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Field Listing :: Commercial bank prime lending rate

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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)


Antigua and Barbuda	10.43% (31 December 2008) 10.44% (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)


Benin	NA%


Bhutan	NA% (31 December 2008) 14% (31 December 2007)


Bolivia	13.87% (31 December 2008) 12.86% (31 December 2007)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.98% (31 December 2008) 7.17% (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)


Burkina Faso	NA%


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)


Central African Republic	NA% (31 December 2008) 15% (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)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA%


Congo, Republic of the	NA% (31 December 2008) 15% (31 December 2007)


Costa Rica	15.83% (31 December 2008) 12.8% (31 December 2007)


Cote d'Ivoire	NA%


Croatia	9.85% (30 November 2009) 10.07% (31 December 2008)


Cuba	NA%


Cyprus	7.19% (31 December 2008) 6.74% (31 December 2007)


Czech Republic	6.25% (31 December 2008) 5.79% (31 December 2007)


Denmark	NA%


Djibouti	11.56% (31 December 2008)


Dominica	9.06% (31 December 2008) 9.17% (31 December 2007)


Dominican Republic	19.95% (31 December 2008) 15.83% (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)


Equatorial Guinea	NA% (31 December 2008) 15% (31 December 2007)


Eritrea	NA%


Estonia	8.55% (31 December 2008) 6.46% (31 December 2007)


Ethiopia	8% (31 December 2008) 7% (31 December 2006)


European Union	8.6% (31 December 2008) 8.03% (31 December 2007)


Fiji	7.97% (31 December 2008) 9.01% (31 December 2007)


Finland	5.79% (31 December 2008)


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)


Gaza Strip	see entry for West Bank


Georgia	22% (31 December 2009) 20.8% (31 December 2008)


Germany	5.97% (31 December 2008) 5.96% (31 December 2007)


Ghana	NA%


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)


Guinea-Bissau	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)


Kazakhstan	NA%


Kenya	14.02% (31 December 2008) 13.34% (31 December 2007)


Korea, South	7.17% (31 December 2008)


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)


Mali	NA%


Malta	5.89% (31 December 2008) 6.24% (31 December 2007)


Mauritania	NA%


Mauritius	21.54% (31 December 2008) 21.87% (31 December 2007)


Mexico	4.9% (31 December 2009) 8.71% (31 December 2008)


Micronesia, Federated States of	14.38% (31 December 2008) 14.03% (31 December 2007)


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)


Morocco	6.5% (31 December 2008)


Mozambique	18.31% (31 December 2008) 19.52% (31 December 2007)


Namibia	13.74% (31 December 2008) 12.88% (31 December 2007)


Nepal	NA%


Netherlands	10.01% (31 December 2009) 10.37% (31 December 2008)


Netherlands Antilles	8.33% (31 December 2008) 9.21% (31 December 2007)


New Zealand	12.06% (31 December 2008) 12.83% (31 December 2007)


Nicaragua	13.17% (31 December 2008) 13.04% (31 December 2007)


Niger	NA%


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)


Pakistan	NA%


Panama	8.16% (31 December 2008) 8.25% (31 December 2007)


Papua New Guinea	9.27% (31 December 2008) 9.78% (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 Kitts and Nevis	8.69% (31 December 2008) 8.89% (31 December 2007)


Saint Lucia	10.08% (31 December 2008) 8.34% (31 December 2007)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.52% (31 December 2008) 8.8% (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)


Sao Tome and Principe	32.4% (31 December 2008) 32.4% (31 December 2007)


Saudi Arabia	NA%


Senegal	NA%


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)


Slovakia	NA%


Slovenia	7.41% (31 December 2008) 6.82% (31 December 2007)


Solomon Islands	14.44% (31 December 2008) 14.12% (31 December 2007)


Somalia	NA%


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)


Syria	NA%


Taiwan	2.56% (31 December 2009) 4.06% (2008 est.)


Tajikistan	23.1% (31 December 2008)


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)


Togo	NA%


Tonga	12.46% (31 December 2008) 12.16% (31 December 2007)


Trinidad and Tobago	12.44% (31 December 2008) 11.75% (31 December 2007)


Tunisia	NA%


Turkey	NA%


Uganda	20.45% (31 December 2008) 19.11% (31 December 2007)


Ukraine	19.6% (31 December 2009) 17.49% (31 December 2008)


United Kingdom	4.63% (31 December 2008) 5.52% (31 December 2007)


United States	5.09% (31 December 2008) 8.05% (31 December 2007)


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)

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