Provisions to nonperforming loans in Italy
Italy: Provisions to nonperforming loans was 51.1% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Provisions to nonperforming loans in Italy, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Italy recorded 51.1% for provisions to nonperforming loans in 2020.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, provisions to nonperforming loans in Italy peaked at 53.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 40.0%, in 2012.
Italy ranks 97th of 140 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.5% | 42.8% | 48.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 46.2% | 40.0% | 49.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 46.3% | 40.0% | 53.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.1% | 51.1% | 51.1% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Italy
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 52,704 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.3 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.76 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 251.41 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 38.37 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 65.50 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 316.91 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 313.66 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 5,324 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is provisions to nonperforming loans in Italy?
- Provisions to nonperforming loans in Italy was 51.1% 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 53.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.0% in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for provisions to nonperforming loans?
- Italy ranks 97th out of 140 countries with data for 2020.
- Is provisions to nonperforming loans rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.