Bank loans as a share of GDP rose 38.0% to 26.6% in Swaziland in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank loans as a share of GDP in Swaziland reached an all time high of 26.6% in 2015 and an all time low of 15.5% in 2010. When compared to Swaziland's main peers, bank loans as a share of GDP in Botswana amounted to 34.0%, 17.4% in Lesotho, 56.6% in Mozambique and 77.3% in South Africa in 2015.
Swaziland has been ranked 111th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of bank loans as a share of GDP, 111 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Loans (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.0% | 30.1% | 30.1% | 30.2% | 35.0% | ||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.4% | 16.9% | 17.6% | 21.2% | 21.8% | ||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.1% | 14.8% | 15.5% | 15.0% | 9.30% | ... | |||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56.6% | 37.6% | 28.8% | 27.6% | 26.3% | ||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51.3% | 50.5% | 51.2% | 53.5% | 57.3% | ||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 77.3% | 75.1% | 73.2% | 74.4% | 68.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.6% | 18.3% | 18.4% | 18.6% | 18.8% | ... | ... | ||||||
| Tanzania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.7% | 14.7% | 13.3% | 13.6% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Zambia | % | ... | ... | ... | 24.9% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.5% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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