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Prices & public finance in lower-middle-income countries: how the countries rank

Inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, public debt and the reach of the state. 13 indicators for the 47 economies in the lower-middle income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Inflation3.6%group, 2025 · world 3.0%GDP deflator5.0%group, 2025 · world 3.3%Lending rate10.9%median countryReal interest rate5.1%median countryExchange rate120.32median countryTax revenue12.1%group, 2018 · world 13.9%Government revenue14.2%group, 2018 · world 24.0%Government expense15.7%group, 2018 · world 28.5%
Inflation
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0%5.0%10%15%20%1995200020052010201520202025lower-middle-income countries3.6%Worldlow-income countriesupper-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
GDP deflator
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0%5.0%10%15%1995200020052010201520202025lower-middle-income countries5.0%Worldlow-income countriesupper-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
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All 47 economies, prices & public finance

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its prices & public finance profile.

47 shown
CountryInflationGDP deflatorLending rateReal interest rateExchange rateTax revenueGovernment revenueGovernment expense
Zimbabwe104.7%#1 · 202283.1%#2 · 202546.4%#1 · 2025-20.1%#35 · 202526.60#30 · 2025———
Haiti28.6%#2 · 202534.4%#4 · 202513.0%#15 · 2025-15.9%#34 · 2025130.63#20 · 2025———
Nigeria23.0%#3 · 202513.9%#9 · 202518.5%#9 · 20254.0%#23 · 20251,518.38#7 · 2025———
Angola20.2%#4 · 202520.5%#6 · 202519.4%#7 · 2025-0.9%#28 · 2025911.99#9 · 20257.6%#29 · 202418.2%#19 · 202414.6%#25 · 2019
Bolivia19.5%#5 · 202519.9%#7 · 202510.2%#22 · 2025-8.1%#33 · 20256.91#41 · 2025———
Lebanon14.6%#6 · 202545.2%#3 · 202410.5%#20 · 20196.2%#14 · 201989,500.00#1 · 202511.1%#25 · 202413.5%#29 · 20246.3%#33 · 2021
Ghana14.2%#7 · 202514.4%#8 · 2025——12.56#37 · 202512.4%#19 · 202315.0%#23 · 202322.7%#16 · 2022
Egypt14.1%#8 · 202525.0%#5 · 202524.3%#2 · 2024-7.0%#32 · 202449.23#27 · 2025———
Zambia13.9%#9 · 20255.6%#21 · 20259.5%#23 · 2020-3.9%#31 · 202025.28#32 · 202518.8%#10 · 202423.4%#11 · 202425.1%#10 · 2021
São Tomé and Príncipe11.0%#10 · 202511.9%#12 · 202517.7%#10 · 20255.2%#18 · 202521.75#33 · 2025———
West Bank and Gaza9.8%#11 · 20252.7%#38 · 20255.6%#32 · 2021-3.1%#30 · 2021———26.2%#9 · 2021
Uzbekistan8.8%#12 · 202511.9%#13 · 202523.1%#4 · 20247.9%#11 · 202412,579.39#3 · 202511.0%#26 · 202319.4%#16 · 202322.3%#17 · 2023
Bangladesh8.8%#13 · 20256.5%#18 · 20258.6%#26 · 20252.0%#25 · 2025121.92#22 · 20257.6%#28 · 20219.5%#31 · 20218.3%#32 · 2021
Kyrgyzstan8.2%#14 · 202512.4%#11 · 202519.8%#6 · 202412.6%#5 · 202487.36#24 · 202519.6%#8 · 202430.4%#5 · 202423.7%#14 · 2023
Laos7.7%#15 · 20257.5%#16 · 2025——20,444.14#2 · 202512.1%#23 · 202213.9%#26 · 202210.3%#31 · 2022
Kiribati6.5%#16 · 20250.0%#44 · 2025——1.55#44 · 202517.5%#11 · 202380.2%#1 · 202383.7%#1 · 2023
Tunisia5.2%#17 · 20255.2%#22 · 2025——3.00#43 · 2025———
