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COUNTRY COMPARISON :: COMMERCIAL BANK PRIME LENDING RATE

Commercial bank prime lending rate compares a simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit-worthy customers.

Rank	Country	(%)	Date of Information
1	Madagascar	61.00	31 December 2014 est.
2	Malawi	44.00	31 December 2014 est.
3	Gambia, The	33.50	31 December 2014 est.
4	Brazil	33.00	31 December 2014 est.
5	Ghana	30.00	31 December 2014 est.
6	Sao Tome and Principe	25.50	31 December 2014 est.
7	Argentina	25.50	31 December 2014 est.
8	Laos	24.50	31 December 2014 est.
9	Kyrgyzstan	24.00	31 December 2014 est.
10	Guinea	23.00	31 December 2014 est.
11	Zimbabwe	22.00	31 December 2014 est.
12	Tajikistan	22.00	31 December 2014 est.
13	Uganda	21.70	31 December 2014 est.
14	Yemen	20.00	31 December 2014 est.
15	Belarus	20.00	31 December 2014 est.
16	Sierra Leone	19.80	31 December 2014 est.
17	Paraguay	19.50	31 December 2014 est.
18	Mongolia	18.20	31 December 2014 est.
19	Ukraine	18.00	31 December 2014 est.
20	Mauritania	18.00	31 December 2014 est.
21	Azerbaijan	18.00	31 December 2014 est.
22	Honduras	17.50	31 December 2014 est.
23	Venezuela	17.50	31 December 2014 est.
24	Tanzania	17.40	31 December 2014 est.
25	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	17.40	31 December 2014 est.
26	Jamaica	17.30	31 December 2014 est.
27	Rwanda	17.20	31 December 2014 est.
28	Syria	17.00	31 December 2014 est.
29	Nigeria	17.00	31 December 2014 est.
30	Kenya	16.50	31 December 2014 est.
31	Armenia	15.90	31 December 2014 est.
32	Peru	15.70	31 December 2014 est.
33	Uruguay	15.70	31 December 2014 est.
34	Chad	15.50	31 December 2014 est.
35	Costa Rica	15.40	31 December 2014 est.
36	Mozambique	15.30	31 December 2014 est.
37	Angola	15.20	31 December 2014 est.
38	Afghanistan	15.08	31 December 2013 est.
39	Guinea-Bissau	15.00	31 December 2014 est.
40	Gabon	15.00	31 December 2014 est.
41	Equatorial Guinea	15.00	31 December 2014 est.
42	Burundi	15.00	31 December 2014 est.
43	Central African Republic	15.00	31 December 2014 est.
44	Nicaragua	14.80	31 December 2014 est.
45	Congo, Republic of the	14.80	31 December 2014 est.
46	Serbia	14.40	31 December 2014 est.
47	Micronesia, Federated States of	14.35	31 December 2013 est.
48	Zambia	14.00	31 December 2014 est.
49	Bhutan	14.00	31 December 2014 est.
50	Liberia	14.00	31 December 2014 est.
51	Cameroon	13.80	31 December 2014 est.
52	Dominican Republic	13.70	31 December 2014 est.
53	Guatemala	13.60	31 December 2014 est.
54	Turkey	13.60	31 December 2014 est.
55	Senegal	13.30	31 December 2014 est.
56	Guyana	13.20	31 December 2014 est.
57	Seychelles	13.00	31 December 2014 est.
58	Bangladesh	13.00	31 December 2014 est.
59	Burma	13.00	31 December 2014 est.
60	Kosovo	12.80	30 June 2013 est.
61	Timor-Leste	12.80	31 December 2014 est.
62	Cambodia	12.60	31 December 2014 est.
63	Georgia	12.50	31 December 2014 est.
64	Suriname	12.50	31 December 2014 est.
65	Uzbekistan	12.44	31 December 2013 est.
66	Indonesia	12.40	31 December 2014 est.
67	Moldova	12.00	31 December 2014 est.
68	Belize	12.00	31 December 2014 est.
69	Egypt	11.80	31 December 2014 est.
70	Sri Lanka	11.50	31 December 2014 est.
71	Russia	11.30	2014 est.
72	Iran	11.30	31 December 2014 est.
73	Ethiopia	11.00	31 December 2014 est.
74	Solomon Islands	10.90	31 December 2014 est.
75	Nepal	10.90	31 December 2014 est.
76	Colombia	10.90	31 December 2014 est.
77	Cabo Verde	10.60	31 December 2014 est.
78	Comoros	10.50	31 December 2014 est.
79	Djibouti	10.50	31 December 2014 est.
80	Maldives	10.50	31 December 2012 est.
81	India	10.30	31 December 2014 est.
82	Lesotho	10.20	31 December 2014 est.
83	Samoa	10.20	31 December 2014 est.
84	Papua New Guinea	10.10	31 December 2014 est.
85	Antigua and Barbuda	10.10	31 December 2014 est.
86	Pakistan	9.70	8 December 2014 est.
87	Bolivia	9.70	31 December 2014 est.
88	Montenegro	9.69	31 December 2011 est.
89	Grenada	9.60	31 December 2014 est.
