Provisions to nonperforming loans in Lebanon
Lebanon: Provisions to nonperforming loans was 54.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Provisions to nonperforming loans in Lebanon, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, provisions to nonperforming loans in Lebanon stood at 54.2%.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, provisions to nonperforming loans in Lebanon peaked at 72.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 37.0%, in 2017.
That places Lebanon 85th out of 140 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Provisions to nonperforming loans in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 57.4% | — |
| 1999 | 72.5% | +26.3% |
| 2000 | 64.6% | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 46.3% | -28.3% |
| 2004 | 46.1% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 50.2% | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 54.4% | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 56.9% | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 61.3% | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 63.9% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 62.0% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 60.9% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 55.7% | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 54.3% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 52.4% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 44.6% | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 37.0% | -16.9% |
| 2018 | 61.1% | +64.8% |
| 2019 | 57.2% | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 54.2% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.0% | 57.4% | 72.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 55.5% | 46.1% | 64.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 53.9% | 37.0% | 62.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 54.2% | 54.2% | 54.2% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Lebanon
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 26.00 million current LCU per person (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 3,021 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.22 % change on previous year (2017)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 322.77 million SDR (2024)
- Gold reserves at market value 18.45 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 6.95 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 7.09 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 25.54 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 25.57 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 4,404 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is provisions to nonperforming loans in Lebanon?
- Provisions to nonperforming loans in Lebanon was 54.2% 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 Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 72.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.0% in 2017.
- How does Lebanon rank for provisions to nonperforming loans?
- Lebanon ranks 85th out of 140 countries with data for 2020.
- Is provisions to nonperforming loans rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.