Bangladesh vs India: Lending interest rate

Bangladesh
8.6%
in 2025
India
8.6%
in 2022
Bangladesh rank
71st
India rank
73rd

Lending interest rate over time

  • Bangladesh
  • India
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 8.6% against 8.6% in India, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1978 it was India ahead.

Globally, Bangladesh ranks 71st and India ranks 73rd 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.