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Field Listing :: 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.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Commercial bank prime lending rate(%)
Afghanistan
14.92% (31 December 2008)
18.14% (31 December 2007)
Albania
13.02% (31 December 2008)
14.1% (31 December 2007)
Algeria
8% (31 December 2008)
8% (31 December 2007)
Angola
12.53% (31 December 2008)
17.7% (31 December 2007)
Anguilla
9.51% (31 December 2008)
9.76% (31 December 2007)
Argentina
19.47% (31 December 2008)
28% (28 November 2008)
Armenia
17.05% (31 December 2008)
17.52% (31 December 2007)
Aruba
11.23% (31 December 2008)
11.01% (31 December 2007)
Australia
8.91% (31 December 2008)
10.02% (31 December 2007)
Austria
6.82% (31 December 2008)
6.3% (31 December 2007)
Azerbaijan
19.76% (31 December 2008)
19.13% (31 December 2007)
Bahamas, The
5.5% (31 December 2008)
5.5% (31 December 2007)
Bahrain
NA% (31 December 2008)
8.35% (31 December 2007)
Bangladesh
13% (30 September 2009)
16.38% (31 December 2008)
Barbados
10.03% (31 December 2008)
10.8% (31 December 2007)
Belarus
8.55% (31 December 2008)
8.58% (31 December 2007)
Belgium
7.03% (31 December 2008)
NA (31 December 2007)
Belize
14.14% (31 December 2008)
14.33% (31 December 2007)
Bhutan
NA% (31 December 2008)
14% (31 December 2007)
Bolivia
13.87% (31 December 2008)
12.86% (31 December 2007)
Botswana
16.54% (31 December 2008)
16.22% (31 December 2007)
Brazil
47.25% (31 December 2008)
43.72% (31 December 2007)
Brunei
5.5% (31 December 2008)
5.5% (February 2009)
Bulgaria
10.86% (31 December 2008)
10% (31 December 2007)
Burma
17% (31 December 2008)
17% (31 December 2007)
Burundi
16.52% (31 December 2008)
16.84% (31 December 2007)
Cambodia
17% (31 December 2009)
16.01% (31 December 2008)
Cameroon
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)
Canada
4.73% (31 December 2008)
6.1% (31 December 2007)
Cape Verde
9.99% (31 December 2008)
10.55% (31 December 2007)
Chad
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)
Chile
13.26% (31 December 2008)
8.67% (31 December 2007)
China
5.31% (31 December 2008)
5.58% (17 December 2007)
Colombia
9.57% (31 December 2009)
17.18% (31 December 2008)
Comoros
7% (31 December 2008)
10.5% (31 December 2007)
Costa Rica
15.83% (31 December 2008)
12.8% (31 December 2007)
Croatia
9.85% (30 November 2009)
10.07% (31 December 2008)
Cyprus
7.19% (31 December 2008)
6.74% (31 December 2007)
Dominica
9.06% (31 December 2008)
9.17% (31 December 2007)
Ecuador
19% (31 December 2009)
9.14% (31 December 2008)
Egypt
NA% (31 December 2008)
12.51% (31 December 2007)
El Salvador
12.33% (31 December 2008)
7.81% (31 December 2007)
Estonia
8.55% (31 December 2008)
6.46% (31 December 2007)
Ethiopia
8% (31 December 2008)
7% (31 December 2006)
Fiji
7.97% (31 December 2008)
9.01% (31 December 2007)
France
8.13% (31 December 2008)
Gabon
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)
Gambia, The
NA% (31 December 2008)
27.92% (31 December 2007)
Georgia
22% (31 December 2009)
20.8% (31 December 2008)
Germany
5.97% (31 December 2008)
5.96% (31 December 2007)
Greece
8.65% (31 December 2008)
7.71% (31 December 2007)
Grenada
9.53% (31 December 2008)
9.76% (31 December 2007)
Guatemala
13.39% (31 December 2008)
12.84% (31 December 2007)
Guinea
NA% (31 December 2008)
NA% (31 December 2008)
Guyana
14.58% (31 December 2008)
14.61% (31 December 2007)
Haiti
17.81% (31 December 2008)
46.99% (31 December 2007)
Honduras
17.94% (31 December 2008)
16.61% (31 December 2007)
Hong Kong
5% (31 December 2009)
5% (31 December 2008)
Hungary
6.66% (31 December 2009)
10.18% (31 December 2008)
Iceland
NA% (31 December 2008)
19.29% (31 December 2007)
India
11% (31 December 2009 est.)
