Kenya vs Tanzania: Lending interest rate

Kenya
16.6%
in 2024
Tanzania
16.7%
in 2020
Kenya rank
27th
Tanzania rank
26th

Lending interest rate over time

  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
10203040197119972024

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 16.7% against 16.6% in Kenya, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Tanzania ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 27th and Tanzania ranks 26th 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.