Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Lending interest rate

Malawi
37.1%
in 2024
Zimbabwe
46.4%
in 2025
Malawi rank
5th
Zimbabwe rank
2nd

Lending interest rate over time

  • Malawi
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 46.4% against 37.1% in Malawi, a difference of 9.3%.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 5th 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.