Bank loans growth in USD terms fell 1.00% to -17.0% in Zimbabwe in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank loans growth in USD terms in Zimbabwe reached an all time high of 143% in 2010 and an all time low of -17.0% in 2015. When compared to Zimbabwe's main peers, bank loans growth in USD terms in Botswana amounted to -6.94%, 19.4% in Mozambique, -17.6% in South Africa and 20.3% in Zambia in 2015.
Zimbabwe has been ranked 126th within the group of 138 countries we follow in terms of bank loans growth in USD terms, 126 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Loans Growth (USD) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Angola | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.7% | 22.1% | 7.83% | 3.93% | -14.8% | |||||
| Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.6% | 10.4% | 2.55% | 4.87% | -6.94% | |||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46.6% | 39.2% | 23.3% | 8.53% | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.695% | 34.0% | 0.768% | -5.92% | -13.2% | |||||||
| Malawi | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.9% | -22.6% | -29.2% | 2.95% | -5.34% | |||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.3% | 22.9% | 21.0% | 22.4% | 19.4% | ... | ... | |||||
| Namibia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -8.48% | 12.1% | -7.23% | 6.42% | -14.6% | |||||||
| South Africa | % | -12.6% | 4.37% | -17.0% | 14.8% | -17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.1% | -15.2% | 6.15% | -9.38% | 10.7% | ... | ... | |
| Tanzania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.5% | 17.6% | 14.3% | 16.4% | -3.15% | ... | ||||||
| Zambia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -2.98% | 33.9% | 12.1% | 1.58% | 20.3% | ... | ... | |||||
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.1% | 27.6% | 8.24% | 0.924% | -17.0% | ... | ... |
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