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Lending rate in Malaysia

What do banks charge for credit there?

Malaysia's lending rate is 4.82 % — #11 of 67 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

4.82%

Checked 22 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics

Lending rate in Malaysia over time

12.55 %8.00 %3.44 %12.55 % · 19853.44 % · 20211969: 9.14 %1970: 9.20 %1971: 9.19 %1972: 8.87 %1973: 9.86 %1974: 11.23 %1975: 10.25 %1976: 10.03 %1977: 9.47 %1978: 9.34 %1979: 9.43 %1980: 10.13 %1981: 11.89 %1982: 12.39 %1983: 11.78 %1984: 12.21 %1985: 12.55 %1986: 12.24 %1987: 10.36 %1988: 9.30 %1989: 8.90 %1990: 8.79 %1991: 9.35 %1992: 10.16 %1993: 10.03 %1994: 8.76 %1995: 8.73 %1996: 9.94 %1997: 10.63 %1998: 12.13 %1999: 8.56 %2000: 7.67 %2001: 7.13 %2002: 6.53 %2003: 6.30 %2004: 6.05 %2005: 5.95 %2006: 6.49 %2007: 6.41 %2008: 6.08 %2009: 5.08 %2010: 5.00 %2011: 4.92 %2012: 4.79 %2013: 4.65 %2014: 4.59 %2015: 4.57 %2016: 4.53 %2017: 4.61 %2018: 4.93 %2019: 4.88 %2020: 3.94 %2021: 3.44 %2022: 3.91 %2023: 5.32 %2024: 5.28 %2025: 4.82 %1969199720254.82 %
57 official observations, 1969 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#11 of 67
lower is better
Ranked behind
84 %
56 of 67 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.46 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
7.73 pp
peak 12.55 % in 1985
Full series
▼ 4.32 pp
since 1969

In Asia: #4 of 17vs median 8.79 %: −3.97 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 %Malaysia: ahead of 84 % of the 67 countries with a published lending rateMalaysia 4.82 %2.96 %46.02 %
Half of all 67 countries sit between 5.88 % and 15.34 %. Malaysia is ahead of 84 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryLending ratevs Malaysia
9 Czech Republic4.67 %−0.15 pp
10 Qatar4.75 %−0.07 pp
11 Malaysia4.82 %—
12 Italy4.89 %+0.07 pp
13 Thailand4.99 %+0.17 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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