Burkina Faso: Lending-deposit interest rate spread

Burkina Faso: Bank lending-deposit interest rate spread

: For that indicator, The International Monetary Fund provides data for Burkina Faso from 1980 to 2015. The average value for Burkina Faso during that period was 6.06 interest rate points with a minimum of 1.26 interest rate points in 2005 and a maximum of 9 interest rate points in 1990. The latest value from 2015 is 3.68 interest rate points. For comparison, the world average in 2015 based on 118 countries is 7.11 interest rate points. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Difference between the lending rate and the deposit rate. The lending rate is the rate charged by banks on loans to the private sector and the deposit interest rate is the rate offered by commercial banks on three-month deposits.