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 2.7 -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 1.5 +0.3pp
1987 1.2 +0.2pp
1986 1 +0.5pp
1985 0.5 -1.9pp
1984 2.4 n/a
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 % of interest-earning assets in 1985 to 2.9 % of interest-earning assets in 1997.

This page tracks the net interest margin (NIM) of the banking sector in United Kingdom. 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. 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 % of interest-earning assets in 1985. The latest reading is 2.7 % of interest-earning assets in 1998. The latest change was -0.2pp.