Papua New Guinea vs Samoa: Lending interest rate

Papua New Guinea
8.3%
in 2024
Samoa
8.4%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
79th
Samoa rank
78th

Lending interest rate over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 8.4% against 8.3% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Globally, Papua New Guinea ranks 79th and Samoa ranks 78th 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.