Sierra Leone vs Uganda: Lending interest rate

Sierra Leone
21.4%
in 2025
Uganda
19.8%
in 2018
Sierra Leone rank
14th
Uganda rank
16th

Lending interest rate over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Uganda
0204060196519952025

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 21.4% against 19.8% in Uganda, a difference of 1.6%.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Sierra Leone ranks 14th and Uganda ranks 16th 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.