São Tomé and Principe - Interest rate spread
Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
The value for Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) in São Tomé and Principe was 15.85 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.42 in 2002 and a minimum value of 13.28 in 2012.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 22.00 |
| 2002 | 22.42 |
| 2003 | 20.10 |
| 2004 | 18.28 |
| 2005 | 18.96 |
| 2006 | 18.55 |
| 2007 | 19.65 |
| 2008 | 19.65 |
| 2009 | 19.19 |
| 2010 | 17.76 |
| 2011 | 14.59 |
| 2012 | 13.28 |
| 2013 | 13.33 |
| 2014 | 14.25 |
| 2015 | 16.41 |
| 2016 | 15.45 |
| 2017 | 15.44 |
| 2018 | 16.08 |
| 2019 | 15.68 |
| 2020 | 15.85 |
Classification
Topic: Financial Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Interest rates
