Lending rate: compare countries

See Lending rate for up to four countries side by side.

To start, we chose South Korea, United States, Japan. Add or remove countries to compare the ones you want.

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Lending rate: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States	Japan
Dec 31, 2002	6.8%	4.7%	1.9%
Dec 31, 2003	6.2%	4.1%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2004	5.9%	4.3%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2005	5.6%	6.2%	1.7%
Dec 31, 2006	6.0%	8.0%	1.7%
Dec 31, 2007	6.6%	8.1%	1.9%
Dec 31, 2008	7.2%	5.1%	1.9%
Dec 31, 2009	5.6%	3.3%	1.7%
Dec 31, 2010	5.5%	3.3%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2011	5.8%	3.3%	1.5%
Dec 31, 2012	5.4%	3.3%	1.4%
Dec 31, 2013	4.6%	3.3%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2014	4.3%	3.3%	1.2%
Dec 31, 2015	3.5%	3.3%	1.1%
Dec 31, 2016	3.4%	3.5%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2017	3.5%	4.1%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2018	3.7%	4.9%	—
Dec 31, 2019	3.4%	5.3%	—
Dec 31, 2020	2.8%	3.5%	—
Dec 31, 2021	2.9%	3.3%	—
Dec 31, 2022	4.3%	—	—
Dec 31, 2023	5.2%	—	—
Dec 31, 2024	4.7%	—	—
Dec 31, 2025	4.2%	—	—