Lending interest rate is the rate charged by banks on loans to prime customers.

Lending interest rate (%)

1970199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Malawi21.0053.1333.0824.6323.7532.3346.0144.2944.3944.1138.5932.2925.6724.2223.8825.3533.5537.06
Egypt, Arab Rep.19.0013.2213.1411.0111.0312.0012.2911.7111.6313.6018.1818.3216.1211.379.4310.5817.7624.29
Rwanda16.4815.7817.0016.6716.7017.3217.2617.3317.2917.1716.9516.5316.3516.1816.3916.0616.02
Eswatini14.5014.0010.639.759.008.758.508.639.0410.2510.7510.3110.137.967.258.5010.8310.88
Seychelles15.6510.749.7712.7011.1912.1912.2911.6512.3612.3612.2412.3112.6011.619.169.109.539.81
Mauritius18.0020.7721.048.888.928.678.508.508.508.508.508.508.457.236.877.509.509.38
Libya7.007.007.006.136.006.006.006.006.00
Burundi12.3415.7718.4512.4213.2314.3215.1515.6715.3314.2414.8014.7914.5312.2012.8611.7711.23
Comoros12.0011.0010.5010.5010.5010.5010.5010.5010.5010.5010.5010.508.097.888.03
Congo, Dem. Rep.56.5243.7528.4519.3718.6919.3719.0520.6224.7526.7425.9623.29
Ethiopia6.0010.897.00
Kenya18.7522.3412.8814.3715.0519.7217.3116.5116.0916.5613.6713.0612.4412.0012.0812.3413.59
Madagascar25.8026.8825.8846.0052.5056.1358.9860.0056.7260.0060.0055.3949.0048.8748.2848.8353.58
Uganda38.6722.9219.6520.1721.8326.1523.2821.5822.6023.8921.2819.85
Zambia35.1038.8028.2120.9218.8412.159.5211.5713.2515.5012.389.7910.299.48
Zimbabwe11.609.749.478.547.116.917.1316.1833.0145.48131.81170.29