| 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 |
15.03% (31 December 2011 est.)
15.69% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Albania |
13.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
12.43% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Algeria |
8% (31 December 2012 est.)
8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Angola |
16% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.76% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Anguilla |
9.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.29% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
10.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.93% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Argentina |
14.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.09% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Armenia |
18.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
17.76% (31 December 2011 est.) note: average lending rate on loans up to one year |
| Aruba |
10.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Australia |
7.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.74% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Austria |
2.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.3% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
19% (31 December 2012 est.)
19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
5.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.06% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bahrain |
6.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.83% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
13.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Barbados |
8.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.7% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Belarus |
10.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.58% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Belgium |
4.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.93% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Belize |
13.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.36% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Benin | NA% |
| Bhutan |
14.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bolivia |
11.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.92% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.14% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Botswana |
10.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
11% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Brazil |
39.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
43.88% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Brunei |
5.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
9.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.63% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | NA% |
| Burma |
13% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.33% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Burundi |
17% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.33% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cambodia |
15.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.22% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cameroon |
14% (31 December 2012 est.)
14% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Canada |
3% (31 December 2012 est.)
3% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cape Verde |
9.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Chad |
15.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Chile |
10.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.03% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| China |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.56% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Colombia |
12.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.22% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Comoros |
10.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
40% (31 December 2012 est.)
43.75% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
14.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
16% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
4.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Croatia |
8.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.68% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cuba | NA% |
| Cyprus |
7.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
5.9% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.72% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Denmark |
4.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Djibouti |
10% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.61% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Dominica |
9% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.88% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
15.9% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.55% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ecuador |
8.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.35% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Egypt |
12.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.03% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| El Salvador |
6.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.99% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Eritrea | NA% |
| Estonia |
8% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.1% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
14.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
16% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| European Union |
5.9% (31 December 2010 est.)
7.52% (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Fiji |
7.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.47% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Finland |
1.9% (31 December 2012 est.)
2.68% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| France |
3.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.43% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gabon |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
26.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
28% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | see entry for West Bank |
| Georgia |
21.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
25.87% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Germany |
3.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.94% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ghana |
25.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Greece |
7.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Grenada |
10.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.68% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guatemala |
13.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.43% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guinea |
27% (31 December 2012 est.)
28% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guyana |
13.9% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.45% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Haiti |
19.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.61% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Honduras |
17.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.56% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
5% (31 December 2012 est.)
5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Hungary |
8.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.34% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Iceland |
8.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.7% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| India |
10.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Indonesia |
11.9% (31 December 2012 est.)
12.4% (31 December 2011 est.) note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans |
| Iran |
16% (31 December 2012 est.)
12.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Iraq |
14.13% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.35% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Ireland |
3.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.81% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Israel |
4.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.54% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Italy |
4.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.6% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Jamaica |
13.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
19.51% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Japan |
1.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
1.48% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Jordan |
8.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.67% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
6.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.71% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kenya |
18% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.05% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Korea, South |
5.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.77% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kosovo |
13.86% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.31% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Kuwait |
5.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
28.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
34.07% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Laos |
22.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
21.9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Latvia |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.39% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Lebanon |
7.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.53% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Lesotho |
13% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.4% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Liberia |
16% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.75% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Libya |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Lithuania |
5.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.78% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Macau |
5.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Macedonia |
8.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.87% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Madagascar |
42% (31 December 2012 est.)
52.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malawi |
24.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
23.8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malaysia |
4.9% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.83% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Maldives |
10.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.38% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Mali |
9.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malta |
4.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.76% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mauritania |
18% (31 December 2012 est.)
18% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mauritius |
12.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.92% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mexico |
4.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.92% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
14.35% (31 December 2011 est.)
15.13% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Moldova |
12.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.44% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mongolia |
18.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Montenegro |
9.69% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.53% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Montserrat |
8.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.56% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Morocco |
6.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mozambique |
18.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
19.1% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Namibia |
9.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.73% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nepal |
8% (31 December 2012 est.)
8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Netherlands |
2.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.18% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| New Zealand |
6.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.11% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
11.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.54% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Niger |
4% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nigeria |
16% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.02% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Norway |
3.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.4% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Oman |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Pakistan |
12.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.12% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Panama |
6.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.91% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
11.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.81% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Paraguay |
26.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
28% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Peru |
19.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.69% (31 December 2011 est.) note: domestic currency lending rate |
| Philippines |
7.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.66% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Poland |
8.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.47% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Portugal |
6.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.71% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Qatar |
5% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.6% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Romania |
10% (31 December 2012 est.)
12.12% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Russia |
9.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.45% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Rwanda |
17.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
17.4% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
9% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
10.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
9.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.13% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Samoa |
10.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.97% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| San Marino |
5.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.38% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
26% (31 December 2012 est.)
26.75% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
6.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Senegal |
14.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Serbia |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
17.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Seychelles |
11.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
21.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
21% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Singapore |
5.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.38% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Slovakia |
3.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.7% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Slovenia |
5.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.82% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
11.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.17% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Somalia | NA% |
| South Africa |
8.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Spain |
7.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.09% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
11.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.41% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Suriname |
12% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.75% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Swaziland |
9% (31 December 2012 est.)
9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sweden |
3.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.28% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Switzerland |
2.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
2.72% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Syria |
11.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Taiwan |
2.9% (31 December 2012 est.)
2.88% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
21.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
26.3% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tanzania |
21.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.96% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Thailand |
7.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.91% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
12.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.04% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Togo |
NA%
|
| Tonga |
11.9% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.21% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
7.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.99% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tunisia |
7.31% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.76% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Turkey |
19% (31 December 2012 est.)
17% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Uganda |
20.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
21.83% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ukraine |
16% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.95% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
4% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.06% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| United States |
3.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Uruguay |
11% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Venezuela |
16.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
17.15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Vietnam |
13.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.96% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| West Bank |
6.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.79% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Yemen |
25% (31 December 2012 est.)
25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Zambia |
13% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.84% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
30% (31 December 2012 est.)
34% (31 December 2011 est.) |