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Lending rate in Kenya

What do banks charge for credit there?

Kenya's lending rate is 16.59 % — #54 of 67 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2024.

16.59%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2024

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics

Lending rate in Kenya over time

36.24 %22.62 %9.00 %36.24 % · 19949.00 % · 19711971: 9.00 %1972: 9.00 %1973: 9.00 %1974: 9.50 %1975: 10.00 %1976: 10.00 %1977: 10.00 %1978: 10.00 %1979: 10.00 %1980: 10.58 %1981: 12.42 %1982: 14.50 %1983: 15.83 %1984: 14.42 %1985: 14.00 %1986: 14.00 %1987: 14.00 %1988: 15.00 %1989: 17.25 %1990: 18.75 %1991: 19.00 %1992: 21.07 %1993: 29.99 %1994: 36.24 %1995: 28.80 %1996: 33.79 %1997: 30.25 %1998: 29.49 %1999: 22.38 %2000: 22.34 %2001: 19.67 %2002: 18.45 %2003: 16.57 %2004: 12.53 %2005: 12.88 %2006: 13.64 %2007: 13.34 %2008: 14.02 %2009: 14.80 %2010: 14.37 %2011: 15.05 %2012: 19.72 %2013: 17.31 %2014: 16.51 %2015: 16.09 %2016: 16.56 %2017: 13.67 %2018: 13.06 %2019: 12.44 %2020: 12.00 %2021: 12.08 %2022: 12.34 %2023: 13.59 %2024: 16.59 %19711997202416.59 %
54 official observations, 1971 → 2024. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#54 of 67
lower is better
Ranked behind
19 %
13 of 67 countries
Latest move
▲ 3.00 pp
since 2023
Below its peak
19.65 pp
peak 36.24 % in 1994
Full series
▲ 7.59 pp
since 1971

In Africa: #7 of 14vs median 8.79 %: +7.80 pp (worse)

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 %Kenya: ahead of 19 % of the 67 countries with a published lending rateKenya 16.59 %2.96 %46.02 %
Half of all 67 countries sit between 5.88 % and 15.34 %. Kenya is ahead of 19 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryLending ratevs Kenya
52 Mongolia16.01 %−0.58 pp
53 Rwanda16.02 %−0.57 pp
54 Kenya16.59 %—
55 Russia17.09 %+0.50 pp
56 Mozambique17.53 %+0.94 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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