# EU countries by outstanding corporate loan rate, August 2026

All 21 values come from European Central Bank for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `ecb_business_outstanding_loan_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Annualised interest rate reported monthly on the outstanding stock of euro loans to non-financial corporations.
- Source: European Central Bank, ECB MIR: Outstanding corporate loan rate (M.<area>.B.A20.A.R.A.2240.EUR.O) (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.A20.A.R.A.2240.EUR.O?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: Outstanding corporate loan rate (M.<area>.B.A20.A.R.A.2240.EUR.O). 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.A20.A.R.A.2240.EUR.O?format=csvdata&startPeriod=2003-01. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/outstanding-corporate-loan-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Estonia | 5.01 |
| 1 | Latvia | 5.01 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 4.96 |
| 4 | Malta | 4.7 |
| 5 | Ireland | 4.51 |
| 6 | Greece | 4.43 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 4.38 |
| 8 | Cyprus | 4.29 |
| 9 | Italy | 4.2 |
| 10 | Portugal | 4.07 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 3.98 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 3.87 |
| 13 | Croatia | 3.75 |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 3.7 |
| 15 | Spain | 3.69 |
| 16 | Finland | 3.58 |
| 17 | Austria | 3.53 |
| 18 | Belgium | 3.46 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 3.41 |
| 20 | Germany | 3.32 |
| 21 | France | 3.14 |