Share Of NPL In Banks Up 0.75 p.p. To 30.77% In August

In August 2022, the share of non-performing loans (NPL) in Ukrainian banks increased by 0.75 percentage point to 30.77%

The NBU has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

The volume of non-performing loans in August increased by UAH 4.99 billion to UAH 368.7 billion.

At that, in state-owned banks, the share of non-performing loans in July increased by 1.03 p.p. to 46.22%, and in foreign banking groups increased by 0.78 p.p. to 12.60%.

The share of non-performing loans in banks with private capital increased by 0.32 p.p. to 14.96%, while in PrivatBank it increased by 0.19 p.p. to 67.26%.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the share of NPL in the loan portfolio decreased by 11% in 2021 - from 41% as of January 1, 2021 to 30% as of January 1, 2022.

In 2020, the share of NPL in Ukrainian banks decreased from 48.4% (as of January 1, 2020) to 41% (as of January 1, 2021).