West Bank and Gaza's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) was 16.76% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 9.82 percentage points from 6.94% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 16.76% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 12.32% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 6.94% | 2015 |
| Highest | 16.76% | 2025 |
| Lowest | -1.61% | 2002 |
| Average since 2016 | 10.13% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -1% | 1998 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, West Bank and Gaza's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) rose 1.53 percentage points on 2024 (from 15.23% to 16.76%).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2024), the average change was +0.62 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.59 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 6.32 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.15 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 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.18 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 80% 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, West Bank and Gaza had the 40th highest value of the 106 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | 16.76% | 2025 |
| World | 39.8% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 21.01% | 2025 |
Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2025 ranking
- Malaysia — 36th of 106: 17.58%
- Botswana — 37th of 106: 17.38%
- Zambia — 38th of 106: 17.06%
- Belize — 40th of 106: 16.75%
- Papua New Guinea — 41st of 106: 16.19%
- Bangladesh — 42nd of 106: 15.9%
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 28 values
| Year | Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.76 |
| 2024 | 15.23 |
| 2023 | 10.89 |
| 2022 | 9.4 |
| 2021 | 11.84 |
| 2020 | 12.32 |
| 2019 | 7.56 |
| 2018 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 5.66 |
| 2016 | 6.1 |
| 2015 |
Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — -8.32% (2020)
- Algeria — 42.42% (2025)
- Bahrain — 16.44% (2015)
- Djibouti — 6.23% (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 48.18% (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 8.16% (2016)
- Iraq — 7.17% (2024)
- Israel — 13.18% (2025)
- Jordan — 27.03% (2025)
- Kuwait — -16.91% (2025)
More financial sector data for West Bank and Gaza
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 137.75 (2025)
- GDP deflator, linked series (base year varies by country) — 137.75 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$1 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 2.72% (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator, linked series (annual % growth) — 2.72% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 56.44% (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 209.56 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 9.81% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is West Bank and Gaza's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)?
- 16.76% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1998?
- It is up 17.76 percentage points from -1% in 1998. The highest value was 16.76% in 2025 and the lowest -1.61% in 2002.
- How does West Bank and Gaza rank?
- 40th highest of 106 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) unusual for West Bank and Gaza?
- In 2025, West Bank and Gaza's claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) rose 1.53 percentage points on 2024 (from 15.23% to 16.76%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2024), the average change was +0.62 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.59 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 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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