electricsheepafrica/Africa-Domestic-Credit-to-Private-Sector-percentage-of-GDP

Africa Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP) Dataset

Overview

This dataset contains domestic credit to private sector (% of gdp) data for African countries from the World Bank.

Data Details

• Indicator Code: FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS
• Description: Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)
• Geographic Coverage: 54 African countries
• Time Period: 1960-2024
• Data Points: 2,660 observations
• Coverage: 75.78% of possible country-year combinations

File Formats

Main Dataset (fs_ast_prvt_gd_zs_africa.csv)

• Rows: 54 countries
• Columns: 65 years (1960-2024)
• Structure: Countries as rows, years as columns
• Missing Value Treatment: Interpolation → Forward Fill → Backward Fill
• Use Case: Cross-sectional analysis, heatmaps, correlation analysis

Data Quality

Coverage Statistics

• Total Observations: 2,660
• Coverage Rate: 75.78%
• Earliest Data: 1960
• Latest Data: 2024

Countries with No Data

0 countries have no observations: None

Usage Examples

Python

import pandas as pd

# Load main dataset
df = pd.read_csv('fs_ast_prvt_gd_zs_africa.csv', index_col=[0, 1])

R

# Load main dataset
df <- read.csv('fs_ast_prvt_gd_zs_africa.csv', row.names=c(1,2))

Source

World Bank Open Data - Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)

• Original File: API_FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS_DS2_en_excel_v2_133806.xls
• Processed: 2025-08-18

License

This dataset is derived from World Bank Open Data and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.