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Lending rate: compare countries

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Lending rate by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Lending rate: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States
Dec 31, 2002	6.8%	4.7%
Dec 31, 2003	6.2%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2004	5.9%	4.3%
Dec 31, 2005	5.6%	6.2%
Dec 31, 2006	6.0%	8.0%
Dec 31, 2007	6.6%	8.1%
Dec 31, 2008	7.2%	5.1%
Dec 31, 2009	5.6%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2010	5.5%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2011	5.8%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2012	5.4%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2013	4.6%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2014	4.3%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2015	3.5%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2016	3.4%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2017	3.5%	4.1%
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%	—