NBG: November sees growth in loans and deposits
NBG: November sees growth in loans and deposits

According to the National Bank of Georgia (NBG), by the end of November 2025, commercial banks had issued loans totaling 68.97 billion GEL, up 944.67 million GEL (1.39%) from the previous month. Annual loan growth, excluding exchange rate effects, reached 13.75%.

Loans in the national currency increased by 652.59 million GEL (1.65%), while foreign currency loans grew by 292.08 million GEL (1.02%). Resident legal entities received 11.04 billion GEL in loans in the national currency, up 2.05%, and 19.35 billion GEL in foreign currency, up 1.40% from the previous month. Lending to households rose by 1.25% (444.53 million GEL) to 35.97 billion GEL. The larization ratio of total loans stood at 58.18%, up 0.151 percentage points from October.

Deposits in the banking sector totaled 65.71 billion GEL, up 131.50 million GEL (0.20%) from the previous month, with annual growth of 13.88% excluding exchange rate effects. Time deposits increased by 224.67 million GEL (0.72%), while demand deposits decreased by 93.17 million GEL (0.27%). The larization ratio of deposits reached 52.09%, up 0.87 percentage points.

The average annual weighted market interest rate on term deposits in November was 6.82%, including 8.98% for deposits in the national currency and 2.43% for foreign currency deposits. Among foreign currency deposits, 78.68% were in US dollars and 19.85% in euros.