Business & Markets · Credit to private sector · Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire’s credit to private sector rose to 22.7% of GDP in 2025.
22.7% of GDP
2025
Up 0.16 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
22.7% of GDP
What it is. This measure adds up the loans and other claims that banks and other financial institutions hold against households and private firms in Côte d'Ivoire, then divides the total by the size of the economy. It gives a sense of how far the financial system funds private activity relative to output. Borrowing from abroad, share and bond issuance and informal lending between individuals all sit outside it.
Neither way is good in itself. A higher share can mean that more firms and families can finance investment, housing and working capital, and it can also mean more debt that has to be repaid. A lower share carries less repayment risk and less financing for private activity. The latest figure is 22.7% of GDP for 2025, up from 22.5% of GDP a year earlier, a rise of 0.16 percentage points. Since 2016 the range runs from 17.7% of GDP in 2016 to 22.7% of GDP in 2025, so the latest reading sits at the top of its range.
Why it matters. At 22.7% of GDP, private credit in Côte d'Ivoire is at its highest since 2016, so more businesses and households are borrowing from the formal financial system than at the start of the period. Firms can draw on this for stock, equipment and expansion, while banks carry a larger book of loans that must be repaid. The next annual reading will show whether the climb from 17.7% of GDP in 2016 continues.
| Period | Credit to private sector · Côte d’Ivoire |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 17.7% of GDP |
| 2017 | 19.3% of GDP |
| 2018 | 19.3% of GDP |
| 2019 | 19% of GDP |
| 2020 | 20.6% of GDP |
| 2021 | 21% of GDP |
| 2022 | 20.9% of GDP |
| 2023 | 21.9% of GDP |
| 2024 | 22.5% of GDP |
| 2025 | 22.7% of GDP |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Credit to private sector, Côte d’Ivoire, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/private-sector-credit/cote-divoire
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Domestic credit to the private sector as a share of GDP. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.