World Bank · Financial Sector

New Zealand: Interest rate spread

-3.94percent · 2025-335.9% since 2010

Interest rate spread is the interest rate charged by banks on loans to private sector customers minus the interest rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. Reported as: lending rate minus deposit rate. Annual figures for New Zealand from 1998 to 2025.

19982025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-3.945
2024-5.731
2018-3.262
20171.463
20161.789
20152.032
20141.793
20131.706
20121.716
20111.837
20101.672
20092.617
20081.387
20070.828
20061.277
20051.08
20041.332
20031.899
20021.843
20012.246
20001.455
19992.494
19982.215

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest rate spread. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-rate-spread (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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