Non-performing loans as a share of bank loans fell 2.96% to 2.71% in Italy in 2023, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, non-performing loans as a share of bank loans in Italy reached an all time high of 18.1% in 2015 and an all time low of 2.71% in 2023. When compared to Italy's main peers, non-performing loans as a share of bank loans in Austria amounted to 2.48%, 2.06% in France, 1.52% in Slovenia and 0.758% in Switzerland in 2023.
Italy has been ranked 55th within the group of 100 countries we follow in terms of non-performing loans as a share of bank loans, 39 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Non-Performing Loans (As % of Total Loans) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.37% | 2.90% | 2.41% | 2.39% | 2.08% | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.96% | 2.27% | 2.09% | 2.07% | 2.03% | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | ... | ... | ... | 12.1% | 10.4% | 7.41% | 7.63% | 5.70% | |||||||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.85% | 2.75% | 2.51% | 2.38% | 2.17% | |||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | 1.50% | 1.24% | 1.05% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.17% | 2.47% | 1.51% | 3.95% | 3.57% | |||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | 14.4% | 8.39% | 6.75% | 4.36% | 3.35% | ||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.20% | 6.01% | 3.36% | 3.02% | 2.06% | |||||||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | 4.46% | 3.69% | 3.15% | 2.85% | 2.92% | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | ... | ... | 0.644% | 0.669% | 0.645% | 0.755% | 0.665% |
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