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Lending rate in Costa Rica

What do banks charge for credit there?

Costa Rica's lending rate is 6.88 % — #20 of 67 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

6.88%

Checked 9 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics

Among 67 countries

11 of 67 countries between 2.96 % and 4.75 %8 of 67 countries between 4.75 % and 6.55 %9 of 67 countries between 6.55 % and 8.34 %10 of 67 countries between 8.34 % and 10.14 %4 of 67 countries between 10.14 % and 11.93 %3 of 67 countries between 11.93 % and 13.73 %5 of 67 countries between 13.73 % and 15.52 %5 of 67 countries between 15.52 % and 17.31 %3 of 67 countries between 17.31 % and 19.11 %3 of 67 countries between 19.11 % and 20.90 %1 of 67 countries between 22.70 % and 24.49 %1 of 67 countries between 37.05 % and 38.84 %4 of 67 countries between 44.23 % and 46.02 %median 8.79 %Costa Rica: ahead of 70 % of the 67 countries with a published lending rateCosta Rica 6.88 %2.96 %46.02 %
Half of all 67 countries sit between 5.88 % and 15.34 %. Costa Rica is ahead of 70 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#20 of 67
lower is better
Ranked behind
70 %
47 of 67 countries

In Americas: #3 of 21vs median 8.79 %: −1.91 pp (better)

The neighbourhood

#CountryLending ratevs Costa Rica
18 Botswana6.26 %−0.62 pp
19 Montenegro6.32 %−0.56 pp
20 Costa Rica6.88 %—
21 Panama6.91 %+0.03 pp
22 Trinidad and Tobago7.50 %+0.62 pp

Bank lending rate, IMF-harmonised — the price of credit, ~150 economies.

How to read this figure

The IMF-harmonised bank lending rate — what banks charge their customers for credit, averaged nationally. Harmonisation is what makes ~150 economies comparable; the trade-off is that the underlying loan mix (business vs consumer, maturities) differs by country, so treat close values as similar, not identical.

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