Business loan interest rate in Malta

New loans to businesses in Malta carried an average interest rate of 4.60% in August 2026.

Measure: Interest rate on new loans to businesses Unit: % per year Data: October 2007 to August 2026 Source: ECB
Malta, August 2026 4.60% % per year
Change from May 2026 +0.32percentage points May 2026: 4.28%
Euro area, August 2026 3.63% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), August 2026 3.98% Middle value of 19 countries

Business loan interest rate in Malta 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 MaltaEuro area
September 2026 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 3.79%p (Provisional value)
August 2026 4.60% 3.63%
July 2026 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 3.72%
June 2026 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 3.73%
May 2026 4.28% 3.56%
April 2026 4.90% 3.55%
March 2026 4.86% 3.50%
February 2026 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 3.41%
January 2026 4.47% 3.48%
December 2025 4.83% 3.50%
November 2025 4.89% 3.40%
October 2025 4.64% 3.41%
September 2025 4.32% 3.38%
August 2025 4.42% 3.33%
July 2025 4.56% 3.43%
June 2025 5.01% 3.48%
May 2025 4.69% 3.54%
April 2025 4.61% 3.68%
March 2025 5.11% 3.81%
February 2025 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 4.00%
January 2025 3.93% 4.13%
December 2024 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 4.23%
November 2024 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 4.40%
October 2024 5.05% 4.56%
September 2024 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 4.68%
August 2024 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 4.93%
July 2024 5.01% 4.96%
June 2024 5.02% 5.00%
May 2024 5.58% 5.02%
April 2024 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 5.11%
March 2024 5.16% 5.13%
February 2024 4.26% 5.05%
January 2024 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 5.11%
December 2023 4.89% 5.17%
November 2023 5.15% 5.20%
October 2023 5.67% 5.25%
September 2023 4.56% 5.07%
August 2023 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 5.01%
July 2023 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 4.93%
June 2023 not availableq (Missing value, suppressed) 4.78%

Flags: p Provisional value; q Missing value, suppressed . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 4.28% in May 2026, a change of +0.32 percentage points.
  • Since July 2025, when it was 4.56%, the figure has changed by +0.04 percentage points.
  • The figure for the euro area in August 2026 was 3.63%.

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 2007 to August 2026 for Malta
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.