Interest Rate by Country

%The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

As of 2025-12-31, Madagascar has the highest Interest Rate at 60%, while United Kingdom has the lowest at 0.5%. Median across 148 economies is 8.51%. Source: The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Last updated 2025-12-31

Countries

148

Highest

Madagascar60%

Lowest

United Kingdom0.5%

Median

8.51%

Average

11.22%

Ranked by latest value

highest to lowest · 148 countries

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#	Country	Last	Change	Date
1	Madagascar	60%	0%	2025-12-31
2	Zimbabwe	46.36%	22.52%	2025-12-31
3	Argentina	46.02%	15.69%	2025-12-31
4	Brazil	45.33%	5.11%	2025-12-31
5	Malawi	37.06%	3.52%	2024-12-31
6	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.67%	11.67%	1988-12-31
7	Egypt, Arab Rep.	24.29%	6.53%	2024-12-31
8	Tajikistan	23.55%	3.64%	2019-12-31
9	Congo, Dem. Rep.	23.29%	2.67%	2021-12-31
10	Uzbekistan	23.13%	0.9839%	2024-12-31
11	Lao PDR	22.61%	2.16%	2010-12-31
12	Yemen, Rep.	22.08%	2.42%	2013-12-31
13	Gambia, The	22%	0%	2025-12-31
14	Sierra Leone	21.44%	0.8554%	2025-12-31
15	Venezuela, RB	21.06%	0.2842%	2017-12-31
16	Uganda	19.85%	1.43%	2018-12-31
17	Kyrgyz Republic	19.78%	0.6778%	2024-12-31
18	Ukraine	19.7%	0.1111%	2025-12-31
19	Angola	19.37%	0.0271%	2025-12-31
20	Honduras	18.58%	2.58%	2025-12-31
21	Iran, Islamic Rep.	18%	3.79%	2016-12-31
22	Sao Tome and Principe	17.84%	0.0234%	2024-12-31
23	Mozambique	17.53%	4.19%	2025-12-31
24	Russian Federation	17.09%	5.47%	2024-12-31
25	Mauritania	17%	0%	2017-12-31
26	Tanzania	16.68%	0.2913%	2020-12-31
27	Kenya	16.59%	3%	2024-12-31
28	Rwanda	16.02%	0.0408%	2024-12-31
29	Mongolia	16.01%	0.9239%	2021-12-31
30	Georgia	15.79%	0.849%	2025-12-31
31	Azerbaijan	15.34%	0.6646%	2025-12-31
32	Dominican Republic	15.25%	0.8186%	2024-12-31
33	Afghanistan	14.84%	0.1633%	2017-12-31
34	Myanmar	14.83%	1.17%	2020-12-31
35	Suriname	14.5%	0.2999%	2025-12-31
36	Colombia	14.31%	2.06%	2025-12-31
37	South Sudan	14.29%	0.3919%	2025-12-31
38	Nigeria	14.01%	1.68%	2023-12-31
39	Armenia	13.78%	0.6335%	2025-12-31
40	Liberia	13.25%	0.3398%	2017-12-31
41	Haiti	13.01%	0.3683%	2025-12-31
42	Guinea	12.88%	6.5%	2001-12-31
43	Guatemala	12.85%	0.4583%	2025-12-31
44	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	12.62%	1.85%	2021-12-31
45	Peru	12.6%	1.62%	2022-12-31
46	Paraguay	12.51%	1.03%	2021-12-31
47	Burundi	12.37%	0.5174%	2025-12-31
48	Iraq	12.29%	0.3108%	2015-12-31
49	Jamaica	12.14%	0.1447%	2025-12-31
50	Bhutan	11.76%	1.22%	2025-12-31
51	Maldives	11.63%	0.0816%	2025-12-31
52	Sri Lanka	11.24%	0.31%	2019-12-31
53	Lesotho	11.21%	0.125%	2024-12-31
54	Iceland	11.01%	1.45%	2025-12-31
55	Namibia	10.96%	0.0299%	2024-12-31
56	Belarus	10.95%	0.9535%	2025-12-31
57	Eswatini	10.88%	0.0417%	2024-12-31
58	South Africa	10.69%	0.9375%	2025-12-31
59	Lebanon	10.51%	1.42%	2019-12-31
60	Timor-Leste	10.41%	0.1925%	2025-12-31
61	Bolivia	10.19%	1.38%	2025-12-31
62	Uruguay	10.06%	0.1549%	2025-12-31
63	Seychelles	9.85%	0.0443%	2025-12-31
64	Zambia	9.48%	0.8125%	2020-12-31
65	Viet Nam	9.32%	1.31%	2023-12-31
66	Nicaragua	9.16%	2.08%	2025-12-31
67	Mauritius	9%	0.375%	2025-12-31
