Brazil Credit Growth Slows in 2025
2026-01-29 11:47
By
Isabela Couto
1 min. read
Brazil’s total stock of outstanding loans rose 1.8% month-on-month to R$7.1 trillion in December 2025, following a 0.9% increase in November.
Corporate credit climbed 3.3% to R$2.70 trillion, while lending to households expanded 1.8% to R$4.42 trillion.
On a year-on-year basis, the balance of credit operations grew 10.2%, marking a deceleration from 2024, when growth reached 11.5%.
The slowdown in 2025 was evident in both segments, with corporate credit rising 8.1% versus 9.9% in 2024, and household lending increasing 11.6% compared with 12.6% a year earlier.