Lending Rate in Nigeria decreased to 18.02 percent in December from 18.89 percent in November of 2025. Lending Rate in Nigeria averaged 14.15 percent from 1961 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 37.80 percent in September of 1993 and a record low of 6.00 percent in April of 1975. source: Central Bank of Nigeria
Lending Rate in Nigeria is expected to be 18.02 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Nigeria Lending Rate is projected to trend around 16.02 percent in 2027 and 14.52 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.