Provisions to nonperforming loans in Mauritius
Mauritius: Provisions to nonperforming loans was 60.0% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Provisions to nonperforming loans in Mauritius, 2009–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 60.0% for provisions to nonperforming loans in 2020. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.1% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, provisions to nonperforming loans in Mauritius peaked at 60.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 37.4%, in 2014.
Mauritius ranks 70th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.0% | 38.0% | 38.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 45.7% | 37.4% | 52.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.0% | 60.0% | 60.0% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Mauritius
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 72.0% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 5.16 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 1.08 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 1.05 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 72.0% (2025)
- Broad money 142.3% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 40.9% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 72.0% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 46 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -2,784 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is provisions to nonperforming loans in Mauritius?
- Provisions to nonperforming loans in Mauritius was 60.0% 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.4% in 2014.
- How does Mauritius rank for provisions to nonperforming loans?
- Mauritius ranks 70th out of 140 countries with data for 2020.
- Is provisions to nonperforming loans rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.