Lending interest rate — all countries

Lending interest rate — Trinidad and Tobago

Lending interest rate in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024 — 7.5%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 88. Since 1979, the indicator has fallen by 1.5 pp.

2024 7.5% −0.02 pp vs 2023
World rank 30of 88
Period maximum 17.33%1998
Period minimum 6.56%2020

Trend over time

1979–2024 · % per annum

Lending interest rate — Trinidad and Tobago, 1979–2024510152019791984198919941999200420092014201920241979: 9%1980: 10%1981: 11.38%1982: 11.5%1983: 11.71%1984: 12.75%1985: 12.69%1986: 12%1987: 11.5%1988: 12.58%1989: 13.31%1990: 12.87%1991: 13.17%1992: 15.33%1993: 15.5%1994: 15.98%1995: 15.17%1996: 15.79%1997: 15.33%1998: 17.33%1999: 17.04%2000: 16.5%2001: 15.67%2002: 12.48%2003: 11.17%2004: 9.31%2005: 9.1%2006: 10.92%2007: 11.75%2008: 12.44%2009: 11.94%2010: 9.28%2011: 7.97%2012: 7.71%2013: 7.5%2014: 7.5%2015: 8.18%2016: 9%2017: 9%2018: 9.09%2019: 9.25%2020: 6.56%2021: 7.44%2022: 7.49%2023: 7.52%2024: 7.5%
Change over the period: −1.5 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp
Lending interest rate — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.5 −0.02 pp
2023 7.52 +0.03 pp
2022 7.49 +0.05 pp
2021 7.44 +0.88 pp
2020 6.56 −2.7 pp
2019 9.25 +0.16 pp
2018 9.09 +0.09 pp
2017 9 +0 pp
2016 9 +0.82 pp
2015 8.18 +0.68 pp
2014 7.5 +0 pp
2013 7.5 −0.21 pp
2012 7.71 −0.26 pp
2011 7.97 −1.31 pp
2010 9.28 −2.66 pp
2009 11.94 −0.5 pp
2008 12.44 +0.69 pp
2007 11.75 +0.83 pp
2006 10.92 +1.81 pp
2005 9.1 −0.21 pp
2004 9.31 −1.85 pp
2003 11.17 −1.31 pp
2002 12.48 −3.19 pp
2001 15.67 −0.83 pp
2000 16.5 −0.54 pp
1999 17.04 −0.29 pp
1998 17.33 +2 pp
1997 15.33 −0.46 pp
1996 15.79 +0.63 pp
1995 15.17 −0.81 pp
1994 15.98 +0.48 pp
1993 15.5 +0.17 pp
1992 15.33 +2.16 pp
1991 13.17 +0.3 pp
1990 12.87 −0.44 pp
1989 13.31 +0.73 pp
1988 12.58 +1.08 pp
1987 11.5 −0.5 pp
1986 12 −0.69 pp
1985 12.69 −0.06 pp
1984 12.75 +1.04 pp
1983 11.71 +0.21 pp
1982 11.5 +0.12 pp
1981 11.38 +1.38 pp
1980 10 +1 pp
1979 9

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.