Loan Loss Provisions (As % of Bank Loans) rose 17.3% to 1.94% in Botswana in 2017

Loan Loss Provisions (As % of Bank Loans) (%), 2017

Banking | Botswana | February 3, 2019

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Loan loss provisions as a percentage of bank loans rose 17.3% to 1.94% in Botswana in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.

Historically, loan loss provisions as a percentage of bank loans in Botswana reached an all time high of 1.94% in 2017 and an all time low of 1.36% in 2015.

Botswana has been ranked 14th within the group of 63 countries we follow in terms of loan loss provisions as a percentage of bank loans, 14 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Loan Loss Provisions (As % of Bank Loans)	Unit	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Angola	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						3.17%	...	...	...	...	...	...
Botswana	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				1.36%	1.65%	1.94%	0.784%	1.31%		...
Dem. Republic of the Congo	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Lesotho	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						1.65%	1.89%	2.63%	1.34%	1.70%		...
Mozambique	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			1.70%	2.66%	3.31%	2.28%	2.06%
Namibia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						0.418%	0.296%	0.426%	0.425%	0.601%		...
South Africa	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								1.16%	0.971%	0.929%	0.853%	0.908%		...
Swaziland	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					0.811%	0.857%	1.20%	0.667%	0.907%	...	...
Tanzania	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						1.05%	2.32%	...	...	...	...	...
Zambia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Zimbabwe	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...