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Lending rate in Nicaragua

What do banks charge for credit there?

Nicaragua's lending rate is 9.16 % — #37 of 67 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

9.16%

Checked 22 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics

Lending rate in Nicaragua over time

18.55 %13.86 %9.16 %18.55 % · 20011990: 18.00 %1991: 14.66 %1992: 15.81 %1993: 16.55 %1994: 16.48 %1995: 16.28 %1996: 16.95 %1997: 17.20 %1998: 17.70 %1999: 17.57 %2000: 18.14 %2001: 18.55 %2002: 18.30 %2003: 15.55 %2004: 13.49 %2005: 12.10 %2006: 11.58 %2007: 13.04 %2008: 13.17 %2009: 14.04 %2010: 13.32 %2011: 10.54 %2012: 11.99 %2013: 14.98 %2014: 13.54 %2015: 12.05 %2016: 11.44 %2017: 10.78 %2018: 10.90 %2019: 12.46 %2020: 11.18 %2021: 9.62 %2022: 9.23 %2023: 9.48 %2024: 11.24 %2025: 9.16 %1990200820259.16 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#37 of 67
lower is better
Ranked behind
45 %
30 of 67 countries
Latest move
▼ 2.08 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
9.39 pp
peak 18.55 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 8.84 pp
since 1990

In Americas: #10 of 21vs median 8.79 %: +0.37 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 %Nicaragua: ahead of 45 % of the 67 countries with a published lending rateNicaragua 9.16 %2.96 %46.02 %
Half of all 67 countries sit between 5.88 % and 15.34 %. Nicaragua is ahead of 45 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryLending ratevs Nicaragua
35 Moldova8.99 %−0.17 pp
36 Mauritius9.00 %−0.16 pp
37 Nicaragua9.16 %—
38 Uruguay10.06 %+0.90 pp
39 Bolivia10.19 %+1.03 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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