16Nov
2022

ECRI Statistical Package 2022 - Key findings

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Research Reports
Author(s): 
Damir Gojsic, Aline Freitas Schincariol

Key findings

  • In 2021, loans to EU households and non-financial corporations (NFCs) increased by 3.6 %.
  • Household loans in the EU increased by 4.3 % and NFC loans increased by 2.7 % in 2021.
  • Total household loans grew most in Bulgaria (+15.4 %), Hungary (+15.0 %), Lithuania (+11.0 %), Latvia (+10.2 %), Czechia (+9.9 %), Romania (+9.7 %), and Malta (+9.6 %). In turn, contractions were registered in Greece (-34.2 %), Cyprus (-8.7 %) and Ireland (-1.2 %).
  • NFC loans grew most in Romania (+19.8 %), Lithuania (+16.9 %), Hungary (+11.0 %), and Estonia (+9.3 %). In turn, reductions were registered in Greece (-12.7 %), Ireland (-10.2 %), the Netherlands (-2.2 %), Cyprus (-1.8 %), Italy (-0.7 %), and Croatia (-0.3 %).

ECRI Statistical Package

The ECRI Statistical Package 2022 provides data on outstanding credit granted by monetary-financial institutions (MFIs) to households and non-financial corporations (NFCs) for the period from 1995 to 2021. Credit volumes and annual growth rates are broken down by sector and credit type to enable detailed insights into credit market developments over time and across countries. It comprises 45 countries including the EU Member States, EU candidates, and EFTA countries as well as the US, UK, Japan, Australia, Russia, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.

To purchase the ECRI Statistical Package 2022, please contact beatriz.pozo@ceps.eu

For more information visit http://www.ecri.eu/statistics

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