Interest Spread (Difference Between Interest Rate on Loans and Deposits) rose 11.6% to -1.63% in Mali in 2016

Interest spread, which is the difference between interest rate on loans and deposits rose 11.6% to -1.63% in Mali in 2016, according to the National Central Bank.

Historically, interest spread, which is the difference between interest rate on loans and deposits in Mali reached an all time high of 9.00% in 1991 and an all time low of -3.60% in 2009. When compared to Mali's main peers, interest spread, which is the difference between interest rate on loans and deposits in Algeria amounted to 6.25%, -1.63% in Burkina Faso, 11.7% in Mauritania and -1.63% in Niger in 2016.

Mali has been ranked 125th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of interest spread, which is the difference between interest rate on loans and deposits, 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.