Loan loss provisions as a percentage of bank loans rose 43.6% to 0.426% in Namibia in 2017, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, loan loss provisions as a percentage of bank loans in Namibia reached an all time high of 0.426% in 2017 and an all time low of 0.154% in 2012.
Namibia has been ranked 40th within the group of 63 countries we follow in terms of loan loss provisions as a percentage of bank loans, 40 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Loan Loss Provisions (As % of Bank Loans) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.17% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.36% | 1.65% | 1.94% | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.65% | 1.89% | 2.63% | ... | 1.70% | ... | ||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.31% | 2.28% | 2.06% | ||
| Namibia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.418% | 0.296% | 0.426% | ... | 0.601% | ... | ||||||
| South Africa | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.16% | 0.971% | 0.929% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Swaziland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.20% | 0.667% | 0.907% | ... | ... |
| Zambia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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