Lending interest rate in Maldives
Maldives: Lending interest rate was 11.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lending interest rate in Maldives, 1995–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, lending interest rate in Maldives stood at 11.6%.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lending interest rate in Maldives peaked at 11.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 1999.
Maldives ranks 51st of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.6% | 9.2% | 11.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 10.1% | 9.5% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 10.2% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 10.9% | 11.7% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Maldives
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 32.5% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.3 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 93.36 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 8.07 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 32.6% (2025)
- Broad money 60.2% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 57.4% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 36.4% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 15.42 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -2,283 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lending interest rate in Maldives?
- Lending interest rate in Maldives was 11.6% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest lending interest rate recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 11.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest lending interest rate recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 1999.
- How does Maldives rank for lending interest rate?
- Maldives ranks 51st out of 148 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lending interest rate rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Lending interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.