Costa Rica - Interest rate spread

Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)

The value for Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) in Costa Rica was 3.91 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.30 in 1994 and a minimum value of 3.50 in 1984.

Definition: Interest rate spread is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to private sector customers minus the interest rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
1982 6.71
1983 3.75
1984 3.50
1985 4.42
1986 5.13
1987 9.77
1988 13.51
1989 13.55
1990 11.40
1991 11.56
1992 12.66
1993 13.12
1994 15.30
1995 12.82
1996 8.98
1997 9.45
1998 9.72
1999 11.43
2000 11.51
2001 12.06
2002 14.96
2003 15.17
2004 13.91
2005 14.51
2006 12.42
2007 6.45
2008 11.68
2009 12.76
2010 11.77
2011 12.14
2012 13.47
2013 11.31
2014 11.58
2015 11.86
2016 10.43
2017 8.57
2018 7.11
2019 4.11
2020 4.05
2021 3.91

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Interest rates