Provisions to nonperforming loans in Malta
Malta: Provisions to nonperforming loans was 49.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Provisions to nonperforming loans in Malta, 2006–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Malta recorded 49.7% for provisions to nonperforming loans in 2020. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 26.5% on the previous year and up 89.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, provisions to nonperforming loans in Malta peaked at 49.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2008.
Malta ranks 100th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.8% | 13.9% | 28.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 33.9% | 26.2% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.7% | 49.7% | 49.7% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Malta
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 61.7% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 0.2461 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 19.16 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets 13.48 billion current LCU (2023)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 61.7% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 13.8% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 61.7% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 0.885 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 5,161 (2025)
- GDP deflator: linked series 120.45 base year varies by country (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is provisions to nonperforming loans in Malta?
- Provisions to nonperforming loans in Malta was 49.7% 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 49.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2008.
- How does Malta rank for provisions to nonperforming loans?
- Malta ranks 100th out of 140 countries with data for 2020.
- Is provisions to nonperforming loans rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.