Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Namibia
Namibia: Bank non-performing loans to gross loans was 6.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Namibia, 2001–2020
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 Namibia stood at 6.4%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 40.1% on the previous year and up 225.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Namibia peaked at 6.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2013.
Namibia ranks 47th of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.4% | — |
| 2002 | 3.5% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 3.9% | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | -38.5% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -36.6% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -24.3% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | +67.4% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | +38.4% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | +27.5% |
| 2020 | 6.4% | +40.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.0% | 2.3% | 3.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.3% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Namibia
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 6.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate -12.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1392 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 678.58 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate -11.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 732.96 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate -11.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 732.96 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Namibia?
- Bank non-performing loans to gross loans in Namibia was 6.4% 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank non-performing loans to gross loans recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2013.
- How does Namibia rank for bank non-performing loans to gross loans?
- Namibia ranks 47th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank non-performing loans to gross loans rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 225.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.