Corporate loans as a share of GDP rose 14.7% to 28.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, corporate loans as a share of GDP in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached an all time high of 30.5% in 2013 and an all time low of 23.9% in 2006. When compared to Bosnia and Herzegovina's main peers, corporate loans as a share of GDP in Croatia amounted to 23.8%, 35.0% in Italy, 26.2% in Montenegro and 24.8% in Serbia in 2017.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has been ranked 26th within the group of 80 countries we follow in terms of corporate loans as a share of GDP, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Corporate Loans (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Albania | % | 26.1% | 26.2% | 24.4% | 25.2% | 20.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria | % | 36.3% | 37.8% | 36.4% | 40.8% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.4% | 25.8% | 24.9% | 28.6% | 26.3% | ||||||||||
| Croatia | % | 25.2% | 25.2% | 22.5% | 23.8% | 18.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 35.5% | 39.0% | 39.1% | 44.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 16.0% | 15.1% | 14.9% | 17.1% | 15.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | 36.2% | 37.8% | 36.1% | 35.0% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.7% | 26.9% | 24.7% | 26.2% | 22.3% | ||||||||||
| Romania | % | 14.3% | 14.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% | 11.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 21.9% | 24.0% | 22.5% | 24.8% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 22.2% | 20.7% | 19.1% | 20.3% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.1% | 36.7% | 37.7% | 38.1% | 38.5% |
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