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 (%)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
South Sudan10.0512.2017.2712.589.359.4216.0015.5916.0116.0516.2316.2314.54
Sierra Leone12.0017.0112.7911.7810.6910.6111.6512.8114.2410.8610.139.8811.5612.3013.4913.9313.9413.74
Timor-Leste10.2011.3111.5112.0112.7213.2912.5912.8114.7213.4810.5210.4010.1310.07
Papua New Guinea9.819.0810.629.069.8910.339.809.048.317.737.878.407.776.817.197.748.00
Solomon Islands11.1511.1710.4210.4810.6610.179.8910.3910.4110.2510.194.71
Haiti18.5816.7511.338.488.048.168.647.607.346.976.239.278.4110.079.52
Yemen, Rep.5.545.005.175.005.006.83
Comoros9.008.008.758.758.758.758.758.758.758.758.758.756.346.135.97
Cote d'Ivoire-0.56-3.27-3.24-2.95-2.37-1.92-1.84-1.63-1.35
Congo, Dem. Rep.39.7530.4020.7314.6614.6915.7115.6716.4419.8821.2619.7617.55
Guinea0.1711.88
Guinea-Bissau2.76-3.27-3.24-2.95-2.37-1.92-1.84-1.63-1.35
Liberia14.3513.6010.7010.7210.029.629.349.569.748.22
Sao Tome and Principe18.9617.7614.5913.2813.3314.2516.4115.4515.4416.0815.6815.8916.1115.4215.52
Togo1.15-3.27-3.24-2.95-2.37-1.92-1.84-1.63-1.35