Non-performing loans reached 1.67 PAB bil in second quarter of 2016 in Panama, according to the National Central Bank. This is 0.331 % less than in the previous quarter.
Historically, non-performing loans in Panama reached an all time high of 1.67 PAB bil in first quarter of 2016 and an all time low of 0.806 PAB bil in first quarter of 2013. When compared to Panama's main peers, non-performing loans in Colombia amounted to 12,625 COP bil, 309 CRC bil in Costa Rica and 1.31 NIO bil in Nicaragua in second quarter of 2016.
Panama has been ranked 61st within the group of 74 countries we follow in terms of non-performing loans.
A non-performing loan is a loan that is in default or close to being in default.
| Non-Performing Loans (Local Currency) | Unit | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| Belize | BZD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Brazil | BRL bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Colombia | COP bil | 16,823 | 18,465 | 19,562 | 19,258 | 21,834 | ... | |||
| Costa Rica | CRC bil | 319 | 355 | 407 | 447 | 441 | ... | |||
| El Salvador | SVC bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Guatemala | GTQ bil | 3.81 | 4.23 | 4.30 | 4.00 | 4.27 | ... | |||
| Honduras | HNL bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Mexico | MXN bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Nicaragua | NIO bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Panama | PAB bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Peru | PEN bil | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 9.58 | ... | |||
| USA | USD bil | 122 | 115 | 114 | 116 | 111 | ||||
| Venezuela | VEF bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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