Iceland vs Lesotho: Lending interest rate

Iceland
11.0%
in 2025
Lesotho
11.2%
in 2024
Iceland rank
54th
Lesotho rank
53rd

Lending interest rate over time

  • Iceland
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 11.2% against 11.0% in Iceland, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Iceland ahead.

Globally, Iceland ranks 54th and Lesotho ranks 53rd 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.