South Sudan: Lending interest rate (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, South Sudan's lending interest rate (%) fell 0.39 percentage points on 2024 (from 14.68% to 14.29%).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2024), the average change was +0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.05 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.88 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, South Sudan had the 18th highest value of the 75 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to South Sudan in the 2025 ranking

• Azerbaijan — 15th of 75: 15.34%
• Suriname — 16th of 75: 14.5%
• Colombia — 17th of 75: 14.31%
• Armenia — 19th of 75: 13.78%
• Haiti — 20th of 75: 13.01%
• Liberia — 21st of 75: 12.99%

What this measures

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.

Limitations: Countries use a variety of reporting formats, sample designs, interest compounding formulas, averaging methods, and data presentations for indices and other data series on interest rates. The IMF's Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual does not provide guidelines beyond the general recommendation that such data should reflect market prices and effective (rather than nominal) interest rates and should be representative of the financial assets and markets to be covered. For more information, please see http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/mfs/manual/index.htm.

All 14 values

Lending interest rate (%) in nearby economies

• Angola — 19.37% (2025)
• Benin — 6.25% (2021)
• Botswana — 6.26% (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 6.25% (2021)
• Burundi — 12.37% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 7.75% (2025)
• Comoros — 8.03% (2022)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 24.11% (2025)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 5.3% (2016)
• Eswatini — 10.88% (2024)
• Gambia, The — 22% (2025)
• Guinea-Bissau

More financial sector data for South Sudan

• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$3,657 (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 41,281 (2024)
• Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) — 1.7 (2024)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 91.44% (2024)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 3.18% (2025)
• Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) — 86.98% (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 13.26 trillion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — -6.33 trillion (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 3.24% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is South Sudan's lending interest rate (%)?

14.29% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2012?

It is up 2.27 percentage points from 12.03% in 2012. The highest value was 18.66% in 2014 and the lowest 10.13% in 2017.

How does South Sudan rank?

18th highest of 75 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in lending interest rate (%) unusual for South Sudan?

In 2025, South Sudan's lending interest rate (%) fell 0.39 percentage points on 2024 (from 14.68% to 14.29%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2024), the average change was +0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FR.INR.LEND, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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