Lending Rate, Percent per annum in St. Lucia
St. Lucia: Lending Rate, Percent per annum was 6.25 in 2025. βΌ Falling
Lending Rate, Percent per annum in St. Lucia, 1981β2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lending rate, percent per annum in St. Lucia is 6.25, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lending rate, percent per annum in St. Lucia peaked at 15 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6.25, in 2025.
That places St. Lucia 103rd out of 144 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13.16 | 10.54 | 14.76 | 9 |
| 1990s | 12.13 | 11.06 | 12.82 | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.69 | 10.08 | 15 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.97 | 7.72 | 10.62 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.56 | 6.25 | 7.13 | 6 |
Countries ranked near St. Lucia
- 100 Antigua and Barbuda 6.39 compare
- 101 Montenegro 6.32 compare
- 102 Botswana 6.26 compare
- 104 Benin 6.25 compare
- 104 Burkina Faso 6.25 compare
- 106 Norway 5.88 compare
More financial sector data for St. Lucia
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 51.7% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 2.99 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 2.95 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 3.04 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 51.7% (2025)
- Broad money 66.7% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -11.6% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 51.7% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 2.7 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -23 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lending rate, percent per annum in St. Lucia?
- Lending rate, percent per annum in St. Lucia was 6.25 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest lending rate, percent per annum recorded in St. Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 15 in 2003.
- What is the lowest lending rate, percent per annum recorded in St. Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.25 in 2025.
- How does St. Lucia rank for lending rate, percent per annum?
- St. Lucia ranks 103rd out of 144 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lending rate, percent per annum rising or falling in St. Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this St. Lucia 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.