Mauritania vs Sierra Leone: Bank lending-deposit spread

Mauritania
11.33
in 2017
Sierra Leone
12.3
in 2020
Mauritania rank
15th
Sierra Leone rank
14th

Bank lending-deposit spread over time

  • Mauritania
  • Sierra Leone
0510152025198020002020

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 12.3 against 11.33 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.97.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 14th of 124 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1980s 5.97 7 1.02 Sierra Leone
1990s 10.93 15.58 4.65 Sierra Leone
2000s 14.01 13.37 0.6353 Mauritania
2010s 11.56 11.6 0.0316 Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bank lending-deposit spread, Mauritania or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 12.3 against 11.33 in Mauritania as of 2020.
What is the difference in bank lending-deposit spread between Mauritania and Sierra Leone?
0.97, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sierra Leone?
38 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2017.
How do Mauritania and Sierra Leone rank globally for bank lending-deposit spread?
Mauritania ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 14th 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.