Eswatini vs Italy: Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %)
Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) over time
- Eswatini
- Italy
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 1.7% against 1.3% in Italy, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Eswatini ahead.
Eswatini ranks 67th and Italy ranks 70th of 86 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 3 and Italy in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1.9% | Eswatini |
| 1990s | 5.0% | 3.2% | 1.8% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.1% | 1.4% | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 3.3% | 0.7% | Italy |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 0.0% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher risk premium on lending, Eswatini or Italy?
- Eswatini, at 1.7% against 1.3% in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in risk premium on lending between Eswatini and Italy?
- 0.4%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Italy?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Italy rank globally for risk premium on lending?
- Eswatini ranks 67th and Italy ranks 70th 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.