Interest rate on bank loans fell 10.5% to 3.71% in Kuwait in 2021, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, interest rate on bank loans in Kuwait reached an all time high of 9.39% in 1982 and an all time low of 3.71% in 2021.
Kuwait has been ranked 82nd within the group of 94 countries we follow in terms of interest rate on bank loans, 40 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Interest Rate on Bank Loans (Local Currency) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | % | 5.16% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | 14.2% | 18.0% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Iraq | % | ... | 12.3% | 12.4% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 8.48% | 8.12% | 8.39% | 8.66% | 8.67% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 4.29% | 4.48% | 4.69% | 4.83% | 4.81% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | ... | ... | ... | 10.2% | 8.76% | 8.21% | 8.53% | 12.2% | |||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | ... | ... | ... | 4.44% | 4.04% | 4.70% | 4.98% | 5.04% | |||||||||||||
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