Lending rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum by country
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.
What the numbers show
Lending rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 18.21 in Tajikistan; the lowest is 3.51 in Oman.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.9, and the mean is 8.04.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 294.0%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 47.1%).
Lending rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 18.21 | 2019 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 13.8 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 3 | Iraq | 12.19 | 2015 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 4 | Honduras | 10.79 | 2025 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 5 | Cambodia | 10.06 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.05 | 2025 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 7 | Mongolia | 9.45 | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 8 | Saint Lucia | 9.33 | 2025 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 9.32 | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 10 | Georgia | 9.16 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 11 | Haiti | 9.07 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 2025 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.95 | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 14 | Kenya | 8.88 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 15 | Maldives | 8.34 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 8.27 | 2024 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 7.9 | 2025 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 18 | Anguilla | 7.81 | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 19 | Dominica | 7.51 | 2025 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 20 | Grenada | 7.08 | 2025 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 21 | Paraguay | 6.16 | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 22 | Argentina | 6.12 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 6.07 | 2025 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.06 | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 6.02 | 2025 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia | 6 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 27 | Chile | 5.62 | 2025 | up 294.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Indonesia | 5.55 | 2025 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 29 | Uruguay | 5.46 | 2025 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 30 | Moldova | 5.37 | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 31 | North Macedonia | 4.31 | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 32 | Poland | 4.03 | 2025 | up 100.7% | falling |
| 33 | Oman | 3.51 | 2021 | up 52.3% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.