Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Dominica
Dominica: Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum was 1.85 in 2018. ▼ Falling
Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Dominica, 1980–2018
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2018, government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Dominica stood at 1.85. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 71.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Dominica peaked at 6.5 in 1986 and was at its lowest, 1.85, in 2018.
That places Dominica 68th out of 89 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Dominica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6.5 | — |
| 1981 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6.5 | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 6.5 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6.47 | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 6.4 | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6.4 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4.35 | -32.1% |
| 2013 | 2.81 | -35.4% |
| 2014 | 1.97 | -29.7% |
| 2015 | 3.24 | +64.1% |
| 2016 | 3.43 | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 1.89 | -45.0% |
| 2018 | 1.85 | -1.9% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 1.85 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.29, 43% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 1.85 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.18, 58% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.43 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.59 | 1.85 | 6.4 | 9 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 65 Antigua and Barbuda 1.98 compare
- 65 Saint Lucia 1.98 compare
- 67 Sierra Leone 1.9 compare
- 69 Thailand 1.53 compare
- 70 Poland 1.53 compare
- 71 Cape Verde 1.31 compare
More financial sector data for Dominica
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 0.188 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0.1373 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 0.188 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Dominica?
- Government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Dominica was 1.85 in 2018, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 6.5 in 1986.
- What is the lowest government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.85 in 2018.
- How does Dominica rank for government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum?
- Dominica ranks 68th out of 89 countries with data for 2018.
- Is government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.