13.31% (31 December 2008)
Indonesia
13.6% (31 December 2008)
7.21% (31 December 2007)
Iran
NA% (31 December 2008)
12% (31 December 2007)
Iraq
9% (31 December 2009)
17% (31 December 2008)
Ireland
6.76% (31 December 2008)
6.52% (31 December 2007)
Israel
6.06% (31 December 2008)
6.27% (31 December 2007)
Italy
11.34% (31 December 2008)
10.93% (31 December 2007)
Jamaica
16.83% (31 December 2008)
17.2% (31 December 2007)
Japan
1.91% (31 December 2008)
Jordan
9.03% (31 December 2008)
Kenya
14.02% (31 December 2008)
13.34% (31 December 2007)
Kosovo
13.79% (31 December 2008)
Kuwait
5.9% (31 December 2009)
7.61% (31 December 2008)
Kyrgyzstan
19.86% (31 December 2008)
25.32% (31 December 2007)
Laos
11% (30 November 2009)
24% (31 December 2008)
Latvia
11.85% (31 December 2008)
Lebanon
9.62% (30 November 2009)
9.96% (31 December 2008)
Lesotho
16.19% (31 December 2008)
14.13% (31 December 2007)
Liberia
14.4% (31 December 2008)
15.05% (31 December 2007)
Libya
8.41% (31 December 2008)
6% (31 December 2007)
Lithuania
3.27% (February 2010)
10.15% (31 December 2008)
Macau
5.25% (31 December 2009)
5.43% (31 December 2008)
Macedonia
9.33% (31 December 2009)
9.68% (31 December 2008)
Madagascar
45% (31 December 2008)
45% (31 December 2007)
Malawi
25.28% (31 December 2008)
27.72% (31 December 2007)
Malaysia
6.08% (31 December 2008)
6.41% (31 December 2007)
Maldives
13% (31 October 2009)
13% (31 December 2008)
Malta
5.89% (31 December 2008)
6.24% (31 December 2007)
Mauritius
21.54% (31 December 2008)
21.87% (31 December 2007)
Mexico
4.9% (31 December 2009)
8.71% (31 December 2008)
Moldova
21.06% (31 December 2008)
18.83% (31 December 2007)
Mongolia
8% (2009)
18% (31 December 2008)
Montenegro
9.24% (31 December 2008)
9.09% (31 December 2007)
Montserrat
9.89% (31 December 2008)
10.4% (31 December 2007)
Mozambique
18.31% (31 December 2008)
19.52% (31 December 2007)
Namibia
13.74% (31 December 2008)
12.88% (31 December 2007)
Netherlands
10.01% (31 December 2009)
10.37% (31 December 2008)
New Zealand
12.06% (31 December 2008)
12.83% (31 December 2007)
Nicaragua
13.17% (31 December 2008)
13.04% (31 December 2007)
Nigeria
15.48% (31 December 2008)
16.94% (31 December 2007)
Norway
7.28% (31 December 2008)
3.5% (1st quarter 2009)
Oman
7.1% (31 December 2008)
7.29% (31 December 2007)
Panama
8.16% (31 December 2008)
8.25% (31 December 2007)
Paraguay
28.26% (31 December 2009)
25.81% (31 December 2008)
Peru
23.67% (31 December 2008)
24.1% (December 2008)
Philippines
6.89% (31 December 2009)
8.75% (31 December 2008)
Poland
NA% (31 December 2008)
5.72% (31 December 2007)
Portugal
8.35% (31 December 2008)
7.92% (31 December 2007)
Qatar
6.84% (31 December 2008)
7.43% (31 December 2007)
Romania
14.99% (31 December 2008)
13.35% (31 December 2007)
Russia
12.23% (2008 average)
10.03% (2007 average)
Rwanda
16.51% (31 December 2008)
15.84% (31 December 2007)
Saint Lucia
10.08% (31 December 2008)
8.34% (31 December 2007)
Samoa
12.66% (31 December 2008)
12.65% (31 December 2007)
San Marino
NA% (31 December 2008)
7.58% (31 December 2007)
Serbia
11.78% (31 December 2009)
18.11% (31 December 2008)
Seychelles
11.81% (31 December 2008)
10.89% (31 December 2007)
Sierra Leone
24.5% (31 December 2008)
25% (31 December 2007)
Singapore
5.38% (31 December 2009 est.)
5.38% (31 December 2008)
Slovenia
7.41% (31 December 2008)
6.82% (31 December 2007)
South Africa
15.13% (31 December 2008)
13.17% (31 December 2007)
Spain
11.02% (31 December 2008)
Sri Lanka
10.91% (31 December 2009)
18.89% (31 December 2008)
Suriname
12.23% (31 December 2008)
9.71% (31 December 2007)
Swaziland
14.83% (31 December 2008)
13.17% (31 December 2007)
Sweden
NA% (31 December 2008)
4% (2004)
Switzerland
3.34% (31 December 2008)
3.15% (31 December 2007)
Taiwan
2.56% (31 December 2009)
4.06% (2008 est.)
Tanzania
14.98% (31 December 2008)
16.03% (31 December 2007)
Thailand
6.05% (31 December 2009)
7.04% (31 December 2008)
Timor-Leste
13.11% (31 December 2008)
15.05% (31 December 2007)
Tonga
12.46% (31 December 2008)
12.16% (31 December 2007)
Uganda
20.45% (31 December 2008)
19.11% (31 December 2007)
Ukraine
19.6% (31 December 2009)
17.49% (31 December 2008)
Uruguay
12.45% (31 December 2008)
7.25% (31 December 2007)
Vanuatu
5.29% (31 December 2008)
8.16% (31 December 2007)
Venezuela
22.37% (31 December 2008)
17.11% (31 December 2007)
Vietnam
15.78% (31 December 2008)
11.18% (31 December 2007)
West Bank
7.19% (31 December 2008)
7.73% (31 December 2006)
Yemen
18% (31 December 2008)
18% (31 December 2007)
Zambia
19.06% (31 December 2008)
18.89% (31 December 2007)
Zimbabwe
NA% (31 December 2008)
578.96% (31 December 2007)