Lending Rate, Percent per annum in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Lending Rate, Percent per annum was 14.84 in 2017. βΌ Falling
Lending Rate, Percent per annum in Afghanistan, 2006β2017
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2017, lending rate, percent per annum in Afghanistan stood at 14.84. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lending rate, percent per annum in Afghanistan peaked at 18.14 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 14.84, in 2017.
That places Afghanistan 36th out of 144 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.51 | 14.92 | 18.14 | 4 |
| 2010s | 15.08 | 14.84 | 15.61 | 8 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More financial sector data for Afghanistan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita -2,032 current LCU per person (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP -3.98 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -8.19 % change on previous year (2020)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 24.61 million SDR (2020)
- Gold reserves at market value 923.06 million SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 5.81 billion SDR (2020)
- Reserves excluding gold 5.85 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 6.77 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 6.76 billion SDR (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 173.12 SDR per person (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lending rate, percent per annum in Afghanistan?
- Lending rate, percent per annum in Afghanistan was 14.84 in 2017, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest lending rate, percent per annum recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 18.14 in 2007.
- What is the lowest lending rate, percent per annum recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.84 in 2017.
- How does Afghanistan rank for lending rate, percent per annum?
- Afghanistan ranks 36th out of 144 countries with data for 2017.
- Is lending rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Lending Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.