Argentina vs Madagascar: Lending interest rate

Argentina
46.0%
in 2025
Madagascar
60.0%
in 2025
Argentina rank
3rd
Madagascar rank
1st

Lending interest rate over time

  • Argentina
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 60.0% against 46.0% in Argentina, a difference of 14.0%.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.3 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Madagascar ahead.

Globally, Argentina ranks 3rd and Madagascar ranks 1st of 148 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Lending interest rate (%)
Unit
%
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
148 places, 4,788 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Lending rate is the bank rate that usually meets the short- and medium-term financing needs of the private sector. This rate is normally differentiated according to creditworthiness of borrowers and objectives of financing. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability.