Business loan interest rate in Lithuania

New loans to businesses in Lithuania carried an average interest rate of 5.18% in September 2026. The value for September 2026 is the highest since January 2025.

Measure: Interest rate on new loans to businesses Unit: % per year Data: October 2004 to September 2026 Source: ECB
Lithuania, September 2026 5.18% % per year
Change from August 2026 +0.17percentage points August 2026: 5.01%
Euro area, September 2026 3.79%p (Provisional) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), September 2026 4.13% Middle value of 16 countries
Position in September 2026 2nd of 16 See the full ranking

Business loan interest rate in Lithuania over time

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% per year. Source: ECB statistics. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Interest rate on new loans to businesses (% per year), January 2017 to September 2026 – most recent 40 periods; the CSV has all of them
Period LithuaniaEuro area
September 2026 5.18% 3.79%p (Provisional value)
August 2026 5.01% 3.63%
July 2026 4.83% 3.72%
June 2026 4.89% 3.73%
May 2026 5.04% 3.56%
April 2026 4.82% 3.55%
March 2026 4.62% 3.50%
February 2026 4.41% 3.41%
January 2026 4.63% 3.48%
December 2025 4.53% 3.50%
November 2025 4.86% 3.40%
October 2025 4.47% 3.41%
September 2025 4.48% 3.38%
August 2025 4.93% 3.33%
July 2025 4.55% 3.43%
June 2025 4.53% 3.48%
May 2025 4.73% 3.54%
April 2025 4.58% 3.68%
March 2025 4.98% 3.81%
February 2025 5.16% 4.00%
January 2025 5.63% 4.13%
December 2024 5.31% 4.23%
November 2024 5.48% 4.40%
October 2024 5.62% 4.56%
September 2024 5.93% 4.68%
August 2024 6.21% 4.93%
July 2024 6.41% 4.96%
June 2024 6.44% 5.00%
May 2024 6.65% 5.02%
April 2024 6.31% 5.11%
March 2024 6.40% 5.13%
February 2024 6.43% 5.05%
January 2024 6.54% 5.11%
December 2023 6.41% 5.17%
November 2023 6.67% 5.20%
October 2023 7.00% 5.25%
September 2023 6.58% 5.07%
August 2023 6.66% 5.01%
July 2023 6.27% 4.93%
June 2023 6.26% 4.78%

Flags: p Provisional value . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.17 percentage points from 5.01% in August 2026.
  • Since November 2025, when it was 4.86%, the figure has changed by +0.32 percentage points.
  • Among the 16 countries with data for September 2026, Lithuania has the 2nd highest value.
  • The figure for the euro area in September 2026 was 3.79%.

Source and dates

Original producer
European Central Bank and national central banks, MFI interest rate statistics
Distributed by
European Central Bank, ECB Data Portal
Dataset or series code
MIR · dataset details · view at source
Selection
M..B.A2A.A.R.A.2240.EUR.N
Observation period
October 2004 to September 2026 for Lithuania
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
ESCB statistics reuse policy
Attribution
Source: ECB statistics, original data: European Central Bank and national central banks, MFI interest rate statistics

Values are shown as published by the ECB. Changes between periods are calculated on this site.