Laos vs Sierra Leone: Lending interest rate

Laos
22.6%
in 2010
Sierra Leone
21.4%
in 2025
Laos rank
11th
Sierra Leone rank
14th

Lending interest rate over time

  • Laos
  • Sierra Leone
0204060196519952025

How they compare

Laos currently reports 22.6% against 21.4% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.2%.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 14th 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.