Lending interest rate — all countries

Lending interest rate — Uganda

Lending interest rate in Uganda in 2018 — 19.85%. Ranked 109 in the world out of 120. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 7.85 pp.

2018 19.85% −1.43 pp vs 2017
World rank 109of 120
Period maximum 40%1989
Period minimum 12%1980

Trend over time

1980–2018 · % per annum

Lending interest rate — Uganda, 1980–2018010203040198019841988199219962000200420082012201620181980: 12%1981: 12.5%1982: 14.5%1983: 16.17%1984: 21.92%1985: 24%1986: 33.33%1987: 34.67%1988: 35%1989: 40%1990: 38.67%1991: 34.42%1992: 39.11%1994: 20.76%1995: 20.16%1996: 20.29%1997: 21.37%1998: 20.86%1999: 21.55%2000: 22.92%2001: 22.66%2002: 19.1%2003: 18.94%2004: 20.6%2005: 19.65%2006: 18.7%2007: 19.11%2008: 20.45%2009: 20.96%2010: 20.17%2011: 21.83%2012: 26.15%2013: 23.28%2014: 21.58%2015: 22.6%2016: 23.89%2017: 21.28%2018: 19.85%
Change over the period: +7.85 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp
Lending interest rate — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 19.85 −1.43 pp
2017 21.28 −2.61 pp
2016 23.89 +1.28 pp
2015 22.6 +1.02 pp
2014 21.58 −1.7 pp
2013 23.28 −2.87 pp
2012 26.15 +4.32 pp
2011 21.83 +1.66 pp
2010 20.17 −0.78 pp
2009 20.96 +0.51 pp
2008 20.45 +1.34 pp
2007 19.11 +0.41 pp
2006 18.7 −0.95 pp
2005 19.65 −0.96 pp
2004 20.6 +1.66 pp
2003 18.94 −0.16 pp
2002 19.1 −3.56 pp
2001 22.66 −0.26 pp
2000 22.92 +1.37 pp
1999 21.55 +0.69 pp
1998 20.86 −0.51 pp
1997 21.37 +1.08 pp
1996 20.29 +0.13 pp
1995 20.16 −0.6 pp
1994 20.76
1992 39.11 +4.69 pp
1991 34.42 −4.25 pp
1990 38.67 −1.33 pp
1989 40 +5 pp
1988 35 +0.33 pp
1987 34.67 +1.33 pp
1986 33.33 +9.33 pp
1985 24 +2.08 pp
1984 21.92 +5.75 pp
1983 16.17 +1.67 pp
1982 14.5 +2 pp
1981 12.5 +0.5 pp
1980 12

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.