Bank lending-deposit spread in Bhutan
Bhutan: Bank lending-deposit spread was 11 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank lending-deposit spread in Bhutan, 1982–2020
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 11 for bank lending-deposit spread in 2020.
That represents a change of down 6.4% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank lending-deposit spread in Bhutan peaked at 12 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7.75, in 1997.
That places Bhutan 17th out of 124 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.93 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 8 |
| 1990s | 8.26 | 7.75 | 9 | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.63 | 7.75 | 11.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.54 | 9.21 | 12 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 14 Sierra Leone 12.3 compare
- 15 Mauritania 11.33 compare
- 16 Peru 11.08 compare
- 18 Uganda 10.46 compare
- 19 Mozambique 10.28 compare
- 20 Solomon Islands 10.19 compare
More financial sector data for Bhutan
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 72.3% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.61 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 244.31 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 116.48 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 72.3% (2025)
- Broad money 83.3% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 6.8% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 72.3% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 87.16 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 455 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank lending-deposit spread in Bhutan?
- Bank lending-deposit spread in Bhutan was 11 in 2020, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank lending-deposit spread recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 12 in 2018.
- What is the lowest bank lending-deposit spread recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.75 in 1997.
- How does Bhutan rank for bank lending-deposit spread?
- Bhutan ranks 17th out of 124 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank lending-deposit spread rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank lending-deposit spread. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.