| Country | COMMERCIAL BANK PRIME LENDING RATE(%) |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
15% (31 December 2016 est.) 15% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Albania |
9.65% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.73% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Algeria |
8% (31 December 2016 est.) 8% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Angola |
15.71% (31 December 2016 est.) 16.88% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Anguilla |
9.2% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.05% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
9.61% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.84% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Argentina |
31.23% (31 December 2016 est.) 24.92% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Armenia |
17.36% (31 December 2016 est.) 17.59% (31 December 2015 est.) note: average lending rate on loans up to one year |
| Aruba |
7.83% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.25% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Australia |
5.42% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.58% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Austria |
1.86% (31 December 2016 est.) 2% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
12.56% (31 December 2016 est.) 13.86% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
4.8% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.75% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bahrain |
5.2% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.78% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
10.41% (31 December 2016 est.) 11.71% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Barbados |
8.05% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.06% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Belarus |
14.4% (31 December 2016 est.) 18.08% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Belgium |
2.01% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.46% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Belize |
9.84% (31 December 2016 est.) 10.32% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Benin |
5.3% (31 December 2015 ) |
| Bhutan |
14.15% (31 December 2016 est.) 14.15% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bolivia |
7.95% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.07% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5.24% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.79% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Botswana |
7.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 7.95% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Brazil |
52.1% (31 December 2016 est.) 43.96% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Brunei |
5.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
6.41% (31 December 2016 est.) 7.46% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
5.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.15% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Burma |
13% (31 December 2016 est.) 13% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Burundi |
14.24% (31 December 2016 est.) 15.33% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
9.61% (31 December 2016 est.) 10.41% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cambodia |
11.36% (31 December 2016 est.) 11.71% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cameroon |
12.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 13% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Canada |
2.7% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.78% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
15.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 15.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Chad |
15.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 15.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Chile |
5.59% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.52% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| China |
4.35% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.35% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Colombia |
14.65% (31 December 2016 est.) 11.45% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Comoros |
10.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 10.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
18.76% (31 December 2016 est.) 19.37% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
14% (31 December 2016 est.) 14.8% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
11.64% (31 December 2016 est.) 14.24% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
5.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.15% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Croatia |
4.85% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.83% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Cuba |
NA% |
| Cyprus |
4.33% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.69% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Czechia |
3.91% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.28% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Denmark |
3.25% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.42% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Djibouti |
11.45% (31 December 2016 est.) 11.62% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Dominica |
8.33% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.67% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
15.08% (31 December 2016 est.) 14.88% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ecuador |
8.69% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.33% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Egypt |
13.6% (31 December 2016 est.) 11.63% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| El Salvador |
6.37% (31 December 2016 est.) 6.17% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
14% (31 December 2016 est.) 14% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Eritrea |
NA% |
| Estonia |
4.23% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.48% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
12.2% (31 December 2016 est.) 11.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| European Union |
0.32% (31 December 2014 est.) 0.56% (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Fiji |
5.85% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.79% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Finland |
1.79% (31 December 2016 est.) 2% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| France |
1.6% (31 December 2016 est.) 1.93% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Gabon |
15.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 15.3% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
30.4% (31 December 2016 est.) 30.1% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
see entry for the West Bank |
| Georgia |
12.62% (31 December 2016 est.) 12.49% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Germany |
1.6% (31 December 2016 est.) 1.84% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ghana |
31.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 28.6% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Greece |
5.62% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.89% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Grenada |
8.66% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.96% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Guatemala |
13.1% (31 December 2016 est.) 13.23% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
5.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.15% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Guinea |
21.7% (31 December 2016 est.) 23% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Guyana |
13% (31 December 2016 est.) 12.83% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Haiti |
13.23% (31 December 2016 est.) 12.92% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Honduras |
19.33% (31 December 2016 est.) 20.66% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
5% (31 December 2016 est.) 5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Hungary |
2.09% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.9% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Iceland |
8.24% (31 December 2016 est.) 7.61% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| India |
9.67% (31 December 2016 est.) 10.01% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Indonesia |
11.89% (31 December 2016 est.) 12.66% (31 December 2015 est.) note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans |
| Iran |
18% (31 December 2016 est.) 14.21% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Iraq |
4% (31 December 2016 est.) 6% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ireland |
3.48% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.36% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Israel |
3.42% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.46% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Italy |
3.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.13% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Jamaica |
16.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 16.98% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Japan |
1.48% (31 December 2016 est.) 1.48% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Jordan |
7.83% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.24% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
15.33% (31 December 2016 est.) 13.18% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kenya |
16.58% (31 December 2016 est.) 16.16% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Korea, South |
3.37% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.53% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kosovo |
12.8% (30 June 2013 est.) 13.7% (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Kuwait |
4.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.3% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
