Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Brazil
Brazil: Bank non-performing loans to gross loans was 2.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Brazil, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Brazil stood at 2.2%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 27.9% on the previous year and down 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Brazil peaked at 10.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2020.
That places Brazil 99th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10.2% | — |
| 1999 | 8.7% | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 8.3% | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 5.6% | -32.5% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | -19.6% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | -29.3% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | +20.7% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | +35.5% |
| 2010 | 3.1% | -26.0% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2.9% | -17.1% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | +18.3% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -14.9% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -27.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.4% | 8.7% | 10.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 2.9% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Brazil
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 83,511 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 7.8 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 194.05 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 17.68 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 226.46 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 244.10 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 261.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 261.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,229 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Brazil?
- Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Brazil was 2.2% in 2020, according to Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank non-performing loans to gross loans recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 1998.
- What is the lowest bank non-performing loans to gross loans recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for bank non-performing loans to gross loans?
- Brazil ranks 99th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank non-performing loans to gross loans rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank non-performing loans to gross loans (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.