# Lending interest rate — South Korea
> Latest: 4.19% (2025). Change: -0.5 pp vs 2024.
- Unit: %
- Frequency: Annual · Coverage: 1996–2025
- Data updated: 2026-10-08
- Source: World Bank — FR.INR.LEND — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FR.INR.LEND?locations=KR
- License: CC BY 4.0
- Interactive chart: https://econdash.org/chart/consumer-rates/KOR
## Recent values
| Year | Value |
| :--- | :--- |
| 2021 | 2.88% |
| 2022 | 4.29% |
| 2023 | 5.19% |
| 2024 | 4.73% |
| 2025 | 4.19% |
## How to cite
APA: World Bank. (2025). Lending interest rate — South Korea [Data set]. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from EconDash: https://econdash.org/chart/consumer-rates/KOR. Original source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FR.INR.LEND?locations=KR
## Full data
Full time series: https://econdash.org/docs/agent-payments (free API trial for core indicators of 10 major economies; otherwise an API key or pay per call)