Non-performing loans as a share of bank loans rose 54.5% to 3.78% in Nepal in 2023, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, non-performing loans as a share of bank loans in Nepal reached an all time high of 3.78% in 2023 and an all time low of 1.16% in 2021.
Nepal has been ranked 38th within the group of 103 countries we follow in terms of non-performing loans as a share of bank loans, 38 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 |
| Bangladesh | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.90% | 9.89% | 8.90% | 7.74% | 7.97% | ||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.42% | 7.03% | 8.45% | 11.7% | 6.74% | ||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.74% | 1.83% | 1.86% | 1.84% | 1.73% | ... | ... | |||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.98% | 9.46% | 9.23% | 7.94% | 6.54% | ||||||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Nepal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.70% | 1.56% | 1.66% | 1.68% | 1.16% | |||
| Pakistan | % | ... | ... | 8.43% | 7.97% | 8.58% | 9.19% | 7.89% | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.66% | 9.75% | 8.83% | 8.16% | 6.10% | ... | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.50% | 3.42% | 4.70% | 4.93% | 4.47% | ... | |||||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.13% | 0.913% | 0.855% | 1.07% | 0.813% |
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