Provisions to nonperforming loans in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Provisions to nonperforming loans was 58.7% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Provisions to nonperforming loans in United Arab Emirates, 2000–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, provisions to nonperforming loans in United Arab Emirates stood at 58.7%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.1% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, provisions to nonperforming loans in United Arab Emirates peaked at 95.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 58.7%, in 2020.
United Arab Emirates ranks 73rd of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Provisions to nonperforming loans in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 86.0% | — |
| 2001 | 87.0% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 87.5% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 88.5% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 94.6% | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 95.7% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 94.7% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 90.1% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 78.0% | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 85.0% | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 65.2% | -23.3% |
| 2011 | 67.1% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 65.6% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 65.3% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 69.6% | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 75.3% | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 75.4% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 72.2% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 70.3% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 62.5% | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 58.7% | -6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.7% | 78.0% | 95.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.8% | 62.5% | 75.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.7% | 58.7% | 58.7% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 16.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.3163 SDR per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 17,617 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 15.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 17,876 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 16.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 18,540 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 16.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 18,530 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 213.34 billion SDR (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is provisions to nonperforming loans in United Arab Emirates?
- Provisions to nonperforming loans in United Arab Emirates was 58.7% 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest provisions to nonperforming loans recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.7% in 2020.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for provisions to nonperforming loans?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 73rd out of 140 countries with data for 2020.
- Is provisions to nonperforming loans rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.