Lending interest rate in Bahrain
Bahrain: Lending interest rate was 5.2% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Lending interest rate in Bahrain, 1986–2015
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 5.2% for lending interest rate in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.1% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lending interest rate in Bahrain peaked at 12.3% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2015.
Bahrain ranks 122nd of 148 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.2% | 7.5% | 9.0% | 4 |
| 1990s | 11.1% | 8.4% | 12.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 7.8% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.2% | 7.2% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Bahrain
- Net migration 18,128 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.42 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 10.64 billion current LCU (2015)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 70.6% (2015)
- Net foreign assets 1.34 billion current LCU (2015)
- Claims on central government, etc. 16.4% (2015)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 70.6% (2015)
- Domestic credit to private sector 70.6% (2015)
- Broad money 82.1% (2015)
- Official exchange rate 0.376 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lending interest rate in Bahrain?
- Lending interest rate in Bahrain was 5.2% in 2015, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest lending interest rate recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3% in 1996.
- What is the lowest lending interest rate recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2015.
- How does Bahrain rank for lending interest rate?
- Bahrain ranks 122nd out of 148 countries with data for 2015.
- Is lending interest rate rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Lending interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.