Finance
Lending rate
FR.INR.LEND · %
Annual series published by the World Bank. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
Countries compared
8 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 4.07% for Italy in 2025, over a series running from 1989 to 2025 and 6 countries compared, from the highest (Malawi, 37.06%) to the lowest (Netherlands, 1.5%).
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Year by year values
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| Italy | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Malawi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.07% | 14.29% | ||||
| 2024 | 5.25% | 4.35% | 14.68% | 37.06% | ||
| 2023 | 4.89% | 4.35% | 16.36% | 33.55% | ||
| 2022 | 2.26% | 4.35% | 16.29% | 25.35% | ||
| 2021 | 2.03% | 3.25% | 4.35% | 16.09% | 23.88% | |
| 2020 | 2.33% | 3.54% | 4.35% | 16.09% | 24.22% | |
| 2019 | 2.6% | 5.28% | 4.35% | 15.65% | 25.67% | |
| 2018 | 2.68% | 4.9% | 4.35% | 16.18% | 32.29% | |
| 2017 | 3% | 4.1% | 4.35% | 10.13% | 38.59% | |
| 2016 | 3.5% | 3.51% | 4.35% | 10.37% | 44.11% | |
| 2015 | 4.13% | 3.26% | 4.35% | 13.78% | 44.39% | |
| 2014 | 4.87% | 3.25% | 5.6% | 18.66% | 44.29% | |
| 2013 | 5.14% | 1.5% | 3.25% | 6% | 13.56% | 46.01% |
| 2012 | 5.22% | 1.63% | 3.25% | 6% | 12.03% | 32.33% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | 2% | 3.25% | 6.56% | 23.75% | |
| 2010 | 4.03% | 1.75% | 3.25% | 5.81% | 24.63% | |
| 2009 | 4.76% | 1.98% | 3.25% | 5.31% | 25.25% | |
| 2008 | 6.84% | 4.6% | 5.09% | 5.31% | 25.28% | |
| 2007 | 6.33% | 4.6% | 8.05% | 7.47% | 27.72% | |
| 2006 | 5.62% | 3.54% | 7.96% | 6.12% | 32.25% | |
| 2005 | 5.31% | 2.77% | 6.19% | 5.58% | 33.08% | |
| 2004 | 5.51% | 2.75% | 4.34% | 5.58% | 36.83% | |
| 2003 | 5.83% | 3% | 4.12% | 5.31% | 48.92% | |
| 2002 | 6.54% | 3.96% | 4.68% | 5.31% | 50.54% | |
| 2001 | 7.29% | 5% | 6.92% | 5.85% | 56.17% | |
| 2000 | 7.02% | 4.79% | 9.23% | 5.85% | 53.13% | |
| 1999 | 6.35% | 3.46% | 7.99% | 5.85% | 53.58% | |
| 1998 | 8.64% | 8.35% | 6.39% | 37.67% | ||
| 1997 | 10.51% | 8.44% | 8.64% | 28.25% | ||
| 1996 | 12.82% | 8.27% | 10.08% | 45.33% | ||
| 1995 | 13.24% | 8.83% | 12.06% | 47.33% | ||
| 1994 | 11.98% | 7.14% | 10.98% | 31% | ||
| 1993 | 14.63% | 6% | 10.98% | 29.5% | ||
| 1992 | 16.52% | 6.25% | 8.64% | 22% | ||
| 1991 | 14.67% | 8.46% | 8.64% | 20% | ||
| 1990 | 14.85% | 10.01% | 9.36% | 21% | ||
| 1989 | 15% | 10.87% | 11.34% | 23% | ||
| 1988 | 9.32% | 9% | 22.25% | |||
| 1987 | 8.2% | 7.92% | 19.5% | |||
| 1986 | 8.33% | 7.92% | 19% | |||
| 1985 | 9.93% | 7.92% | 18.38% | |||
| 1984 | 12.04% | 7.2% | 16.5% | |||
| 1983 | 10.79% | 7.2% | 18.33% | |||
| 1982 | 14.86% | 7.2% | 18.5% | |||
| 1981 | 18.87% | 5.04% | 18.5% | |||
| 1980 | 15.27% | 5.04% | 16.67% | |||
| 1979 | 12.67% | 16.5% | ||||
| 1978 | 9.06% | |||||
| 1977 | 6.82% | |||||
| 1976 | 6.84% | |||||
| 1975 | 7.86% | |||||
| 1974 | 10.8% | |||||
| 1973 | 8.02% | |||||
| 1972 | 5.25% | |||||
| 1971 | 5.72% | |||||
| 1970 | 7.91% | |||||
| 1969 | 7.95% | |||||
| 1968 | 6.31% | |||||
| 1967 | 5.63% | |||||
| 1966 | 5.63% | |||||
| 1965 | 4.54% | |||||
| 1964 | 4.5% | |||||
| 1963 | 4.5% | |||||
| 1962 | 4.5% | |||||
| 1961 | 4.5% | |||||
| 1960 | 4.82% |
World Bank definition
Lending interest rate (%)
Lending rate is the bank rate that usually meets the short- and medium-term financing needs of the private sector. This rate is normally differentiated according to creditworthiness of borrowers and objectives of financing. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability.
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