Sierra Leone vs Yemen: Lending interest rate

Sierra Leone
21.4%
in 2025
Yemen
22.1%
in 2013
Sierra Leone rank
14th
Yemen rank
12th

Lending interest rate over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Yemen
0204060196519952025

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 22.1% against 21.4% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Globally, Sierra Leone ranks 14th and Yemen ranks 12th 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.