Kuwait vs Malaysia: Lending interest rate

Kuwait
5.0%
in 2025
Malaysia
4.8%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
124th
Malaysia rank
125th

Lending interest rate over time

  • Kuwait
  • Malaysia
4681012196919972025

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 5.0% against 4.8% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Kuwait ranks 124th 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.