Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Lending interest rate

Madagascar
60.0%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
46.4%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
1st
Zimbabwe rank
2nd

Lending interest rate over time

  • Madagascar
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 60.0% against 46.4% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 13.6%.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.3 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Madagascar ahead.

Globally, Madagascar ranks 1st and Zimbabwe ranks 2nd 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.