TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 8. The volume of Uzbek commercial banks' problem loans amounted to 23.7 trillion soums ($1.8 billion) as of February 1, 2025.
The data obtained by Trend from the country's Central Bank shows that the share of problem loans in the loan portfolio of commercial banks amounted to 4.5 percent.
A total of 16.8 trillion soums ($1.2 billion) of problem loans fall on the share of banks with state shares. The share of problem loans in the loan portfolio of these banks is 4.6 percent.
The volume of problem loans at other banks amounted to 6.9 trillion soums ($532.4 million). The share of problem loans in these banks reached 4.2 percent.
Meanwhile, the loan volume of Uzbekistan's commercial banks amounted to 533.9 trillion soums ($41.1 billion) as of February 1, 2025. This figure has increased by 13.6 percent year-on-year (469.6 trillion soums, or $36.4 billion as of February 1, 2024).
The volume of state-owned banks’ loans totaled 366.8 trillion soums ($28.4 billion), while loans of other banks amounted to 167.1 trillion soums ($12.9 billion).
