Lending rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum in Maldives
Maldives: Lending rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum was 8.34 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Lending rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum in Maldives, 1998–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 8.34 for lending rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum in 2025.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lending rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum in Maldives peaked at 9.79 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7.88, in 2022.
That places Maldives 15th out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Lending rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9.79 | — |
| 1999 | 9.46 | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 9.79 | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 9.79 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9.79 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9.35 | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 8.65 | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 8.48 | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 8.48 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8.48 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8.48 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8.48 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8.37 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 8.3 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 8.67 | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 8.6 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 8.5 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 8.73 | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 9.04 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 9.11 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 8.89 | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 8.75 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 8.46 | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 8.28 | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 7.88 | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 8.41 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 8.5 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 8.34 | -1.8% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 8.34 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.51, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.63 | 9.46 | 9.79 | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.98 | 8.48 | 9.79 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.7 | 8.3 | 9.11 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.31 | 7.88 | 8.5 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 12 Antigua and Barbuda 9 compare
- 13 Kyrgyzstan 8.95 compare
- 14 Kenya 8.88 compare
- 16 Dominican Republic 8.27 compare
- 17 El Salvador 7.9 compare
- 18 Anguilla 7.81 compare
More financial sector data for Maldives
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 12.42 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 9.07 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 12.42 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lending rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum in Maldives?
- Lending rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum in Maldives was 8.34 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest lending rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 9.79 in 2000.
- What is the lowest lending rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.88 in 2022.
- How does Maldives rank for lending rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum?
- Maldives ranks 15th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lending rate, foreign currency, rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Lending rate, Foreign Currency, Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.