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 391 million | 1964 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.97 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 391 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Rwanda's net domestic credit (current LCU) rose 31.8% on 2024 (from 4.44 trillion to 5.85 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +18.1% and a typical year strayed about 21.6% 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 86.2% in 1965 and the biggest yearly fall was 39.3% in 1979. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 491.87 billion a year. A straight line explains 94% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Rwanda had the 37th 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.
Closest to Rwanda in the 2025 ranking
- South Africa — 34th of 104: 6.17 trillion
- Australia — 35th of 104: 5.96 trillion
- Mali — 36th of 104: 5.93 trillion
- Burkina Faso — 38th of 104: 5.09 trillion
- Iceland — 39th of 104: 4.57 trillion
- Serbia — 40th of 104: 4.25 trillion
What this measures
Net domestic credit is the sum of net claims on the central government and claims on other sectors of the domestic economy. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 62 values
| Year | Net domestic credit (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,847,943,341,629 |
| 2024 | 4,436,392,671,757 |
| 2023 | 4,238,622,274,861 |
| 2022 | 3,733,787,601,158 |
| 2021 | 2,897,533,197,929 |
| 2020 | 2,241,980,245,111 |
| 2019 | 1,920,521,703,608 |
| 2018 | 1,664,837,793,649 |
| 2017 | 1,453,550,507,705 |
| 2016 | 1,257,465,112,995 |
Net domestic credit (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 17.9 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 3.35 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 119.01 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 5.09 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 2.81 trillion (2019)
- Cabo Verde — 195.38 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 4.4 trillion (2019)
- Central African Republic — 318.11 billion (2016)
- Chad — 1.49 trillion (2016)
- Comoros — 157.23 billion (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More financial sector data for Rwanda
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 107.35 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$1,428 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$1,428 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 7.35% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 21.98% (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 4.18 trillion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 22.09% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 0.74% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 22.09% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Rwanda's net domestic credit (current LCU)?
- 5.85 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1964?
- It is up 1.5 million% from 391 million in 1964 (17.07% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5.85 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 391 million in 1964.
- How does Rwanda rank?
- 37th highest of 104 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net domestic credit (current LCU) unusual for Rwanda?
- In 2025, Rwanda's net domestic credit (current LCU) rose 31.8% on 2024 (from 4.44 trillion to 5.85 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +18.1% and a typical year strayed about 21.6% 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.DOMS.CN, 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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