Non-performing loans as a share of bank loans rose 33.8% to 2.85% in Bolivia in 2023, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, non-performing loans as a share of bank loans in Bolivia reached an all time high of 2.85% in 2023 and an all time low of 1.45% in 2012. When compared to Bolivia's main peers, non-performing loans as a share of bank loans in Brazil amounted to 2.84%, 2.10% in Chile, 3.01% in Paraguay and 4.48% in Peru in 2023.
Bolivia has been ranked 54th within the group of 106 countries we follow in terms of non-performing loans as a share of bank loans, 51 places above 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 |
| Argentina | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.73% | 2.96% | 5.70% | 4.15% | 4.29% | |||||
| Bolivia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.70% | 1.73% | 1.87% | 1.51% | 1.54% | |||||||||
| Brazil | % | ... | ... | 2.88% | 2.60% | 2.66% | 1.87% | 2.08% | ||||||||||||||
| Chile | % | 1.92% | 1.87% | 2.06% | 1.55% | 1.23% | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | ... | ... | 4.18% | 3.43% | 3.15% | 3.67% | 3.03% | ||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | % | ... | ... | 2.81% | 2.51% | 2.56% | 2.41% | 2.27% | ||||||||||||||
| Peru | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.26% | 3.27% | 3.37% | 4.13% | 3.91% | |||||||||
| Uruguay | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.66% | 2.82% | 2.55% | 2.34% | 1.33% | |||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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