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Lending rate in Nigeria

What do banks charge for credit there?

Nigeria's lending rate is 18.45 % — #57 of 67 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

18.45%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics

Lending rate in Nigeria over time

31.65 %18.82 %6.00 %31.65 % · 19936.00 % · 19771970: 7.00 %1971: 7.00 %1972: 7.00 %1973: 7.00 %1974: 7.00 %1975: 6.25 %1976: 6.50 %1977: 6.00 %1978: 6.75 %1979: 8.15 %1980: 8.43 %1981: 8.92 %1982: 9.54 %1983: 9.98 %1984: 10.24 %1985: 9.43 %1986: 9.96 %1987: 13.96 %1988: 16.62 %1989: 20.44 %1990: 25.30 %1991: 20.04 %1992: 24.76 %1993: 31.65 %1994: 20.48 %1995: 20.23 %1996: 19.84 %1997: 17.80 %1998: 18.18 %1999: 20.29 %2000: 21.27 %2001: 23.44 %2002: 24.77 %2003: 20.71 %2004: 19.18 %2005: 17.95 %2006: 16.89 %2007: 16.94 %2008: 15.14 %2009: 18.99 %2010: 17.59 %2011: 16.02 %2012: 16.79 %2013: 16.72 %2014: 16.55 %2015: 16.85 %2016: 16.87 %2017: 17.55 %2018: 16.90 %2019: 15.38 %2020: 13.64 %2021: 11.48 %2022: 12.33 %2023: 14.01 %2024: 16.29 %2025: 18.45 %19701997202518.45 %
56 official observations, 1970 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#57 of 67
lower is better
Ranked behind
15 %
10 of 67 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.16 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
13.20 pp
peak 31.65 % in 1993
Full series
▲ 11.45 pp
since 1970

In Africa: #9 of 14vs median 8.79 %: +9.66 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 %Nigeria: ahead of 15 % of the 67 countries with a published lending rateNigeria 18.45 %2.96 %46.02 %
Half of all 67 countries sit between 5.88 % and 15.34 %. Nigeria is ahead of 15 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryLending ratevs Nigeria
55 Russia17.09 %−1.36 pp
56 Mozambique17.53 %−0.92 pp
57 Nigeria18.45 %—
58 Honduras18.58 %+0.13 pp
59 Angola19.37 %+0.92 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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