Botswana vs Libya: Interest rate spread

Botswana
3.9%
in 2024
Libya
3.5%
in 2014
Botswana rank
89th
Libya rank
92nd

Interest rate spread over time

  • Botswana
  • Libya
051015196819962024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 3.9% against 3.5% in Libya, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 89th and Libya ranks 92nd of 140 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Interest rate spread (lending rate minus deposit rate, %)
Unit
lending rate minus deposit rate, %
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 5,148 data points, 1967–2025
Last refreshed

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.