Bank spread
How much does the banking system take between savers and borrowers?
Lending rate minus deposit rate — what the banking system keeps between savers and borrowers. Our calculation from two IMF-harmonised series.
Qatar leads with 0.07 %; Madagascar sits last at 47.92 %. Best-for-you first — lower is better here.
Coverage: 62 of ~62 countries this field can reach — Derived — 62 catalogue countries carry both IMF rates inside the 5-year window
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The full ranking
| 1 | Qatar | 0.07 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 2 | South Korea | 1.46 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.21 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 4 | Hungary | 2.30 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 2.40 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 6 | Kuwait | 2.41 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 7 | Russia | 2.47 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 8 | Israel | 2.52 % | 2022 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 9 | Jordan | 2.63 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 10 | Norway | 2.67 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 2.74 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 12 | Uruguay | 2.76 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 13 | Fiji | 2.85 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 14 | Pakistan | 2.92 % | 2021 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 3.07 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 16 | Indonesia | 3.09 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 17 | South Africa | 3.21 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 18 | Romania | 3.29 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 3.44 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 20 | Bahamas | 3.66 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 21 | Thailand | 3.84 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 22 | Botswana | 3.91 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 3.99 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 24 | Belarus | 4.19 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 25 | Moldova | 4.23 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 26 | Mauritius | 4.46 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 27 | Kenya | 4.61 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 4.98 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 29 | Egypt | 5.13 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 30 | Brunei | 5.19 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 31 | Georgia | 5.32 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 32 | Colombia | 5.35 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 5.48 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 34 | Namibia | 5.58 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 5.69 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 36 | Armenia | 5.75 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 5.98 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.00 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 39 | Montenegro | 6.05 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 40 | Honduras | 6.14 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 41 | Mexico | 6.24 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 42 | Algeria | 6.25 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 43 | Bolivia | 6.27 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 44 | Belize | 6.50 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 6.89 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 46 | Nigeria | 7.18 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 47 | Guyana | 7.45 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 48 | Guatemala | 7.74 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 49 | Peru | 7.78 % | 2022 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 50 | Suriname | 7.81 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 51 | Barbados | 7.91 % | 2022 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 8.03 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 53 | Haiti | 8.73 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 54 | Mongolia | 9.41 % | 2021 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 55 | Ukraine | 9.75 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 56 | Argentina | 11.16 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 57 | Angola | 11.39 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 58 | Mozambique | 11.76 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.11 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 60 | Brazil | 37.63 % | 2024 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 40.12 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
| 62 | Madagascar | 47.92 % | 2025 | Checked 23 Sept 2026 |
Regional averages
Europe (12)
3.91 %
Americas (19)
8.15 %
Asia (16)
4.75 %
Africa (13)
12.09 %
Unweighted mean of the published values in each region — our aggregation, not an official statistic.
How to read this figure
Our own calculation: the bank lending rate minus the bank deposit rate, both IMF-harmonised. It is a rough measure of what the banking system takes between savers and borrowers — wide spreads often mean thin competition or high risk premiums. The underlying loan and deposit mixes differ by country, so treat close values as similar rather than identical.
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How to read this list
Lending rate minus deposit rate — what the banking system keeps between savers and borrowers. Our calculation from two IMF-harmonised series. 62 countries publish it; the rest are absent from the list rather than shown as zero. The figures were observed between 2021 and 2025 — a spread of 48 months — so this compares each country’s latest published number, not one moment in time. Every row carries its own date in the CSV and JSON; use it. Nothing here is estimated or carried forward to fill a gap. This metric is one column of the full dataset.