Nominal bank loans growth fell 57.5% to 1.29% in Panama in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, nominal bank loans growth in Panama reached an all time high of 18.2% in 2011 and an all time low of 1.29% in 2017. When compared to Panama's main peers, nominal bank loans growth in Colombia amounted to 6.23%, 8.02% in Costa Rica, 9.90% in Honduras and 14.7% in Nicaragua in 2017.
Panama has been ranked 80th within the group of 100 countries we follow in terms of nominal bank loans growth, 80 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Loans Growth (Nominal) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | % | 2.64% | 1.24% | 2.71% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 8.30% | -4.20% | -0.876% | ... | 5.75% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.52% | 8.70% | 6.23% | ... | 7.67% | ||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.2% | 12.4% | 8.02% | ... | -1.65% | ... | |||||||
| El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.67% | 2.48% | 7.85% | ... | 5.76% | |||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.8% | 6.14% | 3.42% | ... | 5.56% | |||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.52% | 13.0% | 9.90% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Mexico | % | 14.4% | 14.9% | 9.06% | ... | 3.52% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.3% | 17.7% | 14.7% | ... | -18.6% | ... | |||||
| Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.0% | 3.05% | 1.29% | ... | 0.916% | ||||||
| Peru | % | 13.9% | 5.08% | 5.04% | ... | 6.04% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 7.67% | 6.15% | 5.07% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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