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Country Comparison :: Commercial bank prime lending rate
This entry provides a simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit-worthy customers.
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Rank
 country (%) Date of Information
1 Zimbabwe
578.96
31 December 2007
2 Brazil
47.25
31 December 2008 est.
3 Madagascar
45.00
31 December 2008 est.
4 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
43.15
31 December 2008 est.
5 Sao Tome and Principe
32.40
31 December 2008 est.
6 Gambia, The
27.92
31 December 2007
7 Paraguay
25.81
31 December 2008 est.
8 Malawi
25.28
31 December 2008 est.
9 Sierra Leone
24.50
31 December 2008 est.
10 Tajikistan
23.70
31 December 2008 est.
11 Peru
23.67
31 December 2008 est.
12 Venezuela
22.37
31 December 2008 est.
13 Mauritius
21.54
31 December 2008 est.
14 Georgia
21.24
31 December 2008 est.
15 Moldova
21.06
31 December 2008 est.
16 Mongolia
20.58
31 December 2008 est.
17 Uganda
20.45
31 December 2008 est.
18 Dominican Republic
19.95
31 December 2008 est.
19 Kyrgyzstan
19.86
31 December 2008 est.
20 Azerbaijan
19.76
31 December 2008 est.
21 Iraq
19.50
31 December 2008 est.
22 Argentina
19.47
31 December 2008 est.
23 Iceland
19.29
31 December 2007
24 Zambia
19.06
31 December 2008 est.
25 Mozambique
18.31
31 December 2008 est.
26 Serbia
18.11
31 December 2008 est.
27 Yemen
18.00
31 December 2008 est.
28 Honduras
17.94
31 December 2008 est.
29 Haiti
17.81
31 December 2008 est.
30 Ukraine
17.49
31 December 2008 est.
31 Colombia
17.18
31 December 2008 est.
32 Armenia
17.05
31 December 2008 est.
33 Burma
17.00
31 December 2008 est.
34 Jamaica
16.83
31 December 2008 est.
35 Botswana
16.54
31 December 2008 est.
36 Burundi
16.52
31 December 2008 est.
37 Rwanda
16.51
31 December 2008 est.
38 Bangladesh
16.38
31 December 2008 est.
39 Lesotho
16.19
31 December 2008 est.
40 Cambodia
16.01
31 December 2008
41 Sri Lanka
15.89
31 December 2008
42 Costa Rica
15.83
31 December 2008 est.
43 Nigeria
15.48
31 December 2008 est.
44 South Africa
15.13
31 December 2008 est.
45 Liberia
15.05
31 December 2007
46 Romania
14.99
31 December 2008 est.
47 Tanzania
14.98
31 December 2008 est.
48 Afghanistan
14.92
31 December 2008 est.
49 Swaziland
14.83
31 December 2008 est.
50 Guyana
14.58
31 December 2008 est.
51 Solomon Islands
14.44
31 December 2008 est.
52 Micronesia, Federated States of
14.38
31 December 2008 est.
53 Belize
14.14
31 December 2008 est.
54 Kenya
14.02
31 December 2008 est.
55 Kosovo
13.79
31 December 2008 est.
56 Namibia
13.74
31 December 2008 est.
57 Indonesia
13.60
31 December 2008 est.
58 Guatemala
13.39
31 December 2008 est.
59 India
13.31
31 December 2008 est.
60 Chile
13.26
31 December 2008 est.
61 Nicaragua
13.17
31 December 2008 est.
62 Timor-Leste
13.11
31 December 2008 est.
63 Albania
13.02
31 December 2008 est.
64 Maldives
13.00
31 December 2008 est.
65 Samoa
12.66
31 December 2008 est.
66 Angola
12.53
31 December 2008 est.
67 Tonga
12.46
31 December 2008 est.
68 Uruguay
12.45
31 December 2008 est.
69 Trinidad and Tobago
12.44
31 December 2008 est.
70 Bolivia
12.36
31 December 2009 est.
71 Egypt
12.33
31 December 2008 est.
72 Russia
12.23
31 December 2008 est.
73 New Zealand
12.21
31 December 2008 est.
74 Suriname
12.20
31 December 2008 est.
75 Iran
12.00
