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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 Haiti
46.99
31 December 2007
3 Madagascar
45.00
31 December 2007
4 Brazil
43.72
31 December 2007
5 Sao Tome and Principe
32.40
31 December 2007
6 Argentina
28.00
28 November 2008
7 Gambia, The
27.92
31 December 2007
8 Malawi
27.72
31 December 2007
9 Paraguay
25.81
31 December 2008
10 Kyrgyzstan
25.32
31 December 2007
11 Sierra Leone
25.00
31 December 2007
12 Peru
24.10
December 2008
13 Laos
24.00
31 December 2008
14 Mauritius
21.87
31 December 2007
15 Georgia
20.80
31 December 2008
16 Mozambique
19.52
31 December 2007
17 Iceland
19.29
31 December 2007
18 Azerbaijan
19.13
31 December 2007
19 Uganda
19.11
31 December 2007
20 Sri Lanka
18.89
31 December 2008
21 Zambia
18.89
31 December 2007
22 Moldova
18.83
31 December 2007
23 Afghanistan
18.14
31 December 2007
24 Serbia
18.11
31 December 2008
25 Mongolia
18.00
31 December 2008
26 Yemen
18.00
31 December 2007
27 Angola
17.70
31 December 2007
28 Armenia
17.52
31 December 2007
29 Ukraine
17.49
31 December 2008
30 Jamaica
17.20
31 December 2007
31 Colombia
17.18
31 December 2008
32 Venezuela
17.11
31 December 2007
33 Burma
17.00
31 December 2007
34 Iraq
17.00
31 December 2008
35 Nigeria
16.94
31 December 2007
36 Burundi
16.84
31 December 2007
37 Honduras
16.61
31 December 2007
38 Bangladesh
16.38
31 December 2008
39 Botswana
16.22
31 December 2007
40 Tanzania
16.03
31 December 2007
41 Cambodia
16.01
31 December 2008
42 Rwanda
15.84
31 December 2007
43 Dominican Republic
15.83
31 December 2007
44 Liberia
15.05
31 December 2007
45 Timor-Leste
15.05
31 December 2007
46 Chad
15.00
31 December 2007
47 Gabon
15.00
31 December 2007
48 Equatorial Guinea
15.00
31 December 2007
49 Central African Republic
15.00
31 December 2007
50 Congo, Republic of the
15.00
31 December 2007
51 Cameroon
15.00
31 December 2007
52 Guyana
14.61
31 December 2007
53 Belize
14.33
31 December 2007
54 Lesotho
14.13
31 December 2007
55 Solomon Islands
14.12
31 December 2007
56 Albania
14.10
31 December 2007
57 Micronesia, Federated States of
14.03
31 December 2007
58 Bhutan
14.00
31 December 2007
59 Romania
13.35
31 December 2007
60 Kenya
13.34
31 December 2007
61 India
13.31
31 December 2008
62 South Africa
13.17
31 December 2007
63 Swaziland
13.17
31 December 2007
64 Nicaragua
13.04
31 December 2007
65 Maldives
13.00
31 December 2008
66 Namibia
12.88
31 December 2007
67 Bolivia
12.86
31 December 2007
68 Guatemala
12.84
31 December 2007
69 New Zealand
12.83
31 December 2007
70 Costa Rica
12.80
31 December 2007
71 Samoa
12.65
31 December 2007
72 Egypt
12.51
31 December 2007
73 Tonga
12.16
31 December 2007
74 Iran
12.00
31 December 2007
75 Trinidad and Tobago
11.75
31 December 2007
76 Vietnam
11.18
31 December 2007
77 Aruba
11.01
31 December 2007
78 Italy
10.93
31 December 2007
79 Seychelles
10.89
31 December 2007
80 Barbados
10.80
31 December 2007
81 Cape Verde
10.55
31 December 2007
82 Comoros
10.50
31 December 2007
83 Antigua and Barbuda
10.44
31 December 2007
84 Montserrat
10.40
31 December 2007
85 Netherlands
10.37
31 December 2008
86 Hungary
10.18
31 December 2008
87 Lithuania
10.15
31 December 2008
88 Croatia
10.07
31 December 2008
89 Russia
10.03
2007 average
90 Australia
10.02
31 December 2007
91 Bulgaria
10.00
31 December 2007
92 Lebanon
9.96
31 December 2008
93 Papua New Guinea
9.78
31 December 2007
94 Anguilla
9.76
31 December 2007
95 Grenada
9.76
31 December 2007
96 Suriname
9.71
31 December 2007
97 Macedonia
9.68
31 December 2008
98 Netherlands Antilles
9.21
31 December 2007
99 Dominica
9.17
31 December 2007
100 Ecuador
9.14
31 December 2008
101 Montenegro
9.09
31 December 2007
102 Fiji
9.01
31 December 2007
103 Saint Kitts and Nevis
8.89
31 December 2007
104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.80
31 December 2007
105 Philippines
8.75
31 December 2008
106 Mexico
8.71
31 December 2008
107 Chile
8.67
31 December 2007
108 Belarus
8.58
31 December 2007
109 Bahrain
8.35
31 December 2007
110 Saint Lucia
8.34
31 December 2007
111 Panama
8.25
31 December 2007
112 Vanuatu
8.16
31 December 2007
113 United States
8.05
31 December 2007
114 European Union
8.03
31 December 2007
115 Algeria
8.00
31 December 2007
116 Portugal
7.92
31 December 2007
117 El Salvador
7.81
31 December 2007
118 West Bank
7.73
31 December 2006
119 Greece
7.71
31 December 2007
120 Kuwait
7.61
31 December 2008
121 San Marino
7.58
31 December 2007
122 Qatar
7.43
31 December 2007
123 Oman
7.29
31 December 2007
124 Uruguay
7.25
31 December 2007
125 Indonesia
7.21
31 December 2007
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.17
31 December 2007
127 Thailand
7.04
31 December 2008
128 Ethiopia
7.00
31 December 2006
129 Slovenia
6.82
31 December 2007
130 Cyprus
6.74
31 December 2007
131 Ireland
6.52
31 December 2007
132 Estonia
6.46
31 December 2007
133 Malaysia
6.41
31 December 2007
134 Austria
6.30
31 December 2007
135 Israel
6.27
31 December 2007
136 Malta
6.24
31 December 2007
137 Canada
6.10
31 December 2007
138 Libya
6.00
31 December 2007
139 Germany
5.96
31 December 2007
140 Czech Republic
5.79
31 December 2007
141 Poland
5.72
31 December 2007
142 China
5.58
17 December 2007
143 United Kingdom
5.52
31 December 2007
144 Bahamas, The
5.50
31 December 2007
145 Brunei
5.50
February 2009
146 Macau
5.43
31 December 2008
147 Singapore
5.38
31 December 2008
148 Hong Kong
5.00
31 December 2008
149 Taiwan
4.06
2008 est.
150 Sweden
4.00
2004
151 Norway
3.50
1st quarter 2009
152 Switzerland
3.15
31 December 2007
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