Risk premium on lending (prime rate minus treasury bill rate, %) - Interest rates - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators

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Risk premium on lending is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to prime private sector customers minus the "risk free" treasury bill interest rate at which short-term government securities are issued or traded in the market. In some countries this spread may be negative, indicating that the market considers its best corporate clients to be lower risk than the government.
Risk premium on lending (prime rate minus treasury bill rate, %) - Interest rates - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Zimbabwe (2007)330.19
2Madagascar (2008)36.19
3Brazil (2008)33.57
4Mongolia (2006)20.43
5Haiti (2005)16.67
6Malawi (2008)13.99
7Mauritania (2007)13.07
8Georgia (2004)12.07
9Uganda (2008)11.86
10Laos (2008)11.52
11Solomon Islands (2008)11.23
12Belize (2008)10.92
13Guyana (2008)10.6
14Armenia (2008)9.36
15Sierra Leone (2008)9.02
16Rwanda (2007)8.87
17Montenegro (2008)8.75
18Serbia (2008)8.5
19Azerbaijan (2007)8.49
20Burundi (2006)8.23
21Fiji (2008)7.72
22Algeria (2008)7.67
23Russia (2003)7.63
24Ethiopia (2008)7.32
25Nigeria (2008)7.28
26Vietnam (2007)7.03
27Maldives (2008)7
28Tanzania (2008)6.87
29Albania (2008)6.78
30Germany (2002)6.73
31Kyrgyzstan (2008)6.69
32Cape Verde (2008)6.58
33Lesotho (2008)6.44
34Kenya (2008)6.31
35Bulgaria (2007)6.21
36Barbados (2008)5.84
37Ghana (1988)5.83
38Zambia (2008)5.6
39Bolivia (2008)5.56
40Kuwait (2005)5.51
41Trinidad and Tobago (2008)5.43
42Philippines (2007)5.31
43New Zealand (2008)5.2
44Hong Kong (2008)4.95
45Latvia (2008)4.86
46Belgium (2007)4.77
47Lebanon (2008)4.76
48Seychelles (2008)4.74
49Portugal (1997)4.72
50Guinea (2000)4.67
51France (2004)4.58
52Romania (2008)4.57
53Mozambique (2008)4.55
54Singapore (2008)4.51
55St. Lucia (2008)4.48
56Greece (2003)4.45
57Antigua and Barbuda (2008)4.41
58Nepal (2007)4.41
59South Africa (2008)4.32
60Iceland (2007)4.16
61Namibia (2008)4.1
62Swaziland (2008)4.06
63St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)3.96
64Netherlands (1989)3.95
65Netherlands Antilles (2008)3.93
66Australia (2001)3.86
67Thailand (2008)3.85
68United States (2008)3.63
69Bahrain (2007)3.49
70Denmark (1988)3.4
71Grenada (2008)3.28
72Cyprus (2007)3.15
73Italy (2008)3.08
74Papua New Guinea (2008)3.08
75Moldova (2008)2.99
76Yemen (2008)2.8
77Slovenia (2008)2.78
78Bahamas (2008)2.77
79Malaysia (2008)2.69
80Dominica (2008)2.66
81Lithuania (2007)2.63
82Czech Republic (2008)2.63
83Canada (2008)2.34
84Israel (2008)2.16
85Switzerland (2008)2.01
86Uruguay (2007)1.83
87St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)1.7
88Sweden (2005)1.6
89Pakistan (2008)1.57
90Japan (2008)1.55
91Malta (2008)1.35
92Poland (2006)1.29
93Hungary (2008)1.28
94Mexico (2008)1.02
95Spain (2002)0.97
96Egypt (2008)0.96
97Jamaica (2008)0.94
98Ireland (1998)0.85
99Libya (2004)0.58
100United Kingdom (2008)0.32
101Sri Lanka (2008)-0.02
102Iraq (2007)-1.26
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