Honduras4.6%#18 · 20258.0%#14 · 202518.6%#8 · 20259.8%#6 · 202525.95#31 · 202515.1%#14 · 202022.2%#12 · 202024.4%#12 · 2020
Papua New Guinea4.4%#19 · 20256.9%#17 · 20258.3%#29 · 20244.9%#20 · 20244.12#42 · 202515.5%#13 · 202416.6%#20 · 202420.3%#18 · 2023
Lesotho4.3%#20 · 20253.0%#36 · 202511.2%#17 · 20244.9%#19 · 202417.89#35 · 202535.4%#1 · 202442.0%#3 · 202440.2%#3 · 2022
Kenya4.1%#21 · 20253.5%#29 · 202516.6%#13 · 202413.0%#4 · 2024129.30#21 · 202514.1%#15 · 202318.6%#18 · 202327.8%#6 · 2023
Guinea3.6%#22 · 20256.2%#19 · 2025——9,565.08#4 · 2020———
Bhutan3.6%#23 · 20253.2%#34 · 202511.8%#16 · 20258.3%#10 · 202587.16#25 · 202512.3%#20 · 202020.0%#15 · 202024.1%#13 · 2020
Pakistan3.5%#24 · 20254.3%#28 · 20258.7%#25 · 2021-1.5%#29 · 2021281.14#17 · 2025———
Namibia3.5%#25 · 20256.1%#20 · 202511.0%#18 · 20246.4%#13 · 202417.89#36 · 202533.9%#2 · 202435.6%#4 · 202436.2%#4 · 2023
Cameroon3.4%#26 · 20252.8%#37 · 2025——581.93#11 · 202511.3%#24 · 202113.7%#28 · 202112.4%#29 · 2021
Tajikistan3.4%#27 · 20254.8%#25 · 202523.5%#3 · 201919.2%#1 · 201910.02#38 · 202510.7%#27 · 202418.7%#17 · 202411.0%#30 · 2023
Solomon Islands3.4%#28 · 20255.0%#24 · 20255.2%#36 · 20215.8%#16 · 20218.33#40 · 202523.3%#4 · 202425.4%#7 · 202428.9%#5 · 2022
Tanzania3.3%#29 · 20255.1%#23 · 202516.7%#12 · 20209.6%#7 · 20202,597.90#6 · 202412.3%#21 · 202414.0%#25 · 202416.3%#21 · 2024
Comoros3.2%#30 · 20254.3%#27 · 20258.0%#30 · 20220.0%#27 · 2022435.38#16 · 2025———
Nepal2.7%#31 · 20253.1%#35 · 2025——139.12#19 · 202513.9%#16 · 202316.5%#21 · 202319.4%#19 · 2021
Republic of the Congo2.4%#32 · 2025-3.4%#46 · 2025——581.93#13 · 20256.5%#31 · 202120.1%#14 · 202116.1%#23 · 2021
India2.4%#33 · 20251.0%#42 · 20258.6%#27 · 20225.6%#17 · 202287.16#26 · 20256.9%#30 · 20229.4%#32 · 202213.7%#27 · 2022
Cambodia2.4%#34 · 20253.5%#31 · 2025——4,013.43#5 · 202512.2%#22 · 202313.8%#27 · 202312.9%#28 · 2023
Nicaragua2.1%#35 · 20257.6%#15 · 20259.2%#24 · 20251.4%#26 · 202536.62#28 · 202520.1%#7 · 202421.5%#13 · 202416.3%#22 · 2023
Mauritania1.5%#36 · 20253.4%#32 · 202517.0%#11 · 201715.2%#3 · 201736.49#29 · 2023———
Senegal1.5%#37 · 20253.5%#30 · 20255.3%#34 · 20164.3%#22 · 2016581.93#14 · 202519.5%#9 · 202324.2%#9 · 202323.6%#15 · 2023
Benin1.1%#38 · 20251.6%#41 · 20256.2%#31 · 20214.6%#21 · 2021581.93#10 · 2025———
Morocco0.7%#39 · 20252.1%#40 · 2025——9.35#39 · 202522.7%#5 · 202425.7%#6 · 202426.6%#8 · 2023
Vanuatu0.7%#40 · 20252.2%#39 · 20258.4%#28 · 20256.1%#15 · 2025120.32#23 · 202516.5%#12 · 202324.2%#10 · 202326.6%#7 · 2023
Togo0.4%#41 · 20250.8%#43 · 20255.3%#35 · 20163.8%#24 · 2016581.93#15 · 202513.9%#17 · 202315.7%#22 · 202316.0%#24 · 2023
Timor-Leste0.4%#42 · 2025-4.7%#47 · 202510.4%#21 · 202515.8%#2 · 20251.00#45 · 202521.6%#6 · 202251.5%#2 · 202252.5%#2 · 2022
Côte d'Ivoire0.1%#43 · 20253.2%#33 · 20255.3%#33 · 20166.6%#12 · 2016581.93#12 · 202513.0%#18 · 202313.4%#30 · 202317.9%#20 · 2023
Djibouti-0.3%#44 · 20254.6%#26 · 2025——177.72#18 · 2025———
Eswatini—-0.4%#45 · 202510.9%#19 · 20249.5%#8 · 202417.89#34 · 202524.3%#3 · 202125.1%#8 · 202124.6%#11 · 2021