68	Moldova	8.99%	0.0789%	2025-12-31
69	Mexico	8.79%	2.44%	2025-12-31
70	Pakistan	8.67%	2.09%	2021-12-31
71	Bangladesh	8.62%	1.23%	2025-12-31
72	Croatia	8.58%	0.6667%	2014-12-31
73	India	8.57%	0.1312%	2022-12-31
74	Romania	8.52%	0.2405%	2025-12-31
75	Indonesia	8.5%	0.2941%	2025-12-31
76	Belize	8.48%	0.0609%	2025-12-31
77	Vanuatu	8.45%	0.1894%	2025-12-31
78	Samoa	8.39%	0.0448%	2025-12-31
79	Papua New Guinea	8.29%	0.0892%	2024-12-31
80	Guyana	8.23%	0.1424%	2025-12-31
81	Jordan	8.1%	0.3842%	2025-12-31
82	Barbados	8.05%	0%	2022-12-31
83	Comoros	8.03%	0.1587%	2022-12-31
84	Hungary	8.01%	1.12%	2025-12-31
85	Ethiopia	8%	0.5%	2008-12-31
86	Algeria	8%	0%	2025-12-31
87	Cabo Verde	7.75%	0.0434%	2025-12-31
88	Tonga	7.56%	0.1966%	2025-12-31
89	Trinidad and Tobago	7.5%	0.0208%	2024-12-31
90	Philippines	7.1%	0.9773%	2019-12-31
91	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	7.06%	0.0366%	2025-12-31
92	Panama	6.91%	0.0292%	2022-12-31
93	Costa Rica	6.88%	0.457%	2025-12-31
94	Grenada	6.86%	0.0261%	2025-12-31
95	Kosovo	6.65%	0.1786%	2018-12-31
96	St. Kitts and Nevis	6.52%	0.0729%	2025-12-31
97	Albania	6.44%	0.0917%	2024-12-31
98	Antigua and Barbuda	6.39%	0.1358%	2025-12-31
99	Montenegro	6.32%	0.2783%	2025-12-31
100	Botswana	6.26%	0.4786%	2024-12-31
101	St. Lucia	6.25%	0.0369%	2025-12-31
102	Burkina Faso	6.25%	0.2875%	2021-12-31
103	Benin	6.25%	0.2875%	2021-12-31
104	Libya	6%	0%	2014-12-31
105	Norway	5.88%	0.2717%	2025-12-31
106	Aruba	5.8%	0.3%	2023-12-31
107	Dominica	5.77%	0.0598%	2025-12-31
108	West Bank and Gaza	5.56%	0.0379%	2021-12-31
109	Brunei Darussalam	5.5%	0%	2025-12-31
110	Oman	5.5%	0.0313%	2021-12-31
111	Macao SAR, China	5.45%	0.5664%	2025-12-31
112	North Macedonia	5.42%	0.4354%	2025-12-31
113	Cote d'Ivoire	5.3%	0.1408%	2016-12-31
114	Guinea-Bissau	5.3%	0.1408%	2016-12-31
115	Mali	5.3%	0.1408%	2016-12-31
116	Niger	5.3%	0.1408%	2016-12-31
117	Senegal	5.3%	0.1408%	2016-12-31
118	Togo	5.3%	0.1408%	2016-12-31
119	Singapore	5.25%	0%	2021-12-31
120	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.18%	0.5625%	2025-12-31
121	Solomon Islands	5.18%	5.51%	2021-12-31
122	Bahrain	5.16%	0.7075%	2015-12-31
123	Australia	5.1%	0.1598%	2019-12-31
124	Kuwait	5.03%	0.1404%	2025-12-31
125	Malaysia	4.82%	0.458%	2025-12-31
126	New Zealand	4.76%	0.2608%	2017-12-31
127	Serbia	4.76%	2.11%	2010-12-31
128	Qatar	4.75%	1.43%	2025-12-31
129	Malta	4.71%	0.0025%	2013-12-31
130	Czechia	4.67%	0.0456%	2025-12-31
131	San Marino	4.62%	0.8772%	2025-12-31
132	Fiji	4.56%	0.4064%	2024-12-31
133	China	4.35%	0%	2024-12-31
134	Bahamas, The	4.25%	0%	2025-12-31
135	Bulgaria	4.24%	0.3%	2025-12-31
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.22%	0.2279%	2025-12-31
137	Korea, Rep.	4.19%	0.5342%	2025-12-31
138	Chile	4.18%	0.3748%	2018-12-31
139	Italy	4.07%	1.18%	2025-12-31
140	Thailand	3.94%	0.5717%	2025-12-31
141	Sweden	3.68%	0.146%	2006-12-31
142	United States	3.25%	0.2942%	2021-12-31
143	Switzerland	2.98%	0.112%	2024-12-31
144	Israel	2.96%	0.1426%	2022-12-31
145	Canada	2.7%	0%	2017-12-31
146	Netherlands	1.5%	0.125%	2013-12-31
147	Japan	0.994%	0.0508%	2017-12-31
148	United Kingdom	0.5%	0%	2014-12-31