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United Kingdom - Loan Interest Rate 0.5

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 148 economies tracked

Latest value

0.5 (2014)

Global rank

#n/a of 148 economies

vs global median

0.1×

Growth since 1967

0.09×

Ranking Race — Loan Interest Rate

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#24#47#70#93#116#13919601970198019902000201020202025#6#1392011 overtook Japan2014 overtook Switzerland
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. United Kingdom climbed from #6 to #139 (overtook Japan). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United Kingdom ↓

Key Events — United Kingdom

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1979
Thatcher reforms begin curated

Privatisation and deregulation reshape the British economy.

1982
Fell 16 places in global rank auto
1992
Black Wednesday curated

Pound forced out of the ERM after a failed defence of the exchange rate.

2008
Banking crisis curated

Northern Rock, RBS and Lloyds require state support.

2011
Overtook Japan in global rank auto
2014
Overtook Switzerland in global rank auto
2016
Brexit referendum curated

Vote to leave the EU starts a long period of trade uncertainty.

Loan Interest Rate, 1967-2014

World Bank WDI · % · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1967197719871997200720140.55.7711.0416.31

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