💹 Lending interest rate
Lending rate is the bank rate that usually meets the short- and medium-term financing needs of the private sector.
MadagascarZimbabweArgentinaBrazilDR CongoGambiaUkraineAngolaNigeriaSão Tomé and PríncipeAzerbaijanColombiaSouth SudanGuatemalaBurundiBhutanMaldivesIcelandBelarusSouth AfricaTimor-LesteBoliviaUruguaySeychellesMauritiusMexicoBangladeshIndonesiaVanuatuSamoaJordanAlgeriaCape VerdeTongaCosta RicaNorwayBruneiMacauKuwaitThailandSan MarinoBahamasSouth KoreaNew Zealand
1
🇲🇬Madagascar
60.0%
2
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
46.4%
3
🇦🇷Argentina
46.0%
4
🇧🇷Brazil
45.3%
5
🇨🇩DR Congo
24.1%
6
🇬🇲Gambia
22.0%
7
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
21.4%
8
🇺🇦Ukraine
19.7%
9
🇦🇴Angola
19.4%
10
🇭🇳Honduras
18.6%
11
🇳🇬Nigeria
18.5%
12
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
17.7%
13
🇲🇿Mozambique
17.5%
14
🇬🇪Georgia
15.9%
15
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
15.3%
16
🇸🇷Suriname
14.5%
17
🇨🇴Colombia
14.3%
18
🇸🇸South Sudan
14.3%
19
🇦🇲Armenia
13.8%
20
🇭🇹Haiti
13.0%
21
🇱🇷Liberia
13.0%
22
🇬🇹Guatemala
12.9%
23
🇧🇮Burundi
12.4%
24
🇯🇲Jamaica
12.1%
25
🇧🇹Bhutan
11.8%
26
🇲🇻Maldives
11.6%
27
🇮🇸Iceland
11.0%
28
🇧🇾Belarus
10.9%
29
🇿🇦South Africa
10.7%
30
🇹🇱Timor-Leste
10.4%
31
🇧🇴Bolivia
10.2%
32
🇺🇾Uruguay
10.1%
33
🇸🇨Seychelles
9.9%
34
🇳🇮Nicaragua
9.2%
35
🇲🇺Mauritius
9.0%
36
🇲🇩Moldova
9.0%
37
🇲🇽Mexico
8.8%
38
🇧🇩Bangladesh
8.6%
39
🇷🇴Romania
8.5%
40
🇮🇩Indonesia
8.5%
41
🇧🇿Belize
8.5%
42
🇻🇺Vanuatu
8.4%
43
🇼🇸Samoa
8.4%
44
🇬🇾Guyana
8.2%
45
🇯🇴Jordan
8.1%
46
🇭🇺Hungary
8.0%
47
🇩🇿Algeria
8.0%
48
🇨🇻Cape Verde
7.7%
49
🇹🇴Tonga
7.6%
50
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
7.5%
Highlights
As of 2025, Madagascar ranks first with 60.0%, followed by Zimbabwe (46.4%) and Argentina (46.0%).
Across 75 countries and territories, values run from 60.0% (Madagascar) to 0.0% (New Zealand), with a median of 8.6%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Africa, 3 from the Americas and 1 from Europe.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Lending interest rate (%), 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Lending interest rate (%) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026