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Lending rate

39 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Rank Country Value descending As of vs previous
1 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 5.29% 2016 ↑ 0.14 pts + compare
2 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 5.29% 2016 ↑ 0.14 pts + compare
3 🇲🇱 Mali 5.29% 2016 ↑ 0.14 pts + compare
4 🇳🇪 Niger 5.29% 2016 ↑ 0.14 pts + compare
5 🇸🇳 Senegal 5.29% 2016 ↑ 0.14 pts + compare
6 🇹🇬 Togo 5.29% 2016 ↑ 0.14 pts + compare
7 🇱🇾 Libya 6% 2014 — + compare
8 🇧🇯 Benin 6.25% 2021 ↓ 0.29 pts + compare
9 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 6.25% 2021 ↓ 0.29 pts + compare
10 🇧🇼 Botswana 6.26% 2024 ↓ 0.48 pts + compare
11 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 7.75% 2025 ↓ 0.04 pts + compare
12 🇩🇿 Algeria 8% 2025 → 0 + compare
13 🇰🇲 Comoros 8.03% 2022 ↑ 0.16 pts + compare
14 🇲🇺 Mauritius 9% 2025 ↓ 0.38 pts + compare
15 🇿🇲 Zambia 9.48% 2020 ↓ 0.81 pts + compare
16 🇸🇨 Seychelles 9.85% 2025 ↑ 0.04 pts + compare
17 🇿🇦 South Africa 10.69% 2025 ↓ 0.94 pts + compare
18 🇸🇿 Eswatini 10.88% 2024 ↑ 0.04 pts + compare
19 🇳🇦 Namibia 10.96% 2024 ↑ 0.03 pts + compare
20 🇱🇸 Lesotho 11.21% 2024 ↑ 0.12 pts + compare
21 🇧🇮 Burundi 12.37% 2025 ↑ 0.52 pts + compare
22 🇱🇷 Liberia 13.25% 2017 ↓ 0.34 pts + compare
23 🇳🇬 Nigeria 14.01% 2023 ↑ 1.68 pts + compare
24 🇸🇸 South Sudan 14.29% 2025 ↓ 0.39 pts + compare
25 🇷🇼 Rwanda 16.02% 2024 ↓ 0.04 pts + compare
26 🇰🇪 Kenya 16.59% 2024 ↑ 3 pts + compare
27 🇹🇿 Tanzania 16.68% 2020 ↓ 0.29 pts + compare
28 🇲🇷 Mauritania 17% 2017 → 0 + compare
29 🇲🇿 Mozambique 17.53% 2025 ↓ 4.19 pts + compare
30 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 17.84% 2024 ↑ 0.02 pts + compare
31 🇦🇴 Angola 19.37% 2025 ↓ 0.03 pts + compare
32 🇺🇬 Uganda 19.85% 2018 ↓ 1.43 pts + compare
33 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 21.44% 2025 ↑ 0.86 pts + compare
34 🇬🇲 Gambia 22% 2025 → 0 + compare
35 🇨🇩 DR Congo 23.29% 2021 ↓ 2.67 pts + compare
36 🇪🇬 Egypt 24.29% 2024 ↑ 6.53 pts + compare
37 🇲🇼 Malawi 37.06% 2024 ↑ 3.52 pts + compare
38 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 46.36% 2025 ↓ 22.52 pts + compare
39 🇲🇬 Madagascar 60% 2025 → 0 + compare
Median 11.21% median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.