22.23% (31 December 2016 est.) 24.25% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Laos |
18% (31 December 2016 est.) 18.2% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Latvia |
4.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Lebanon |
8.35% (31 December 2016 est.) 7.09% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Lesotho |
11.58% (31 December 2016 est.) 10.59% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Liberia |
13.59% (31 December 2016 est.) 13.61% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Libya |
6% (31 December 2016 est.) 6% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Lithuania |
2.83% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.96% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Macau |
5.25% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.25% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Macedonia |
6.61% (31 December 2016 est.) 7.08% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Madagascar |
62% (31 December 2016 est.) 60% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Malawi |
44.1% (31 December 2016 est.) 44.39% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Malaysia |
4.49% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.57% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Maldives |
10.5% (31 December 2012 est.) 10.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mali |
5.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.15% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Malta |
3.1% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.4% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Mauritania |
17% (31 December 2016 est.) 17% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Mauritius |
8.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Mexico |
4.72% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.42% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
15.7% (31 December 2016 est.) 15.93% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Moldova |
14.28% (31 December 2016 est.) 14.15% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Mongolia |
19.74% (31 December 2016 est.) 19.56% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Montenegro |
9.22% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.36% (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Montserrat |
7.26% (31 December 2016 est.) 7.82% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Morocco |
5.73% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.73% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Mozambique |
21.18% (31 December 2016 est.) 14.87% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Namibia |
9.87% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.32% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Nepal |
8.9% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.6% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Netherlands |
1.47% (31 December 2016 est.) 1.83% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| New Zealand |
5.02% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.76% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
11.44% (31 December 2016 est.) 12.05% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Nigeria |
16.87% (31 December 2016 est.) 16.85% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Niger |
5.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.15% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Norway |
1.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 1.75% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Oman |
5.08% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.76% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Pakistan |
6.94% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.37% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Panama |
7.53% (31 December 2016 est.) 7.46% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
8.38% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.73% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Paraguay |
18.08% (31 December 2016 est.) 19.74% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Peru |
16.47% (31 December 2016 est.) 16.1% (31 December 2015 est.) note: domestic currency lending rate, 90 day maturity |
| Philippines |
5.64% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.58% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Poland |
4.74% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.92% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Portugal |
3.77% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.49% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
4% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.3% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Qatar |
4.51% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Romania |
5.71% (31 December 2016 est.) 6.77% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Russia |
12.59% (31 December 2016 est.) 15.73% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Rwanda |
17.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 17.33% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
9.24% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.3% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
8.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.86% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
9.17% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.3% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Samoa |
9.12% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.51% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| San Marino |
5.92% (31 December 2011 est.) 5.38% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
19.59% (31 December 2016 est.) 23.31% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
7.1% (31 December 2016 est.) 6.9% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Senegal |
16.4% (31 December 2016 est.) 16.41% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Serbia |
8.45% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.84% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Seychelles |
12.36% (31 December 2016 est.) 12.36% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
18% (31 December 2016 est.) 18.73% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Singapore |
5.35% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.35% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Slovakia |
2.55% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.78% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Slovenia |
2.81% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.49% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
10.1% (31 December 2016 est.) 10.48% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Somalia |
NA% |
| South Africa |
10.46% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.42% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Spain |
2.19% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.74% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
10.49% (31 December 2016 est.) 6.96% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Suriname |
13.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 12.62% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Swaziland |
10.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 9.04% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Sweden |
1.85% (31 December 2016 est.) 1.97% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Switzerland |
2.65% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.68% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Syria |
32% (31 December 2016 est.) 27% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Taiwan |
2.63% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.83% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
25.6% (31 December 2016 est.) 25.84% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Tanzania |
15.96% (31 December 2016 est.) 16.1% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Thailand |
6.31% (31 December 2016 est.) 6.56% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
14.22% (31 December 2016 est.) 13.5% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Togo |
NA% |
| Tonga |
7.9% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.09% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
9% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.18% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Tunisia |
7.31% (31 December 2016 est.) 6.76% (31 December 2013 est.) |
| Turkey |
14.74% (31 December 2016 est.) 13.67% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
10.6% (31 December 2013 est.) 10.6% (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Uganda |
23.89% (31 December 2016 est.) 22.6% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Ukraine |
19.24% (31 December 2016 est.) 21.82% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
4.44% (31 December 2016 est.) 4.51% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| United States |
3.51% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.26% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Uruguay |
16.17% (31 December 2016 est.) 15.84% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
16% (31 December 2016 est.) 11.2% (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
2.95% (31 December 2016 est.) 3.63% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Venezuela |
20.78% (31 December 2016 est.) 19.4% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Vietnam |
6.96% (31 December 2016 est.) 7.12% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| West Bank |
6.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 6.8% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Yemen |
27% (31 December 2016 est.) 25% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Zambia |
15.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 13.25% (31 December 2015 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
15% (31 December 2016 est.) 17% (31 December 2015 est.) |