Bank Lending Rate
The lending rate is the average interest rate charged by banks on credit extended to customers.
Available for 26 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly, and quarterly frequency, covering 1990–2026.
Metadata & use
| Format | CSV |
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| Language | en |
| Country |
Argentina
Bahamas
Trinidad & Tobago
Belize
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
El Salvador
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Panama
Uruguay
Venezuela
Barbados
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
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| Data notes |
Coverage - Countries: 26 - Frequency: Annual, Monthly, Quarterly - Period: 1990–2026 Units - rate - rate, avg. of period - rate, end of period - real terms - real terms, avg. of period - real terms, end of period Source - Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname - Banco Central de Bolivia - Banco Central de Chile - Banco Central de Costa Rica - Banco Central de El Salvador - Banco Central de Honduras - Banco Central de Nicaragua - Banco Central de Paraguay - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú - Banco Central de Uruguay - Banco Central de Venezuela - Banco Central de la República Argentina - Banco Central de la República Dominicana - Banco Central del Ecuador - Banco Central do Brasil - Banco de Guatemala - Banco de Mexico (Banxico) - Banco de la República de Colombia - Bank of Guyana - Bank of Jamaica - Banque de la République d'Haïti - Barbados Statistical Service - Central Bank of The Bahamas - Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago - Superintendencia de Bancos de Panama - The Central Bank of Belize Notes - Active lending rate measured as the nominal annual rate (TNA) on overdraft advances in domestic currency, with 1 to 7-day agreements and amounts of 10 million pesos or more, granted to non-financial private sector firms. - This indicator resambles SGS series 25436: Average Interest Rate of Nonearmarked New Credit Operations – Total. This series is used in LMW as the bank lending rate because it more accurately reflects market-determined credit pricing in the Brazilian financial system. The series is expressed in percentage per month (% p.m.) and is converted to nominal annual rate by multiplying by 12. |