Italy vs Sweden: Lending interest rate

Italy
4.1%
in 2025
Sweden
3.7%
in 2006
Italy rank
139th
Sweden rank
141st

Lending interest rate over time

  • Italy
  • Sweden
051015198920072025

How they compare

Italy currently reports 4.1% against 3.7% in Sweden, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Globally, Italy ranks 139th and Sweden ranks 141st 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.