Lending interest rate (%) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Lending interest rate is the rate charged by banks on loans to prime customers. Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.
Lending interest rate (%) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Zimbabwe (2007)578.96
2Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002)66.79
3Guinea-Bissau (1996)51.75
4Madagascar (2008)45
5Sao Tome and Principe (2008)32.4
6Gambia (2007)27.92
7Malawi (2007)27.72
8Ghana (1988)25.58
9Sierra Leone (2008)24.5
10Mauritania (2007)23.5
11Mauritius (2008)21.54
12Guinea (2000)19.38
13Uganda (2007)19.11
14Zambia (2008)19.06
15Mozambique (2008)18.31
16Togo (1992)17.5
17Ivory Coast (1992)16.75
18Senegal (1992)16.75
19Benin (1992)16.75
20Mali (1992)16.75
21Burkina Faso (1992)16.75
22Niger (1992)16.75
23Botswana (2008)16.62
24Burundi (2008)16.52
25Lesotho (2008)16.19
26Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2007)16.03
27Rwanda (2007)15.84
28Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2007)15.54
29Nigeria (2008)15.48
30South Africa (2008)15.13
31Liberia (2007)15.05
32Cameroon (2007)15
33Central African Republic (2007)15
34Chad (2007)15
35Republic of the Congo (2007)15
36Gabon (2007)15
37Equatorial Guinea (2007)15
38Africa (2007)15
39Tanzania (2008)14.98
40Swaziland (2008)14.83
41Kenya (2008)14.02
42Namibia (2008)13.74
43Egypt (2008)12.32
44Angola (2008)12.29
45Seychelles (2008)11.81
46Morocco (2004)11.5
47Djibouti (2007)11.24
48Cape Verde (2008)9.99
49Algeria (2008)8
50North Africa (2007)8
51Comoros (2008)7
52Ethiopia (2006)7
53Libya (2008)6
54Tunisia (1989)4.82
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