Bank Lending Rate in Sri Lanka increased to 8.94 percent in December from 8.44 percent in November of 2025. Bank Lending Rate in Sri Lanka averaged 12.63 percent from 1997 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 27.89 percent in November of 2022 and a record low of 5.51 percent in June of 2021. source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Bank Lending Rate in Sri Lanka is expected to be 7.69 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Sri Lanka Prime Lending Rate is projected to trend around 7.32 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.