Nigeria vs Suriname: Lending interest rate

Nigeria
14.0%
in 2023
Suriname
14.5%
in 2025
Nigeria rank
38th
Suriname rank
35th

Lending interest rate over time

  • Nigeria
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 14.5% against 14.0% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 38th and Suriname ranks 35th 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.