Bahrain vs Yemen: Risk premium on lending
Risk premium on lending over time
- Bahrain
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 5.4% against 5.1% in Bahrain, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 38th and Yemen ranks 35th of 86 countries.
Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.5% | 5.5% | 1.0% | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 5.5% | 4.0% | 1.5% | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 3.2% | 2.3% | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher risk premium on lending, Bahrain or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 5.4% against 5.1% in Bahrain as of 2013.
- What is the difference in risk premium on lending between Bahrain and Yemen?
- 0.3%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Yemen?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2013.
- How do Bahrain and Yemen rank globally for risk premium on lending?
- Bahrain ranks 38th and Yemen ranks 35th of 86 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Risk premium on lending is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to private sector customers minus the "risk free" treasury bill interest rate at which short-term government securities are issued or traded in the market. In some countries this spread may be negative, indicating that the market considers its best corporate clients to be lower risk than the government. The terms and conditions attached to lending rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability.