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.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | 6.10 | 5.97 | 6.05 | 9.84 | 9.11 | 8.89 | 8.86 | 9.32 | 9.20 | 8.87 | 8.63 | 9.02 | 9.02 | 8.14 | 6.37 | 7.43 | 7.63 | 7.42 | |
| Eswatini | 5.76 | 7.47 | 6.61 | 5.90 | 6.15 | 6.29 | 6.42 | 6.49 | 6.77 | 7.31 | 7.55 | 6.55 | 6.44 | 5.49 | 5.47 | 5.96 | 6.39 | 6.97 | |
| Rwanda | 7.00 | 7.11 | 10.24 | 8.92 | 7.86 | 7.39 | 9.02 | 9.09 | 9.38 | 9.46 | 9.44 | 8.88 | 8.70 | 8.13 | 8.72 | 6.41 | 5.69 | ||
| Mauritius | 5.44 | 11.16 | 13.79 | 0.53 | 1.81 | 2.43 | 1.69 | 1.72 | 2.41 | 3.35 | 5.45 | 5.16 | 4.70 | 5.50 | 6.17 | 6.29 | 4.92 | 5.24 | |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 7.00 | 3.76 | 5.92 | 4.77 | 4.29 | 4.36 | 4.61 | 4.79 | 4.72 | 5.74 | 6.08 | 6.00 | 5.17 | 3.58 | 2.03 | 2.16 | 5.11 | 5.13 | |
| Libya | 3.00 | 1.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | ||||||||||
| Comoros | 9.00 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 6.34 | 6.13 | 5.97 | ||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 39.75 | 30.40 | 20.73 | 14.66 | 14.69 | 15.71 | 15.67 | 16.44 | 19.88 | 21.26 | 19.76 | 17.55 | |||||||
| Ethiopia | 4.89 | 3.54 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 5.08 | 14.24 | 7.80 | 9.81 | 9.42 | 8.15 | 8.67 | 8.14 | 6.90 | 7.87 | 5.99 | 4.77 | 4.94 | 5.03 | 5.39 | 5.19 | 4.42 | ||
| Madagascar | 5.30 | 11.79 | 9.50 | 35.71 | 41.85 | 45.73 | 48.83 | 49.05 | 42.05 | 45.00 | 45.00 | 42.64 | 36.00 | 35.68 | 34.53 | 35.46 | 40.58 | ||
| Uganda | 7.42 | 13.08 | 10.85 | 12.49 | 8.49 | 9.35 | 11.17 | 10.77 | 9.83 | 10.65 | 11.58 | 10.46 | |||||||
| Zambia | 9.45 | 18.56 | 17.02 | 13.52 | 11.81 | 5.15 | 3.03 | 3.70 | 4.26 | 4.72 | 3.49 | 2.99 | 2.01 | 0.76 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 1.84 | 3.02 | 3.64 | 4.60 | 13.21 | 28.49 | 37.42 | 97.09 | 107.47 |