Kenya - Interest rate spread

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

The value for Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) in Kenya was 5.39 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.52 in 1994 and a minimum value of 2.30 in 1982.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1971 5.50
1972 5.50
1973 5.50
1974 5.19
1975 4.87
1976 4.87
1977 4.87
1978 4.87
1979 4.87
1980 4.83
1981 3.57
1982 2.30
1983 2.56
1984 2.65
1985 2.75
1986 2.75
1987 3.69
1988 4.67
1989 5.25
1990 5.08
1991 4.50
1994 20.52
1995 15.20
1996 16.20
1997 13.52
1998 11.09
1999 12.83
2000 14.24
2001 13.03
2002 12.97
2003 12.44
2004 10.10
2005 7.80
2006 8.50
2007 8.18
2008 8.71
2009 8.84
2010 9.81
2011 9.42
2012 8.15
2013 8.67
2014 8.14
2015 6.90
2016 7.87
2017 5.99
2018 4.77
2019 4.94
2020 5.03
2021 5.39

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Interest rates