Bank loans rose 5.70% to RON 233 bil in Romania in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank loans in Romania reached an all time high of RON 233 bil in 2017 and an all time low of RON 0.068 bil in 1990. When compared to Romania's main peers, bank loans in Bulgaria amounted to BGN 59.7 bil, HUF 13,845 bil in Hungary, MDL 33.7 bil in Moldova and UAH 1,067 bil in Ukraine in 2017.
Romania has been ranked 68th within the group of 108 countries we follow in terms of bank loans, 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Loans (Local Currency) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Austria | EUR bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bulgaria | BGN bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.9 | 58.3 | 63.3 | 66.2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Czechia | CZK bil | 3,085 | 3,306 | 3,451 | 3,596 | 3,848 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | EUR bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 164 | 149 | 148 | 148 | 205 | ... | ... | |||
| Hungary | HUF bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17,991 | 18,983 | 25,609 | 28,208 | 42,374 | ... | ... | ||
| Moldova | MDL bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.6 | 40.4 | 45.7 | 56.5 | ... | ... |
| Poland | PLN bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,210 | 1,334 | 1,394 | 1,400 | 1,485 | ... | ||||||||
| Romania | RON bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 208 | 223 | 240 | 251 | 324 | ... | ... | |||
| Russia | RUB bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59,841 | 68,373 | ... | ... | ... |
| Serbia | RSD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Slovakia | EUR bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54.9 | 60.0 | 63.8 | 66.8 | 72.0 | ... | ... | |||
| Turkey | TRY bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,889 | 3,823 | 5,075 | ... | ... |
| Ukraine | UAH bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,034 | 964 | 1,065 | ... | ... |
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