Provisions to nonperforming loans in Belgium
Belgium: Provisions to nonperforming loans was 41.1% in 2020. βΌ Falling
Provisions to nonperforming loans in Belgium, 1998β2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, provisions to nonperforming loans in Belgium stood at 41.1%.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, provisions to nonperforming loans in Belgium peaked at 61.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 40.4%, in 2014.
Belgium ranks 117th of 140 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.5% | 58.0% | 61.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 52.0% | 41.0% | 57.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.4% | 40.4% | 48.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.1% | 41.1% | 41.1% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Belgium
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 64,305 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.14 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 255.88 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 23.32 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.74 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 17.86 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 41.18 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 40.88 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 3,423 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is provisions to nonperforming loans in Belgium?
- Provisions to nonperforming loans in Belgium was 41.1% in 2020, according to Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 61.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.4% in 2014.
- How does Belgium rank for provisions to nonperforming loans?
- Belgium ranks 117th out of 140 countries with data for 2020.
- Is provisions to nonperforming loans rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Provisions to nonperforming loans (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Provisions to nonperforming loans. Nonperforming Loans are loans for which the contractual payments are delinquent, usually defined as and NPL ratio being overdue for more than a certain number of days (e.g., usually more than 90 days). Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.