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Lending rate in Italy

What do banks charge for credit there?

Italy's lending rate is 4.89 % — #12 of 67 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2023.

4.89%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2023

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics

Lending rate in Italy over time

16.52 %9.27 %2.03 %16.52 % · 19922.03 % · 20211989: 15.00 %1990: 14.85 %1991: 14.67 %1992: 16.52 %1993: 14.63 %1994: 11.98 %1995: 13.24 %1996: 12.82 %1997: 10.51 %1998: 8.64 %1999: 6.35 %2000: 7.02 %2001: 7.29 %2002: 6.54 %2003: 5.83 %2004: 5.51 %2005: 5.31 %2006: 5.62 %2007: 6.33 %2008: 6.84 %2009: 4.76 %2010: 4.03 %2011: 4.60 %2012: 5.22 %2013: 5.14 %2014: 4.87 %2015: 4.13 %2016: 3.50 %2017: 3.00 %2018: 2.68 %2019: 2.60 %2020: 2.33 %2021: 2.03 %2022: 2.26 %2023: 4.89 %1989200620234.89 %
35 official observations, 1989 → 2023. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#12 of 67
lower is better
Ranked behind
82 %
55 of 67 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.63 pp
since 2022
Below its peak
11.63 pp
peak 16.52 % in 1992
Full series
▼ 10.11 pp
since 1989

In Europe: #5 of 13vs median 8.79 %: −3.90 pp (better)

Among 67 countries

10 of 67 countries between 2.96 % and 4.75 %9 of 67 countries between 4.75 % and 6.55 %9 of 67 countries between 6.55 % and 8.34 %10 of 67 countries between 8.34 % and 10.14 %4 of 67 countries between 10.14 % and 11.93 %3 of 67 countries between 11.93 % and 13.73 %5 of 67 countries between 13.73 % and 15.52 %5 of 67 countries between 15.52 % and 17.31 %3 of 67 countries between 17.31 % and 19.11 %3 of 67 countries between 19.11 % and 20.90 %1 of 67 countries between 22.70 % and 24.49 %1 of 67 countries between 37.05 % and 38.84 %4 of 67 countries between 44.23 % and 46.02 %median 8.79 %Italy: ahead of 82 % of the 67 countries with a published lending rateItaly 4.89 %2.96 %46.02 %
Half of all 67 countries sit between 5.88 % and 15.34 %. Italy is ahead of 82 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryLending ratevs Italy
10 Qatar4.75 %−0.14 pp
11 Malaysia4.82 %−0.07 pp
12 Italy4.89 %—
13 Thailand4.99 %+0.10 pp
14 Kuwait5.03 %+0.14 pp

Bank lending rate, IMF-harmonised — the price of credit, ~150 economies.

How to read this figure

The IMF-harmonised bank lending rate — what banks charge their customers for credit, averaged nationally. Harmonisation is what makes ~150 economies comparable; the trade-off is that the underlying loan mix (business vs consumer, maturities) differs by country, so treat close values as similar, not identical.

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