Lending interest rate — all countries

Lending interest rate — Bahrain

Lending interest rate in Bahrain in 2015 — 5.16%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 135. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 3.8 pp.

2015 5.16% −0.71 pp vs 2014
World rank 29of 135
Period maximum 12.32%1996
Period minimum 5.16%2015

Trend over time

1986–2015 · % per annum

Lending interest rate — Bahrain, 1986–2015468101214198619891992199519982001200420072010201320151986: 8.96%1987: 7.5%1988: 7.8%1989: 8.41%1990: 8.41%1991: 9.38%1992: 11.73%1993: 10.84%1994: 10.71%1995: 11.7%1996: 12.32%1997: 12.2%1998: 11.8%1999: 11.73%2000: 11.6%2001: 10.69%2002: 8.41%2003: 8.3%2004: 7.9%2005: 7.82%2006: 7.98%2007: 8.27%2008: 8.22%2009: 7.94%2010: 7.25%2011: 6.79%2012: 6.04%2013: 5.94%2014: 5.87%2015: 5.16%
Change over the period: −3.8 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp
Lending interest rate — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 5.16 −0.71 pp
2014 5.87 −0.07 pp
2013 5.94 −0.1 pp
2012 6.04 −0.76 pp
2011 6.79 −0.46 pp
2010 7.25 −0.69 pp
2009 7.94 −0.28 pp
2008 8.22 −0.04 pp
2007 8.27 +0.29 pp
2006 7.98 +0.15 pp
2005 7.82 −0.08 pp
2004 7.9 −0.39 pp
2003 8.3 −0.11 pp
2002 8.41 −2.29 pp
2001 10.69 −0.91 pp
2000 11.6 −0.13 pp
1999 11.73 −0.06 pp
1998 11.8 −0.4 pp
1997 12.2 −0.12 pp
1996 12.32 +0.62 pp
1995 11.7 +0.99 pp
1994 10.71 −0.12 pp
1993 10.84 −0.89 pp
1992 11.73 +2.35 pp
1991 9.38 +0.96 pp
1990 8.41 +0 pp
1989 8.41 +0.61 pp
1988 7.8 +0.3 pp
1987 7.5 −1.46 pp
1986 8.96

About the indicator

The average rate at which banks extend short- and medium-term credit to the private sector. The methodology differs across countries — different maturities, types of borrower, collateral — so levels are not strictly comparable; the movement within a country, on the other hand, is telling and tracks the decisions of the central bank closely.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups: rates can only be averaged by the volume of credit, and we have no such series. The difference between the lending and the deposit rate is the interest spread, an indirect measure of the efficiency of a banking system.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.