90	Vietnam	9.50	31 December 2014 est.
91	Spain	9.40	31 December 2014 est.
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.40	31 December 2014 est.
93	Tonga	9.40	31 December 2014 est.
94	Mali	9.30	31 December 2014 est.
95	South Africa	9.10	31 December 2014 est.
96	Dominica	9.10	31 December 2014 est.
97	Saint Lucia	9.10	31 December 2014 est.
98	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.00	31 December 2014 est.
99	Namibia	9.00	31 December 2014 est.
100	Barbados	9.00	31 December 2014 est.
101	Botswana	9.00	31 December 2014 est.
102	Anguilla	8.90	31 December 2014 est.
103	Swaziland	8.80	31 December 2014 est.
104	Jordan	8.74	31 December 2014 est.
105	Mauritius	8.70	31 December 2014 est.
106	Albania	8.60	31 December 2014 est.
107	Haiti	8.60	31 December 2014 est.
108	Ecuador	8.50	31 December 2014 est.
109	Romania	8.50	31 December 2014 est.
110	Croatia	8.50	31 December 2014 est.
111	Bulgaria	8.40	31 December 2014 est.
112	Aruba	8.30	31 December 2014 est.
113	Iceland	8.20	31 December 2014 est.
114	Macedonia	8.20	31 December 2014 est.
115	Chile	8.10	31 December 2014 est.
116	Montserrat	8.00	31 December 2014 est.
117	Algeria	8.00	31 December 2014 est.
118	Trinidad and Tobago	7.80	31 December 2014 est.
119	West Bank	7.50	31 December 2014 est.
120	Tunisia	7.31	31 December 2014 est.
121	Lebanon	7.20	31 December 2014 est.
122	Kazakhstan	6.90	31 December 2014 est.
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.80	31 December 2014 est.
124	Thailand	6.80	31 December 2014 est.
125	Bahrain	6.80	31 December 2014 est.
126	Saudi Arabia	6.80	31 December 2014 est.
127	Panama	6.60	31 December 2014 est.
128	Greece	6.60	31 December 2014 est.
129	Poland	6.30	31 December 2014 est.
130	Cyprus	6.10	31 December 2014 est.
131	New Zealand	6.10	31 December 2014 est.
132	China	6.00	31 December 2014 est.
133	Latvia	6.00	31 December 2014 est.
134	Australia	6.00	31 December 2014 est.
135	Iraq	6.00	31 December 2014 est.
136	El Salvador	6.00	31 December 2014 est.
137	Morocco	6.00	31 December 2014 est.
138	San Marino	5.92	31 December 2011 est.
139	European Union	5.90	31 December 2010 est.
140	Philippines	5.90	31 December 2014 est.
141	Fiji	5.90	31 December 2014 est.
142	Libya	5.60	31 December 2014 est.
143	Bahamas, The	5.50	31 December 2014 est.
144	Brunei	5.50	31 December 2014 est.
145	Portugal	5.50	31 December 2014 est.
146	Vanuatu	5.50	31 December 2014 est.
147	Oman	5.50	31 December 2014 est.
148	Singapore	5.40	31 December 2014 est.
149	Macau	5.30	31 December 2014 est.
150	Lithuania	5.30	31 December 2014 est.
151	Slovenia	5.20	31 December 2014 est.
152	Estonia	5.10	31 December 2014 est.
153	Italy	5.10	31 December 2014 est.
154	Hong Kong	5.00	31 December 2014 est.
155	Kuwait	5.00	31 December 2014 est.
156	Hungary	4.80	31 December 2014 est.
157	Czech Republic	4.70	31 December 2014 est.
158	Qatar	4.50	31 December 2014 est.
159	Korea, South	4.50	31 December 2014 est.
160	Malaysia	4.50	31 December 2014 est.
161	United Kingdom	4.40	31 December 2014 est.
162	Mexico	4.00	31 December 2014 est.
163	Malta	4.00	31 December 2014 est.
164	Denmark	3.90	31 December 2014 est.
165	Cote d'Ivoire	3.50	31 December 2014 est.
166	Niger	3.50	31 December 2014 est.
167	Belgium	3.50	31 December 2014 est.
168	United States	3.30	31 December 2014 est.
169	Ireland	3.30	31 December 2014 est.
170	Israel	3.30	31 December 2014 est.
171	Puerto Rico	3.30	31 December 2014 est.
172	Slovakia	3.20	31 December 2014 est.
173	Canada	3.00	31 December 2014 est.
174	Taiwan	2.90	31 December 2014 est.
175	Sweden	2.80	31 December 2014 est.
176	France	2.80	31 December 2014 est.
177	Switzerland	2.70	31 December 2014 est.
178	Germany	2.60	31 December 2014 est.
179	Norway	2.50	31 December 2014 est.
180	Netherlands	2.30	31 December 2014 est.
181	Austria	2.10	31 December 2014 est.
182	Finland	2.00	31 December 2014 est.
183	Japan	1.50	31 December 2014 est.

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