Lending interest rate — all countries

Lending interest rate — Saint Lucia

Lending interest rate in Saint Lucia in 2025 — 6.25%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 69. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 7.45 pp.

2025 6.25% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 18of 69
Period maximum 15%2003
Period minimum 6.25%2025

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % per annum

Lending interest rate — Saint Lucia, 1981–202557.51012.51519811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 13.7%1982: 13.7%1983: 13.7%1984: 14.06%1985: 14.76%1986: 14.76%1987: 12.21%1988: 10.98%1989: 10.54%1990: 11.29%1991: 11.91%1992: 12.81%1993: 11.81%1994: 11.06%1995: 12.68%1996: 12.82%1997: 12.68%1998: 11.4%1999: 12.79%2000: 13.06%2001: 12.97%2002: 12.59%2003: 15%2004: 11.07%2005: 10.61%2006: 10.78%2007: 10.12%2008: 10.08%2009: 10.58%2010: 10.62%2011: 10%2012: 9.5%2013: 9.08%2014: 9%2015: 8.86%2016: 8.47%2017: 8.34%2018: 8.11%2019: 7.72%2020: 7.13%2021: 6.76%2022: 6.51%2023: 6.4%2024: 6.29%2025: 6.25%
Change over the period: −7.45 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp
Lending interest rate — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.25 −0.04 pp
2024 6.29 −0.12 pp
2023 6.4 −0.11 pp
2022 6.51 −0.24 pp
2021 6.76 −0.38 pp
2020 7.13 −0.59 pp
2019 7.72 −0.39 pp
2018 8.11 −0.23 pp
2017 8.34 −0.13 pp
2016 8.47 −0.38 pp
2015 8.86 −0.14 pp
2014 9 −0.08 pp
2013 9.08 −0.43 pp
2012 9.5 −0.5 pp
2011 10 −0.61 pp
2010 10.62 +0.03 pp
2009 10.58 +0.5 pp
2008 10.08 −0.04 pp
2007 10.12 −0.66 pp
2006 10.78 +0.18 pp
2005 10.61 −0.47 pp
2004 11.07 −3.93 pp
2003 15 +2.41 pp
2002 12.59 −0.39 pp
2001 12.97 −0.09 pp
2000 13.06 +0.27 pp
1999 12.79 +1.39 pp
1998 11.4 −1.28 pp
1997 12.68 −0.14 pp
1996 12.82 +0.14 pp
1995 12.68 +1.62 pp
1994 11.06 −0.75 pp
1993 11.81 −1 pp
1992 12.81 +0.9 pp
1991 11.91 +0.62 pp
1990 11.29 +0.75 pp
1989 10.54 −0.44 pp
1988 10.98 −1.23 pp
1987 12.21 −2.55 pp
1986 14.76 +0 pp
1985 14.76 +0.7 pp
1984 14.06 +0.35 pp
1983 13.7 +0 pp
1982 13.7 +0 pp
1981 13.7

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.