# EU countries by new corporate loan rate, over €250,000 to €1 million, August 2026

All 20 values come from European Central Bank for 2026-08, so the places are comparable. 1 EU countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `ecb_business_loan_rate_250kto1m`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Monthly average annual interest rate on new euro loans to non-financial corporations of over €250,000 and up to €1 million, excluding revolving loans, overdrafts and credit-card debt.
- Source: European Central Bank, ECB MIR: New corporate loan rate, over €250,000 to €1 million (M.<area>.B.A2A.A.R.3.2240.EUR.N) (https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/MIR/M.AT+BE+BG+CY+DE+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HR+IE+IT+LT+LU+LV+MT+NL+PT+SI+SK+U2.B.A2A.A.R.3.2240.EUR.N?format=csvdata&startPeriod=2003-01)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/european-central-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: European Central Bank. ECB MIR: New corporate loan rate, over €250,000 to €1 million (M.<area>.B.A2A.A.R.3.2240.EUR.N). https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/MIR/M.AT+BE+BG+CY+DE+EE+ES+FI+FR+GR+HR+IE+IT+LT+LU+LV+MT+NL+PT+SI+SK+U2.B.A2A.A.R.3.2240.EUR.N?format=csvdata&startPeriod=2003-01. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/corporate-loan-rate-over-250000-to-one-million-euros/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Latvia | 6.1 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 5.3 |
| 3 | Malta | 4.88 |
| 4 | Greece | 4.68 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 4.67 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 4.56 |
| 7 | Cyprus | 4.32 |
| 8 | Germany | 4.29 |
| 8 | Ireland | 4.29 |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 4.28 |
| 11 | Croatia | 4.13 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 4 |
| 13 | Austria | 3.89 |
| 14 | Belgium | 3.84 |
| 15 | Italy | 3.8 |
| 16 | Portugal | 3.76 |
| 17 | France | 3.59 |
| 18 | Spain | 3.58 |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 3.46 |
| 20 | Estonia | 2.34 |