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Australia - Loan Interest Rate 5.1

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

Latest value

5.1 (2019)

Global rank

##101 of 148 economies

vs global median

0.5×

Growth since 1960

1.02×

Ranking Race — Loan Interest Rate

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#18#35#52#69#86#10319601970198019902000201020202025#3#1012015 overtook Palestine2018 overtook Brunei
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. Australia climbed from #3 to #101 (overtook Palestine). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Australia ↓

Key Events — Australia

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1983
Floating of the dollar curated

AUD begins floating; financial deregulation follows.

1992
Fell 20 places in global rank auto
2008
Global crisis resilience curated

Avoids recession on the back of China-driven commodity demand.

2009
Fell 15 places in global rank auto
2015
Overtook Palestine in global rank auto
2018
Overtook Brunei in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

First recession in nearly three decades.

Loan Interest Rate, 1960-2019

World Bank WDI · % · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1960197519902005201958.8212.6416.46

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