Jamaica vs Kosovo: Risk premium on lending
Risk premium on lending over time
- Jamaica
- Kosovo
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 6.7% against 6.2% in Kosovo, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Kosovo's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 25th and Kosovo ranks 27th of 86 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher risk premium on lending, Jamaica or Kosovo?
- Jamaica, at 6.7% against 6.2% in Kosovo as of 2025.
- What is the difference in risk premium on lending between Jamaica and Kosovo?
- 0.5%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Kosovo?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2018.
- How do Jamaica and Kosovo rank globally for risk premium on lending?
- Jamaica ranks 25th and Kosovo ranks 27th 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.