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Economy > Risk premium on lending: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Risk premium on lending is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to prime private sector customers minus the "risk free" treasury bill interest rate at which short-term government securities are issued or traded in the market. In some countries this spread may be negative, indicating that the market considers its best corporate clients to be lower risk than the government.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Zimbabwe 50.57% 2005
2 Brazil 36.62% 2005
3 Kyrgyzstan 22.2% 2005
4 Haiti 19.08% 2005
5 Moldova 15.56% 2005
6 Armenia 13.93% 2005
7 Georgia 12.07% 2004
8 Zambia 11.89% 2005
9 Bolivia 11.65% 2005
10 Solomon Islands 11.55% 2005
11 Mauritania 11.24% 2005
12 Uganda 11.14% 2005
13 Belize 11.03% 2005
14 Guyana 10.75% 2005
15 Mozambique 10.37% 2005
16 Nigeria 10.32% 2005
17 Azerbaijan 9.51% 2005
18 Uruguay 9.47% 2005
19 Malawi 8.72% 2005
20 Laos 8.22% 2005
21 Madagascar 8.16% 2005
22 Cape Verde 8.1% 2005
23 Papua New Guinea 7.66% 2005
24 Russia 7.62% 2003
25 Albania 7.55% 2005
26 Ethiopia 6.75% 2005
27 Germany 6.73% 2002
28 Algeria 6.7% 2005
29 Seychelles 6.64% 2005
30 Thailand 6.5% 1988
31 Bahrain 6.43% 2004
=32 Saint Lucia 6.13% 2005
=32 Bulgaria 6.13% 2004
34 Netherlands Antilles 6.09% 2005
35 Iceland 5.98% 2004
36 Nepal 5.93% 2005
37 Ghana 5.83% 1988
38 Lebanon 5.42% 2005
39 The Bahamas 5.4% 2005
40 New Zealand 5% 2005
41 Vietnam 4.9% 2005
42 Fiji 4.84% 2005
43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.74% 2005
44 Portugal 4.72% 1997
45 Belgium 4.7% 2005
46 Guinea 4.68% 2000
=47 Grenada 4.57% 2005
=47 Egypt 4.57% 2005
49 Barbados 4.54% 2005
50 Lesotho 4.49% 2005
51 Kenya 4.46% 2005
=52 Tanzania 4.45% 2005
=52 Greece 4.45% 2003
54 Antigua and Barbuda 4.39% 2005
55 France 4.33% 2003
56 Trinidad and Tobago 4.24% 2005
57 Slovenia 4.14% 2005
58 Hong Kong 4.1% 2005
59 Philippines 4.05% 2005
60 Jamaica 3.98% 2005
61 Netherlands 3.95% 1989
62 Australia 3.86% 2001
63 Czech Republic 3.82% 2005
64 South Africa 3.72% 2005
65 Swaziland 3.55% 2005
=66 Dominica 3.52% 2005
=66 Namibia 3.52% 2005
68 Malaysia 3.47% 2005
69 Denmark 3.4% 1988
70 Cyprus 3.39% 2003
71 Poland 3.38% 2000
72 Singapore 3.26% 2005
73 Lithuania 3.24% 2003
74 Italy 3.14% 2005
75 Yemen 3.11% 2005
76 United States 3.04% 2005
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.03% 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 3.02% 2002
78 Switzerland 2.41% 2005
79 Malta 2.33% 2005
80 Latvia 2.14% 2003
81 Israel 2.05% 2005
82 Kuwait 1.82% 1997
83 Canada 1.69% 2005
84 Sierra Leone 1.61% 2005
85 Sweden 1.6% 2005
86 Hungary 1.59% 2005
87 Spain 0.97% 2002
88 Ireland 0.85% 1998
89 Libya 0.58% 2004
90 Mexico 0.49% 2005
91 United Kingdom 0.09% 2005
92 Sri Lanka -2.03% 2005

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