Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Egypt
Egypt: Bank non-performing loans to gross loans was 7.2% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Egypt, 2000–2015
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 7.2% for bank non-performing loans to gross loans in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.3% on the previous year and down 72.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Egypt peaked at 26.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2015.
That places Egypt 42nd out of 141 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.6% | — |
| 2001 | 16.9% | +24.3% |
| 2002 | 20.2% | +19.5% |
| 2003 | 24.2% | +19.8% |
| 2004 | 23.6% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 26.5% | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 18.2% | -31.3% |
| 2007 | 19.3% | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 14.8% | -23.3% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 10.9% | -19.9% |
| 2012 | 9.8% | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 9.3% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 7.2% | -15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.1% | 13.4% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 7.2% | 13.6% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Egypt
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 154,531 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 50.08 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 18.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 145.56 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 13.26 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 22.11 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 22.42 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 301.51 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Egypt?
- Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Egypt was 7.2% in 2015, 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 26.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest bank non-performing loans to gross loans recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2015.
- How does Egypt rank for bank non-performing loans to gross loans?
- Egypt ranks 42nd out of 141 countries with data for 2015.
- Is bank non-performing loans to gross loans rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.