Mauritius - Interest rate spread

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

The value for Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) in Mauritius was 6.17 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.79 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.53 in 2010.

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
1980 2.50
1981 2.94
1982 2.23
1983 3.02
1984 2.96
1985 4.38
1986 4.83
1987 4.75
1988 4.96
1989 5.06
1990 5.44
1991 5.44
1992 7.06
1993 8.19
1994 7.87
1995 8.58
1996 10.04
1997 9.83
1998 10.64
1999 10.71
2000 11.16
2001 11.32
2002 11.13
2003 11.48
2004 12.85
2005 13.79
2006 11.53
2007 10.10
2008 1.43
2009 0.80
2010 0.53
2011 1.81
2012 2.43
2013 1.69
2014 1.72
2015 2.41
2016 3.35
2017 5.45
2018 5.16
2019 4.70
2020 5.50
2021 6.17

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Interest rates