Lending interest rate in East Timor
East Timor: Lending interest rate was 10.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Lending interest rate in East Timor, 2011–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 10.4% for lending interest rate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lending interest rate in East Timor peaked at 15.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 2025.
That places East Timor 60th out of 148 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.1% | 11.0% | 15.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 11.3% | 10.4% | 14.1% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for East Timor
- Net migration -2,550 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.07 (2025)
- Net domestic credit -198.87 million current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 39.0% (2025)
- Net foreign assets 2.16 billion current LCU (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -49.6% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 39.1% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 39.1% (2025)
- Broad money 71.8% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 1 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lending interest rate in East Timor?
- Lending interest rate in East Timor was 10.4% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest lending interest rate recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest lending interest rate recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 2025.
- How does East Timor rank for lending interest rate?
- East Timor ranks 60th out of 148 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lending interest rate rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor 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.