Myanmar—12.5%#10 · 202514.8%#14 · 20209.0%#9 · 20201,381.62#8 · 20206.0%#32 · 201914.4%#24 · 201913.8%#26 · 2019
Venezuela—227.1%#1 · 202521.1%#5 · 2017-89.5%#36 · 2017————
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Inflation44 countries
  1. 1Zimbabwe104.7%2022
  2. 2Haiti28.6%2025
  3. 3Nigeria23.0%2025
Lowest
  1. 44Djibouti-0.3%2025
  2. 43Côte d'Ivoire0.1%2025
  3. 42Timor-Leste0.4%2025
Median country 3.6% · group 3.6%
GDP deflator47 countries
  1. 1Venezuela227.1%2025
  2. 2Zimbabwe83.1%2025
  3. 3Lebanon45.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 47Timor-Leste-4.7%2025
  2. 46Republic of the Congo-3.4%2025
  3. 45Eswatini-0.4%2025
Median country 5.0% · group 5.0%
Lending rate36 countries
  1. 1Zimbabwe46.4%2025
  2. 2Egypt24.3%2024
  3. 3Tajikistan23.5%2019
Lowest
  1. 36Solomon Islands5.2%2021
  2. 35Togo5.3%2016
  3. 34Senegal5.3%2016
Median country 10.9%
Real interest rate36 countries
  1. 1Tajikistan19.2%2019
  2. 2Timor-Leste15.8%2025
  3. 3Mauritania15.2%2017
Lowest
  1. 36Venezuela-89.5%2017
  2. 35Zimbabwe-20.1%2025
  3. 34Haiti-15.9%2025
Median country 5.1%
Exchange rate45 countries
  1. 1Lebanon89,500.002025
  2. 2Laos20,444.142025
  3. 3Uzbekistan12,579.392025
Lowest
  1. 45Timor-Leste1.002025
  2. 44Kiribati1.552025
  3. 43Tunisia3.002025
Median country 120.32
Tax revenue32 countries
  1. 1Lesotho35.4%2024
  2. 2Namibia33.9%2024
  3. 3Eswatini24.3%2021
Lowest
  1. 32Myanmar6.0%2019
  2. 31Republic of the Congo6.5%2021
  3. 30India6.9%2022
Median country 13.9% · group 12.1%
Government revenue32 countries
  1. 1Kiribati80.2%2023
  2. 2Timor-Leste51.5%2022
  3. 3Lesotho42.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 32India9.4%2022
  2. 31Bangladesh9.5%2021
  3. 30Côte d'Ivoire13.4%2023
Median country 19.0% · group 14.2%
Government expense33 countries
  1. 1Kiribati83.7%2023
  2. 2Timor-Leste52.5%2022
  3. 3Lesotho40.2%2022
Lowest
  1. 33Lebanon6.3%2021
  2. 32Bangladesh8.3%2021
  3. 31Laos10.3%2022
Median country 22.3% · group 15.7%
External debt43 countries
  1. 1Lebanon331.6%2023
  2. 2Senegal150.7%2024
  3. 3Laos115.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 43Haiti3.7%2024
  2. 42Myanmar15.3%2024
  3. 41Timor-Leste15.4%2024
Median country 42.7% · group 30.1%
Private credit41 countries
  1. 1Cambodia120.7%2025
  2. 2Nepal90.5%2025
  3. 3Morocco79.2%2025
Lowest
  1. 41Haiti3.2%2025
  2. 40Zimbabwe6.5%2023
  3. 39Angola6.6%2025
Median country 25.2% · group 38.7%
Broad money40 countries
  1. 1Nepal131.2%2025
  2. 2Cambodia124.8%2025
  3. 3Morocco121.3%2025
Lowest
  1. 40Zimbabwe11.2%2023
  2. 39Angola13.8%2025
  3. 38Uzbekistan20.5%2025
Median country 42.9% · group 67.4%
Reserves, months of imports39 countries
  1. 1Nepal15.52025
  2. 2Lebanon13.62023
  3. 3Uzbekistan13.62025
Lowest
  1. 39Bolivia0.52025
  2. 38Zimbabwe0.52024
  3. 37Djibouti0.92024
Median country 5.3 · group 7.7
Military spending36 countries
  1. 1Myanmar6.60%2024
  2. 2Morocco3.54%2025
  3. 3Kyrgyzstan2.92%2025
Lowest
  1. 36Haiti0.12%2025
  2. 35Papua New Guinea0.35%2025
  3. 34Ghana0.48%2025
Median country 1.42% · group 1.92%
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