31 December 2008 est.
76 Latvia
11.85
31 December 2008 est.
77 Seychelles
11.81
31 December 2008 est.
78 Djibouti
11.56
31 December 2008 est.
79 Italy
11.31
31 December 2008 est.
80 Aruba
11.23
31 December 2008 est.
81 Vietnam
11.18
31 December 2007
82 Spain
11.02
31 December 2008 est.
83 Laos
11.00
30 November 2009
84 Bulgaria
10.86
31 December 2008 est.
85 Comoros
10.50
31 December 2008 est.
86 Antigua and Barbuda
10.43
31 December 2008 est.
87 Syria
10.19
31 December 2008 est.
88 Hungary
10.18
31 December 2008 est.
89 Saint Lucia
10.08
31 December 2008 est.
90 Croatia
10.07
31 December 2008 est.
91 Barbados
10.03
31 December 2008 est.
92 Cape Verde
9.99
31 December 2008 est.
93 Lebanon
9.96
31 December 2008 est.
94 Montserrat
9.89
31 December 2008 est.
95 Macedonia
9.68
31 December 2008 est.
96 Netherlands
9.66
31 December 2008 est.
97 Grenada
9.53
31 December 2008 est.
98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
9.52
31 December 2008 est.
99 Anguilla
9.51
31 December 2008 est.
100 Montenegro
9.24
31 December 2008 est.
101 Papua New Guinea
9.20
31 December 2008 est.
102 Ecuador
9.14
31 December 2008
103 Dominica
9.06
31 December 2008 est.
104 Jordan
9.03
31 December 2008 est.
105 Australia
8.91
31 December 2008 est.
106 Philippines
8.75
31 December 2008 est.
107 Saint Kitts and Nevis
8.75
31 December 2008 est.
108 Mexico
8.71
31 December 2008 est.
109 Greece
8.65
31 December 2008 est.
110 European Union
8.58
31 December 2008 est.
111 Belarus
8.55
31 December 2008 est.
112 Estonia
8.55
31 December 2008 est.
113 Lithuania
8.41
31 December 2008 est.
114 Portugal
8.35
31 December 2008 est.
115 Panama
8.16
31 December 2008 est.
116 France
8.13
31 December 2008 est.
117 Algeria
8.00
31 December 2008 est.
118 Nepal
8.00
31 December 2008 est.
119 Fiji
7.97
31 December 2008 est.
120 El Salvador
7.81
31 December 2007
121 Kuwait
7.61
31 December 2008 est.
122 Slovenia
7.41
31 December 2008 est.
123 Norway
7.28
31 December 2008 est.
124 Cyprus
7.19
31 December 2008 est.
125 West Bank
7.19
31 December 2008 est.
126 Korea, South
7.17
31 December 2008 est.
127 Oman
7.10
31 December 2008 est.
128 Belgium
7.03
31 December 2008 est.
129 Ethiopia
7.00
31 December 2006
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.98
31 December 2008 est.
131 Qatar
6.84
31 December 2008 est.
132 Austria
6.82
31 December 2008 est.
133 Ireland
6.76
31 December 2008 est.
134 Czech Republic
6.25
31 December 2008 est.
135 Malaysia
6.08
31 December 2008 est.
136 Israel
6.06
31 December 2008 est.
137 Libya
6.00
31 December 2007
138 Germany
5.97
31 December 2008 est.
139 Thailand
5.96
31 December 2009
140 Malta
5.89
31 December 2008 est.
141 Finland
5.79
31 December 2008 est.
142 Poland
5.72
31 December 2007 est.
143 Bahamas, The
5.50
31 December 2008 est.
144 Brunei
5.50
31 December 2008 est.
145 Macau
5.43
31 December 2008 est.
146 Singapore
5.38
31 December 2008 est.
147 China
5.31
31 December 2009 est.
148 Vanuatu
5.29
31 December 2008 est.
149 United States
5.09
31 December 2008 est.
150 Hong Kong
5.00
31 December 2008 est.
151 Canada
4.73
31 December 2008 est.
152 United Kingdom
4.63
31 December 2008 est.
153 Taiwan
4.06
31 December 2008 est.
154 Switzerland
3.34
31 December 2008 est.
155 Japan
1.91
31 December 2008 est.
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