Non-Performing Loans (As % of Total Loans) by Country

A non-performing loan is a loan that is in default or close to being in default. Many loans become non-performing after being in default for 3 months, but this can depend on the contract terms or a banking regulator. According to the IMF definition, a loan is non-performing when payments of interest and principal are overdue by 90 days or more, or at least 90 days of interest payments have been capitalised, refinanced or delayed by agreement, or payments are less than 90 days overdue, but there are other good reasons to doubt that payments will be made in full. Many banking crises have been accompanied by a hefty increase in non-perfoming loans, often rising as high as 20-30% of total loans.