Provisions to nonperforming loans in Sweden
Sweden: Provisions to nonperforming loans was 63.0% in 2020. βΌ Falling
Provisions to nonperforming loans in Sweden, 1998β2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 63.0% for provisions to nonperforming loans in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.7% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, provisions to nonperforming loans in Sweden peaked at 79.0% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 36.6%, in 2017.
That places Sweden 65th 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 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.9% | 42.3% | 55.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 63.4% | 47.1% | 79.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 36.6% | 50.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 63.0% | 63.0% | 63.0% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Sweden
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 966,527 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 16.89 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 141.47 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 12.89 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 33.12 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 41.29 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 54.18 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 54.04 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 5,100 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is provisions to nonperforming loans in Sweden?
- Provisions to nonperforming loans in Sweden was 63.0% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2001.
- What is the lowest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.6% in 2017.
- How does Sweden rank for provisions to nonperforming loans?
- Sweden ranks 65th out of 140 countries with data for 2020.
- Is provisions to nonperforming loans rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.