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Lending interest rate, %: ranking of countries
136 countries ranked by their latest value (2015–2025). Madagascar is highest at 60.0%; New Zealand is lowest at 0.0%.
Median country 8.5%136 countries
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Lending rate | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.0% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.4% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 45.3% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.1% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.3% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 23.5% | 2019 | |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 23.1% | 2024 | |
| 10 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.0% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.4% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.1% | 2017 | |
| 13 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.8% | 2018 | |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 19.8% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 19.7% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.4% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.6% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.0% | 2016 | |
| 20 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 17.1% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.0% | 2017 | |
| 24 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.7% | 2020 | |
| 25 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.6% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.0% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 16.0% | 2021 | |
| 28 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 15.3% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.3% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 14.8% | 2017 | |
| 32 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 14.8% | 2020 | |
| 33 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| 35 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.0% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.0% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 12.6% | 2021 | |
| 41 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.6% | 2022 | |
| 42 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.5% | 2021 | |
| 43 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.4% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.3% | 2015 | |
| 45 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Bhutan | South Asia | 11.8% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Maldives | South Asia | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 11.2% | 2019 | |
| 49 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.2% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.0% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 10.9% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.9% | 2024 | |
| 54 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.7% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10.5% | 2019 | |
| 56 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 10.4% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.2% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.1% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.5% | 2020 | |
| 61 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 9.3% | 2023 | |
| 62 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.7% | 2021 | |
| 67 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 68 | India | South Asia | 8.6% | 2022 | |
| 69 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 8.4% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 8.4% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 8.3% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.1% | 2022 | |
| 78 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.0% | 2022 | |
| 79 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 8.0% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.0% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.7% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 7.6% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 7.1% | 2019 | |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.1% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.9% | 2022 | |
| 87 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 6.7% | 2018 | |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.5% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 6.4% | 2024 | |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 6.3% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.3% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.3% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.2% | 2021 | |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.2% | 2021 | |
| 98 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Aruba | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.8% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| 101 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.6% | 2021 | |
| 102 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.5% | 2021 | |
| 104 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| 105 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.3% | 2016 | |
| 107 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.3% | 2016 | |
| 108 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.3% | 2016 | |
| 109 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.3% | 2016 | |
| 110 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.3% | 2016 | |
| 111 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.3% | 2016 | |
| 112 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 5.2% | 2021 | |
| 113 | Hong Kong | East Asia & Pacific | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 5.2% | 2021 | |
| 115 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.2% | 2015 | |
| 116 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 5.1% | 2019 | |
| 117 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 4.9% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| 123 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 4.6% | 2024 | |
| 125 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 4.3% | 2024 | |
| 126 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| 128 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.2% | 2018 | |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| 131 | United States | North America | 3.2% | 2021 | |
| 132 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.0% | 2022 | |
| 133 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Canada | North America | 2.7% | 2017 | |
| 135 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 1.0% | 2017 | |
| 136 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Lending interest rate (%)