Bank loans growth in USD terms fell 14.0% to -9.63% in Norway in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank loans growth in USD terms in Norway reached an all time high of 58.1% in 1985 and an all time low of -15.4% in 2008. When compared to Norway's main peers, bank loans growth in USD terms in Denmark amounted to -9.21%, -8.51% in Finland, 10.8% in Iceland and -5.82% in Sweden in 2015.
Norway has been ranked 107th within the group of 138 countries we follow in terms of bank loans growth in USD terms, 52 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 |
| Australia | % | 5.52% | 7.57% | -6.08% | -1.11% | -3.55% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | -4.93% | 2.45% | 7.84% | -12.4% | -9.21% | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | 25.0% | 4.86% | 4.85% | -30.9% | -8.51% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.035% | 3.85% | -4.13% | -12.4% | -5.09% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -8.29% | -3.16% | 21.2% | 5.23% | 10.8% | ||||||||
| Indonesia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.4% | 21.7% | -3.86% | 8.57% | -3.01% | ||||||||
| Netherlands | % | -0.978% | -1.85% | -0.305% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | 3.16% | 10.4% | 4.31% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | 0.055% | 8.88% | 0.988% | -8.45% | -9.63% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.2% | 18.8% | -1.77% | 12.5% | -1.72% | ||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | 22.1% | 26.4% | 10.6% | -30.8% | -9.83% | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 3.05% | 12.6% | 3.62% | -7.66% | -5.82% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | -4.91% | 5.25% | -0.940% | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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