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HOUSEHOLD DEBT IS RISING, YET DEBT SERVICE
REMAINS MANAGEABLE
Slovak household debt has been for years
increasing at the fastest clip in the EU, debt relative.
to income and GDP is above CEE countries, but
remains below Western EU countries (except Italy)
Thanks to rising income and low interest rates, debt
service nevertheless remains at a manageable
levels and NPLs were historic low in early 2020 and
seen contained also post the pandemic and end of
loan moratoria prevailing till March 2021
Debt service to income
Household debt to income
(%, change 2019/2009, stock as of 2019)
33.0%Slovakia
21.3% Belgium
19.3% Sweden
Romania
24.0%
Latvia
32.2%
Hungary
33.3%
18.2% France
Lithuania
36.4%
16.8% Finland
Slovenia
44.4%
9.1%
Poland
Croatia
53.8%
Poland
8.4%
Czechia
57.7%
Czechia
58.9%
0.9%
Italy
Italy
61.6%
-0.3%
Slovenia
Estonia
66.3%
-0.9%
Austria
Slovakia
69.6%
-4.0%
Euro area
Austria
82.7%
(%, HFCS survey 2017, households with debt payments)
-6.2%
Germany
Greece
82.9%
-7.0%
Croatia
Germany
84.7%
-9.1%
Romania
Portugal
92.6%
25%
-9.1%
Lithuania
Spain
93.0%
-9.9%
UK
Euro area
93.8%
20%
-25.1%
Cyprus
France
98.1%
-27.8%
Estonia
15%
13.0%
11.4%
10%
Belgium
104.3%
-29.2%
Hungary
Ireland
111.6%
-33.4%
Portugal
Finland
115.3%
-38.6%
Latvia
UK
122.6%
5%
-39.4%
Spain
Cyprus
134.2%
-55.6%
Denmark
Sweden
159.6%
0%
Ireland
Denmark
214.2%
58322X
-80% -40% 0%
40%
0%
75% 150% 225%
Source: ECB, Eurostat
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