Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) in Fiji
Fiji: Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) was 4.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Risk premium on lending in Fiji, 1992–2024
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %.
Analysis
Fiji recorded 4.4% for risk premium on lending in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.0% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, risk premium on lending in Fiji peaked at 9.1% in 1993 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 2006.
That places Fiji 39th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) in Fiji, year by year
| Year | lending rate minus treasury bill rate, % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8.8% | — |
| 1993 | 9.1% | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 8.8% | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 8.1% | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 8.2% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 8.4% | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 7.6% | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 6.8% | -11.5% |
| 2000 | 4.9% | -28.3% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | +40.5% |
| 2002 | 6.4% | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 6.6% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 5.6% | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | -14.2% |
| 2006 | -0.1% | -102.1% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | -4560.4% |
| 2008 | 7.8% | +74.4% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | -77.0% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | +126.3% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | +29.4% |
| 2012 | 6.4% | +22.5% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 4.6% | -22.7% |
| 2015 | 4.6% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 4.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | -19.0% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | +26.4% |
| 2021 | 5.4% | +22.4% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 4.9% | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 4.4% | -11.0% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 4.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.3%, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 4.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.4%, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) in Fiji changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +4560.4% | -0.1% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | +126.3% | 1.8% | 4.0% |
| 2006 | -102.1% | 4.8% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | +74.4% | 4.5% | 7.8% |
| 2009 | -77.0% | 7.8% | 1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.2% | 6.8% | 9.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | -0.1% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 3.5% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 36 Bahrain 5.1% compare
- 37 Mozambique 5.0% compare
- 38 Solomon Islands 4.7% compare
- 40 Lesotho 4.3% compare
- 41 Mauritius 4.3% compare
- 42 Trinidad and Tobago 4.2% compare
More financial sector data for Fiji
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0055 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 36.82 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0.344 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 26.89 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0055 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 36.82 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0.344 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is risk premium on lending in Fiji?
- Risk premium on lending in Fiji was 4.4% in 2024, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest risk premium on lending recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 9.1% in 1993.
- What is the lowest risk premium on lending recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 2006.
- How does Fiji rank for risk premium on lending?
- Fiji ranks 39th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is risk premium on lending rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Fiji data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.