Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea: Bank lending-deposit spread

Lesotho
7.06
in 2020
Papua New Guinea
7.77
in 2019
Lesotho rank
40th
Papua New Guinea rank
37th

Bank lending-deposit spread over time

  • Lesotho
  • Papua New Guinea
4681012198020002020

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 7.77 against 7.06 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.71.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 37th of 124 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 5.16 6.12 0.9564 Papua New Guinea
1990s 7.08 7.96 0.8766 Papua New Guinea
2000s 9.43 9.56 0.1302 Papua New Guinea
2010s 8.59 8.82 0.226 Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bank lending-deposit spread, Lesotho or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 7.77 against 7.06 in Lesotho as of 2019.
What is the difference in bank lending-deposit spread between Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
0.71, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
36 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2019.
How do Lesotho and Papua New Guinea rank globally for bank lending-deposit spread?
Lesotho ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 37th of 124 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Bank lending-deposit spread. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Bank lending-deposit spread
Source
International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
124 places, 3,456 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed

Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Difference between lending rate and deposit rate. Lending rate is the rate charged by banks on loans to the private sector and deposit interest rate is the rate offered by commercial banks on three-month deposits. IFS line 60P - line 60L.