Bahrain vs Malaysia: Lending interest rate

Bahrain
5.2%
in 2015
Malaysia
4.8%
in 2025
Bahrain rank
122nd
Malaysia rank
125th

Lending interest rate over time

  • Bahrain
  • Malaysia
4681012196919972025

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 5.2% against 4.8% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Bahrain ranks 122nd and Malaysia ranks 125th 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.