Throughout 2020-22, the accounts receivable market is under pressure from conjunctures of various nature. After stabilization of «covid» growth in 2021, the dynamics of distressed debts in 2022 showed an absolute record of 47% and reached 4.7 trillion rubles.
The growth of distressed debts in the economy far exceeded the growth of accounts receivable as a whole (18% by the end of 2022). The difference in growth rates amounted to 29 percentage points, which indicates very alarming trends.
The share of overdue receivables (the ratio of of overdue receivables to receivables as a whole) reached 5.4% at the end of 2022, having increased by 1 percentage point over the year (from 4.4% at the end of 2021). The indicator of the share of overdue debt is a kind of thermometer-indicator, which demonstrates the level of «health» in the economy as a whole and in its separate segments. Therefore, the growth of this indicator indicates a «temperature rise».
The indicator of the share of overdue debt can be considered both by regions of the country and by industries (see tables).
Regions and industries highlighted in red show a higher indicator than the average for the observed industries and the country. The green indicator demonstrates a relatively favorable situation.
