Lending interest rate — all countries

Lending interest rate — Papua New Guinea

Lending interest rate in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 8.29%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 88. Since 1983, the indicator has fallen by 3.29 pp.

2024 8.29% −0.09 pp vs 2023
World rank 34of 88
Period maximum 18.9%1999
Period minimum 7.64%2021

Trend over time

1983–2024 · % per annum

Lending interest rate — Papua New Guinea, 1983–202451015201983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 11.58%1984: 10.64%1985: 11.54%1986: 12.33%1987: 11.94%1988: 12.68%1989: 14.62%1990: 15.52%1991: 14.17%1992: 14.53%1993: 11.29%1994: 9.16%1995: 13.14%1996: 13.3%1997: 10.45%1998: 17.7%1999: 18.9%2000: 17.54%2001: 16.21%2002: 13.89%2003: 13.36%2004: 13.25%2005: 11.47%2006: 10.57%2007: 9.78%2008: 9.2%2009: 10.09%2010: 10.45%2011: 10.81%2012: 10.82%2013: 10.13%2014: 9.38%2015: 8.73%2016: 8.37%2017: 8.39%2018: 9.08%2019: 8.65%2020: 7.7%2021: 7.64%2022: 7.99%2023: 8.38%2024: 8.29%
Change over the period: −3.29 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp
Lending interest rate — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.29 −0.09 pp
2023 8.38 +0.39 pp
2022 7.99 +0.35 pp
2021 7.64 −0.06 pp
2020 7.7 −0.95 pp
2019 8.65 −0.42 pp
2018 9.08 +0.69 pp
2017 8.39 +0.01 pp
2016 8.37 −0.36 pp
2015 8.73 −0.64 pp
2014 9.38 −0.75 pp
2013 10.13 −0.68 pp
2012 10.82 +0.01 pp
2011 10.81 +0.36 pp
2010 10.45 +0.35 pp
2009 10.09 +0.9 pp
2008 9.2 −0.58 pp
2007 9.78 −0.79 pp
2006 10.57 −0.9 pp
2005 11.47 −1.78 pp
2004 13.25 −0.11 pp
2003 13.36 −0.53 pp
2002 13.89 −2.32 pp
2001 16.21 −1.34 pp
2000 17.54 −1.35 pp
1999 18.9 +1.19 pp
1998 17.7 +7.26 pp
1997 10.45 −2.85 pp
1996 13.3 +0.16 pp
1995 13.14 +3.98 pp
1994 9.16 −2.13 pp
1993 11.29 −3.25 pp
1992 14.53 +0.37 pp
1991 14.17 −1.35 pp
1990 15.52 +0.9 pp
1989 14.62 +1.94 pp
1988 12.68 +0.74 pp
1987 11.94 −0.39 pp
1986 12.33 +0.79 pp
1985 11.54 +0.9 pp
1984 10.64 −0.94 pp
1983 11.58

Melanesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

FJ Fiji 4.56 PG Papua New Guinea 8.29 VU Vanuatu 8.64

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.