World Bank · Financial Sector
Sierra Leone: Lending interest rate
21.44percent · 2025+14.4% since 2015
Lending rate is the bank rate that usually meets the short- and medium-term financing needs of the private sector. This rate is normally differentiated according to creditworthiness of borrowers and objectives of financing. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1965 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.435 | |
| 2024 | 20.58 | |
| 2023 | 19.639 | |
| 2022 | 19.313 | |
| 2021 | 18.859 | |
| 2020 | 17.938 | |
| 2019 | 17.967 | |
| 2018 | 15.962 | |
| 2017 | 15.658 | |
| 2016 | 16.217 | |
| 2015 | 18.73 | |
| 2014 | 19.412 | |
| 2013 | 20.56 | |
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 21.25 | |
| 2009 | 22.167 | |
| 2008 | 24.5 | |
| 2007 | 25 | |
| 2006 | 24 | |
| 2005 | 24.583 | |
| 2004 | 22.083 | |
| 2003 | 20 | |
| 2002 | 22.167 | |
| 2001 | 24.265 | |
| 2000 | 26.25 | |
| 1999 | 26.833 | |
| 1998 | 23.833 | |
| 1997 | 23.868 | |
| 1996 | 32.123 | |
| 1995 | 28.833 | |
| 1994 | 27.333 | |
| 1993 | 50.458 | |
| 1992 | 62.833 | |
| 1991 | 56.25 | |
| 1990 | 52.5 | |
| 1989 | 29.667 | |
| 1988 | 28 | |
| 1987 | 28.542 | |
| 1986 | 17.188 | |
| 1985 | 17 | |
| 1984 | 18 | |
| 1983 | 17.25 | |
| 1982 | 15 | |
| 1981 | 15 | |
| 1980 | 11 | |
| 1979 | 11 | |
| 1978 | 11 | |
| 1977 | 11 | |
| 1976 | 9 | |
| 1975 | 8.5 | |
| 1974 | 8 | |
| 1973 | 8 | |
| 1972 | 8 | |
| 1971 | 8 | |
| 1970 | 8 | |
| 1969 | 8 | |
| 1968 | 8 | |
| 1967 | 8 | |
| 1966 | 8 | |
| 1965 | 8 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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