Liberia - Interest rate spread

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

The value for Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) in Liberia was 8.22 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.20 in 2001 and a minimum value of 4.39 in 1981.

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
1981 4.39
1982 8.02
1983 10.44
1984 10.82
1985 10.00
1986 7.20
1987 7.75
1988 7.93
1989 7.05
1991 8.25
1992 7.50
1994 8.18
1995 9.20
1996 8.80
1997 10.40
1998 15.52
1999 10.47
2000 14.35
2001 16.20
2002 13.96
2003 11.77
2004 14.26
2005 13.60
2006 12.06
2007 11.28
2008 10.40
2009 10.08
2010 10.70
2011 10.72
2012 10.02
2013 9.62
2014 9.34
2015 9.56
2016 9.74
2017 8.22

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Interest rates