Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) - Interest rates - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators

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Interest rate spread is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to prime customers minus the interest rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits.
Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) - Interest rates - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Zimbabwe (2007)457.46
2Democratic Republic of the Congo (1996)187
3Guinea-Bissau (1996)48.25
4Brazil (2008)35.59
5Madagascar (2008)33.5
6Laos (2007)23.5
7Paraguay (2008)22.73
8Malawi (2007)21.74
9Peru (2008)20.17
10Sao Tome and Principe (2008)19.65
11Kyrgyzstan (2008)15.86
12Haiti (2008)15.66
13Mauritania (2007)15.5
14Gambia (2007)15.03
15Sierra Leone (2008)14.78
16Cambodia (2006)14.56
17Tajikistan (2007)14.44
18Solomon Islands (2008)13.44
19Zambia (2008)12.51
20Timor-Leste (2008)12.31
21Guyana (2008)12.21
22Micronesia (2008)11.91
23Guinea (2000)11.88
24Costa Rica (2008)11.68
25Mauritius (2008)11.43
26Liberia (2007)11.28
27Georgia (2008)10.86
28Serbia (2008)10.79
29Low income (2007)10.75
30Chad (2007)10.75
31Equatorial Guinea (2007)10.75
32Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2007)10.75
33Gabon (2007)10.75
34Cameroon (2007)10.75
35Central African Republic (2007)10.75
36Republic of the Congo (2007)10.75
37Armenia (2008)10.42
38Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)9.97
39Least developed countries: UN classification (2007)9.84
40Uganda (2007)9.84
41Togo (1992)9.75
42Dominican Republic (2008)9.6
43Bhutan (2007)9.5
44Mongolia (2008)9.42
45Rwanda (2007)9.34
46Jamaica (2008)9.27
47Uruguay (2008)9.22
48Bolivia (2008)9.22
49Ghana (1988)9.08
50Mali (1992)9
51Ivory Coast (1992)9
52Niger (1992)9
53Benin (1992)9
54Burkina Faso (1992)9
55Senegal (1992)9
56Kenya (2008)8.71
57Lesotho (2008)8.55
58Honduras (2008)8.45
59Argentina (2008)8.42
60Iraq (2007)8.37
61Guatemala (2008)8.31
62Fiji (2007)8.11
63Djibouti (2007)8.08
64Sri Lanka (2008)8
65Burundi (1988)8
66Papua New Guinea (2008)7.96
67Morocco (2004)7.89
68Latin America & Caribbean (2008)7.87
69Botswana (2008)7.87
70Seychelles (2008)7.84
71Aruba (2008)7.62
72Ukraine (2008)7.54
73Azerbaijan (2008)7.54
74Colombia (2008)7.43
75Mozambique (2008)7.32
76Croatia (2008)7.25
77Iceland (2004)7.17
78Ecuador (2007)7.1
79Germany (2002)7.04
80Tanzania (2008)6.94
81St. Lucia (2008)6.9
82Antigua and Barbuda (2008)6.89
83St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)6.73
84Bangladesh (2008)6.72
85Swaziland (2008)6.67
86Lower middle income (2008)6.63
87South Asia (2008)6.61
88Samoa (2008)6.6
89Nicaragua (2008)6.6
90Low & middle income (2008)6.55
91Maldives (2008)6.5
92Russia (2008)6.47
93Middle income (2008)6.42
94Bulgaria (2008)6.42
95Angola (2008)6.33
96Grenada (2008)6.3
97Algeria (2008)6.25
98Upper middle income (2008)6.22
99Albania (2008)6.22
100Venezuela (2008)6.22
101Europe & Central Asia (2008)6.22
102Cape Verde (2008)6.18
103Netherlands Antilles (2008)6.04
104Pakistan (2008)6.02
105Tonga (2008)5.93
106Dominica (2008)5.86
107Suriname (2008)5.86
108Chile (2008)5.77
109Nepal (2007)5.75
110Egypt (2008)5.74
111Belize (2008)5.68
112Mexico (2008)5.66
113Barbados (2007)5.62
114Latvia (2008)5.51
115Romania (2008)5.47
116Montenegro (2008)5.41
117Namibia (2008)5.35
118Belgium (2003)5.24
119East Asia & Pacific (2008)5.11
120Indonesia (2008)5.11
121Trinidad and Tobago (2008)5.07
122Burma (2008)5
123Yemen (2008)5
124Singapore (2008)4.96
125San Marino (2007)4.96
126Italy (2003)4.88
127West Bank and Gaza (2006)4.76
128Denmark (2002)4.7
129New Zealand (2008)4.66
130Czech Republic (2008)4.64
131El Salvador (2000)4.64
132Panama (2008)4.63
133Brunei Darussalam (2008)4.62
134Thailand (2008)4.56
135Hong Kong (2008)4.55
136Comoros (2008)4.5
137United Arab Emirates (2001)4.45
138France (2004)4.35
139Macau (2008)4.33
140High income: nonOECD (2007)4.33
141Greece (2003)4.31
142Slovakia (2007)4.27
143Philippines (2008)4.26
144Middle East & North Africa (2007)4.25
145St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)4.2
146Vanuatu (2008)4.04
147High income (2005)3.91
148Qatar (2008)3.88
149Bahrain (2007)3.87
150Macedonia (2008)3.79
151Australia (2008)3.74
152Jordan (2008)3.57
153Nigeria (2008)3.51
154South Africa (2008)3.51
155Libya (2008)3.5
156Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)3.49
157Ethiopia (2006)3.44
158Austria (1999)3.43
159Cyprus (2007)3.3
160Poland (2006)3.28
161Euro area (2004)3.26
162Canada (2008)3.23
163Switzerland (2008)3.18
164Moldova (2008)3.13
165High income: OECD (2004)3.11
166China (2008)3.06
167Vietnam (2008)3.05
168Malaysia (2008)2.95
169Estonia (2008)2.83
170Kuwait (2008)2.81
171Portugal (1999)2.79
172Israel (2008)2.76
173United Kingdom (1998)2.73
174Finland (2004)2.66
175Ireland (2005)2.64
176Malta (2006)2.62
177Oman (2008)2.62
178Slovenia (2008)2.61
179Sweden (2005)2.52
180Tunisia (1988)2.5
181Lebanon (2008)2.26
182Luxembourg (1998)1.96
183Syria (2007)1.82
184Spain (2002)1.81
185Norway (2008)1.78
186Bahamas (2008)1.58
187Japan (2008)1.32
188North Korea (2008)1.3
189South Korea (2008)1.3
190Lithuania (2008)0.76
191Iran (2007)0.4
192Hungary (2008)0.26
193Netherlands (2008)0.23
194Belarus (2008)0.03
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