Egypt, Arab Rep.'s risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) was -3.44% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.13 percentage points from 0.69% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -3.44% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | -0.67% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.69% | 2014 |
| Highest | 6.9% | 2002 |
| Lowest | -5.59% | 2023 |
| Average since 2015 | -2.1% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 4.67% | 1997 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) rose 2.15 percentage points on 2023 (from -5.59% to -3.44%).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2023), the average change was −0.39 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.33 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.32 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.56 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 79% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Egypt, Arab Rep. had the 12th highest value of the 11 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Egypt, Arab Rep. in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
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.
Limitations: Countries use a variety of reporting formats, sample designs, interest compounding formulas, averaging methods, and data presentations for indices and other data series on interest rates. The IMF's Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual does not provide guidelines beyond the general recommendation that such data should reflect market prices and effective (rather than nominal) interest rates and should be representative of the financial assets and markets to be covered. For more information, please see http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/mfs/manual/index.htm.
All 28 values
| Year | Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -3.44 |
| 2023 | -5.59 |
| 2022 | -4.17 |
| 2021 | -3.28 |
| 2020 | -1.75 |
| 2019 | -0.6689 |
| 2018 | -0.5649 |
| 2017 | -1.26 |
| 2016 | -0.6526 |
| 2015 | 0.3948 |
| 2014 |
Risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) in nearby economies
More financial sector data for Egypt, Arab Rep.
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 25.84% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 18.29 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.11 trillion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 25.84% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 14.03 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 77.35% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 5.78 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 711.63 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 14.07% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Egypt, Arab Rep.'s risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %)?
- -3.44% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is down 8.11 percentage points from 4.67% in 1997. The highest value was 6.9% in 2002 and the lowest -5.59% in 2023.
- How does Egypt, Arab Rep. rank?
- 12th highest of 11 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) unusual for Egypt, Arab Rep.?
- In 2024, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s risk premium on lending (lending rate minus treasury bill rate, %) rose 2.15 percentage points on 2023 (from -5.59% to -3.44%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2023), the average change was −0.39 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FR.INR.RISK, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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