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Where Bad Bank Loans Are Best Covered by Provisions?

Total Provisions to NPLs (%), 2017 or latest
Banking | September 20, 2018
$2.99
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Based on a comparison of 88 countries in 2017, Nicaragua ranked the highest in provisions as a share of non-performing loans with 249% followed by South Korea and China. On the other end of the scale was Canada with 15.1%, Namibia with 17.3% and Estonia with 21.3%.

Data for more countries are available at Total Provisions (As % of Non-Performing Loans) indicator page.

Total Provisions (As % of Non-Performing Loans) Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Argentina % 140% 148% 137% 139% ... ... ...
Brazil % ... ... ... ... ... 156% 154% 152% 163% ... ... ...
Chile % ... 111% 121% 135% 129% ... ... ...
China % ... ... ... ... ... 263% 181% 176% 181% ... ... ...
Colombia % ... ... ... ... ... 151% 155% 153% 135% ... ... ...
Costa Rica % ... ... ... ... ... 111% 122% 148% 145% ... ... ...
Dominican Republic % ... ... ... ... ... 182% 164% 167% 143% ... ... ...
El Salvador % ... ... ... ... ... 119% 117% 116% ... ... ... ...
Honduras % ... ... ... ... ... ... 106% 127% 119% 138% ... ... ...
Macedonia % 81.9% 108% 115% 111% 128%
Mexico % ... ... ... ... ... 133% 140% 157% 155% ... ... ...
Nicaragua % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 225% 244% 249% 222% ... ... ...
Peru % ... ... ... ... ... 114% 116% 111% 105% ... ... ...
Philippines % ... ... ... ... ... 73.5% 125% 127% 126% ... ... ...
South Korea % ... ... ... ... ... 34.0% 279% 229% 186% 197% ...