United Kingdom (1998)
2.7
% of interest-earning assets
-0.2pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.2pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
17
years of data

Data

United Kingdom Bank Net Interest Margin (1998) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of interest-earning assets Change
1998 2.8 -0.2pp
1997 2.9 unchanged
1996 2.9 +0.3pp
1995 2.6 +0.8pp
1994 1.8 -0.2pp
1993 2 -0.1pp
1992 2.1 +0.7pp
1991 1.4 -0.8pp
1990 2.2 -0.1pp
1989 2.3 +0.8pp
1988 1.6 +0.4pp
1987 1.2 +0.1pp
1986 1.1 +0.6pp
1985 0.5 -2pp
1984 2.4 -0.2pp
1981 2.6 +0.4pp
1980 2.2 n/a

About this Dataset

United Kingdom recorded 2.7 % of interest-earning assets in 1998. The latest change was -0.2pp. Across 1980–1998 the series ranges from 0.5 in 1985 to 2.9 in 1997.

This page tracks the net interest margin (NIM) of the banking sector in United Kingdom from 2000 to present. NIM is the primary measure of bank profitability from core lending activities and reflects the spread between lending and deposit rates.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the net interest margin (NIM) of the banking sector in United Kingdom from 2000 to present. NIM is the primary measure of bank profitability from core lending activities and reflects the spread between lending and deposit rates. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 1998. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1980–1998 (17 observations).

The series peaked at 2.9 % of interest-earning assets in 1997 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0.5 in 1985. The latest reading of 2.7 in 1998 represents a change of -0.2pp.