Vanuatu - Interest rate spread

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

The value for Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %) in Vanuatu was 1.88 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.56 in 1992 and a minimum value of 1.75 in 2019.

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 4.92
1982 6.75
1983 8.06
1984 8.08
1985 8.41
1986 9.19
1987 9.94
1988 10.10
1989 10.42
1990 10.33
1991 11.00
1992 11.56
1993 11.00
1994 10.94
1995 7.50
1996 6.00
1997 6.77
1998 7.67
1999 8.69
2000 8.58
2001 7.56
2002 6.41
2003 4.69
2004 5.90
2005 5.47
2006 6.31
2007 6.85
2008 4.04
2009 4.25
2010 3.92
2011 4.00
2012 4.74
2013 3.75
2014 3.59
2015 2.21
2016 1.78
2017 2.50
2018 2.24
2019 1.75
2020 1.88

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Interest rates