The data describes the share of non-performing loans held by banks in the U.S. from 1995 to 2017. Non-performing loans are those with 90-days or more past due or nonaccrual in the call report. In 2017, 1.22% of total loans in the United States were non-performing loans.
Historically, the share of non-performing loans in the U.S. revolved around the level of approx. 1%. In the years following the 2008 financial crisis, non-performing loans constituted even as much as over 5% of total loans held by the U.S. banks.
