Net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets reached 6.45 % in 2016 in Kazakhstan, according to the National Central Bank. This is 51.7 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets in Kazakhstan reached an all time high of 6.45 % in 2016 and an all time low of 3.80 % in 2010. When compared to Kazakhstan's main peers, net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets in China amounted to 1.67 %, 5.55 % in Kyrgyzstan and 3.52 % in Russia in 2016.
Kazakhstan has been ranked 13th within the group of 93 countries we follow in terms of net interest margin as a percentage of bank assets, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Net Interest Margin (As % of Total Bank Assets) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| China | % | ... | 2.06% | 2.05% | 1.97% | 2.03% | 1.91% | |||
| Germany | % | 1.02% | 0.988% | 1.09% | 1.17% | 1.23% | ... | |||
| India | % | ... | ... | 1.93% | 2.04% | 1.99% | 1.93% | 1.95% | ||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Kazakhstan | % | 3.89% | 4.10% | 4.81% | 4.68% | 4.25% | ... | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 6.55% | 6.98% | 6.48% | 6.56% | 6.43% | ||||
| Russia | % | 4.28% | 4.27% | 4.40% | 3.99% | 2.28% | ||||
| Tajikistan | % | ... | 3.06% | 2.91% | 5.70% | 5.13% | ... | ... | ... | |
| Turkmenistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | % | 3.13% | 2.97% | 2.87% | 2.81% | 2.76% | ||||
| Uzbekistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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