St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Lending interest rate (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' lending interest rate (%) fell 0.04 percentage points on 2024 (from 7.1% to 7.06%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.44 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 1.27 percentage points in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.14 percentage points in 2004. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.24 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 6.16% for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.13%, against 0.29% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, St. Vincent and the Grenadines had the 52nd 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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2025 ranking

• Cabo Verde — 48th of 75: 7.75%
• Tonga — 49th of 75: 7.56%
• Trinidad and Tobago — 50th of 75: 7.5%
• Costa Rica — 52nd of 75: 6.88%
• Grenada — 53rd of 75: 6.86%
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 54th of 75: 6.52%

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 46 values

Lending interest rate (%) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 6.39% (2025)
• Argentina — 46.02% (2025)
• Aruba — 5.8% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 4.25% (2025)
• Barbados — 8.05% (2022)
• Belize — 8.48% (2025)
• Bolivia — 10.19% (2025)
• Brazil — 45.33% (2025)
• Chile — 4.18% (2018)
• Colombia — 14.31% (2025)
• Costa Rica — 6.88% (2025)
• Dominica

More financial sector data for St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 123.46 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$2.7 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$2.7 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 4.91% (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 128.93 (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 36.57% (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 1.65 billion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.07 billion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is St. Vincent and the Grenadines's lending interest rate (%)?

7.06% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is down 1.91 percentage points from 8.97% in 1980. The highest value was 11.92% in 1993 and the lowest 7.06% in 2025.

How does St. Vincent and the Grenadines rank?

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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