Bank loans as a share of GDP rose 86.4% to 15.5% in Equatorial Guinea in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank loans as a share of GDP in Equatorial Guinea reached an all time high of 15.5% in 2015 and an all time low of 2.79% in 2006. When compared to Equatorial Guinea's main peers, bank loans as a share of GDP in Cameroon amounted to 17.4%, 25.9% in Congo, 20.3% in Gabon and 13.6% in Nigeria in 2015.
Equatorial Guinea has been ranked 134th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of bank loans as a share of GDP, 14 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Bank Loans (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Angola | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.4% | 25.8% | 21.9% | 16.9% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
Benin | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.4% | 66.6% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
Cameroon | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.8% | 17.4% | 17.2% | 16.5% | 16.6% | |||||||||||
Central African Republic | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.5% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 13.4% | 13.5% | |||||||||||
Chad | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.71% | 10.1% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 11.6% | |||||||||||
Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.9% | 25.9% | 29.7% | 27.6% | 16.6% | |||||||||||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.40% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
Equatorial Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.29% | 15.5% | 18.3% | 17.7% | 17.4% | |||||||||||
Gabon | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.3% | 20.3% | 21.8% | 18.8% | 38.9% | |||||||||||
Niger | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.7% | 20.6% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
Nigeria | % | 13.3% | 13.6% | 15.5% | 16.5% | 11.4% |