Lending interest rate — all countries

Lending interest rate — Mauritania

Lending interest rate in Mauritania in 2017 — 17%. Ranked 109 in the world out of 127. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 5 pp.

2017 17% +0 pp vs 2016
World rank 109of 127
Period maximum 28%1999
Period minimum 10%1989

Trend over time

1980–2017 · % per annum

Lending interest rate — Mauritania, 1980–2017101520253019801984198819921996200020042008201220161980: 12%1981: 12%1982: 12%1983: 12%1984: 12%1985: 12%1986: 12%1987: 12%1988: 12%1989: 10%1990: 10%1991: 10%1992: 15.83%1993: 17.58%1994: 18.17%1995: 20.33%1996: 22%1997: 22%1998: 25.5%1999: 28%2000: 25.58%2001: 22.5%2002: 21%2003: 21%2004: 21%2005: 23.08%2006: 24%2007: 23.5%2008: 20.33%2009: 19.5%2010: 17%2011: 17%2012: 17%2013: 17%2014: 17%2015: 17%2016: 17%2017: 17%
Change over the period: +5 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp
Lending interest rate — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 17 +0 pp
2016 17 +0 pp
2015 17 +0 pp
2014 17 +0 pp
2013 17 +0 pp
2012 17 +0 pp
2011 17 +0 pp
2010 17 −2.5 pp
2009 19.5 −0.83 pp
2008 20.33 −3.17 pp
2007 23.5 −0.5 pp
2006 24 +0.92 pp
2005 23.08 +2.08 pp
2004 21 +0 pp
2003 21 +0 pp
2002 21 −1.5 pp
2001 22.5 −3.08 pp
2000 25.58 −2.42 pp
1999 28 +2.5 pp
1998 25.5 +3.5 pp
1997 22 +0 pp
1996 22 +1.67 pp
1995 20.33 +2.17 pp
1994 18.17 +0.58 pp
1993 17.58 +1.75 pp
1992 15.83 +5.83 pp
1991 10 +0 pp
1990 10 +0 pp
1989 10 −2 pp
1988 12 +0 pp
1987 12 +0 pp
1986 12 +0 pp
1985 12 +0 pp
1984 12 +0 pp
1983 12 +0 pp
1982 12 +0 pp
1981 12 +0 pp
1980 12

Western Africa, 2017

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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.