Provisions to nonperforming loans in Japan
Japan: Provisions to nonperforming loans was 25.6% in 2009. β² Rising
Provisions to nonperforming loans in Japan, 1998β2009
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Japan recorded 25.6% for provisions to nonperforming loans in 2009.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, provisions to nonperforming loans in Japan peaked at 80.2% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 24.5%, in 2002.
Japan ranks 136th of 140 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.1% | 40.3% | 49.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.7% | 24.5% | 80.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More financial sector data for Japan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 14.80 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 411.71 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -0.9434 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 951.96 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 86.75 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 861.99 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 914.64 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.00 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 1.00 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 8,108 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is provisions to nonperforming loans in Japan?
- Provisions to nonperforming loans in Japan was 25.6% in 2009, according to Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 80.2% in 2004.
- What is the lowest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.5% in 2002.
- How does Japan rank for provisions to nonperforming loans?
- Japan ranks 136th out of 140 countries with data for 2009.
- Is provisions to nonperforming loans rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.