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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 Madagascar
52.50
31 December 2011 est.
2 Brazil
43.88
31 December 2011 est.
3 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
43.75
31 December 2011 est.
4 Kyrgyzstan
34.07
31 December 2011 est.
5 Zimbabwe
34.00
31 December 2011 est.
6 Gambia, The
28.00
31 December 2011 est.
7 Paraguay
28.00
31 December 2011 est.
8 Guinea
28.00
31 December 2011 est.
9 Sao Tome and Principe
26.75
31 December 2011 est.
10 Tajikistan
26.30
31 December 2011 est.
11 Georgia
25.87
31 December 2011 est.
12 Yemen
25.00
31 December 2011 est.
13 Malawi
23.80
31 December 2011 est.
14 Laos
21.90
31 December 2011 est.
15 Uganda
21.83
31 December 2011 est.
16 Sierra Leone
21.00
31 December 2011 est.
17 Jamaica
19.51
31 December 2011 est.
18 Mozambique
19.10
31 December 2011 est.
19 Azerbaijan
19.00
31 December 2011 est.
20 Zambia
18.84
31 December 2011 est.
21 Angola
18.76
31 December 2011 est.
22 Peru
18.69
31 December 2011 est.
23 Honduras
18.56
31 December 2011 est.
24 Ghana
18.20
31 December 2011 est.
25 Mauritania
18.00
31 December 2011 est.
26 Armenia
17.76
31 December 2011 est.
27 Rwanda
17.40
31 December 2011 est.
28 Serbia
17.20
31 December 2011 est.
29 Venezuela
17.15
31 December 2011 est.
30 Turkey
17.00
31 December 2011 est.
31 Vietnam
16.96
31 December 2011 est.
32 Burma
16.33
31 December 2011 est.
33 Costa Rica
16.15
31 December 2011 est.
34 Nigeria
16.02
31 December 2011 est.
35 Ethiopia
16.00
31 December 2011 est.
36 Ukraine
15.95
31 December 2011 est.
37 Afghanistan
15.69
31 December 2010 est.
38 Dominican Republic
15.55
31 December 2011 est.
39 Mongolia
15.50
31 December 2011 est.
40 Cambodia
15.22
31 December 2011 est.
41 Micronesia, Federated States of
15.13
31 December 2010 est.
42 Kenya
15.05
31 December 2011 est.
43 Guinea-Bissau
15.00
31 December 2011 est.
44 Gabon
15.00
31 December 2011 est.
45 Central African Republic
15.00
31 December 2011 est.
46 Congo, Republic of the
15.00
31 December 2011 est.
47 Chad
15.00
31 December 2011 est.
48 Equatorial Guinea
15.00
31 December 2011 est.
49 Tanzania
14.96
31 December 2011 est.
50 Senegal
14.50
31 December 2011 est.
51 Bhutan
14.50
31 December 2011 est.
52 Guyana
14.45
31 December 2011 est.
53 Moldova
14.44
31 December 2011 est.
54 Iraq
14.35
31 December 2010 est.
55 Kosovo
14.31
31 December 2010 est.
56 Pakistan
14.12
31 December 2011 est.
57 Argentina
14.09
31 December 2011 est.
58 Cameroon
14.00
31 December 2011 est.
59 Liberia
13.75
31 December 2011 est.
60 Belarus
13.58
31 December 2011 est.
61 Guatemala
13.43
31 December 2011 est.
62 Belize
13.36
31 December 2011 est.
63 Burundi
13.33
31 December 2011 est.
64 Bangladesh
13.25
31 December 2011 est.
65 Solomon Islands
13.17
31 December 2011 est.
66 Iran
12.50
31 December 2011 est.
67 Albania
12.43
31 December 2011 est.
68 Indonesia
12.40
31 December 2011 est.
69 Romania
12.12
31 December 2011 est.
70 Suriname
11.75
31 December 2011 est.
71 Haiti
11.61
31 December 2011 est.
72 Colombia
11.22
31 December 2011 est.
73 Tonga
11.21
31 December 2011 est.
74 Seychelles
11.19
31 December 2011 est.
75 Timor-Leste
11.04
31 December 2011 est.
76 Egypt
11.03
31 December 2011 est.
77 Botswana
11.00
31 December 2011 est.
78 Antigua and Barbuda
10.93
31 December 2011 est.
79 Bolivia
10.92
31 December 2011 est.
80 Papua New Guinea
10.81
31 December 2011 est.
81 Grenada
10.68
31 December 2011 est.
82 Bulgaria
10.63
31 December 2011 est.
83 Djibouti
10.61
31 December 2011 est.
84 Nicaragua
10.54
31 December 2011 est.
85 Comoros
10.50
31 December 2011 est.
86 Syria
10.50
31 December 2011 est.
87 Lesotho
10.40
31 December 2011 est.
88 Maldives
10.38
31 December 2010 est.
89 Saint Lucia
10.20
31 December 2011 est.
90 India
10.19
31 December 2011 est.
91 Samoa
9.97
31 December 2011 est.
92 Uruguay
9.80
31 December 2011 est.
93 Cape Verde
9.80
31 December 2011 est.
94 Croatia
9.68
31 December 2011 est.
95 Montenegro
9.53
31 December 2010 est.
96 Sri Lanka
9.41
31 December 2011 est.
97 Anguilla
9.29
31 December 2011 est.
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.20
31 December 2011 est.
99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
9.13
31 December 2011 est.
100 Chile
9.03
31 December 2011 est.
101 Aruba
9.00
31 December 2011 est.
102 Mali
9.00
31 December 2011 est.
103 Swaziland
9.00
31 December 2011 est.
104 South Africa
9.00
31 December 2011 est.
105 Mauritius
8.92
31 December 2011 est.
106 Dominica
8.88
31 December 2011 est.
107 Macedonia
8.87
31 December 2011 est.
108 Namibia
8.73
31 December 2011 est.
109 Barbados
8.70
31 December 2011 est.
110 Jordan
8.67
31 December 2011 est.
111 Montserrat
8.56
31 December 2011 est.
112 Poland
8.47
31 December 2011 est.
113 Russia
8.45
31 December 2011 est.
114 Ecuador
8.35
31 December 2011 est.
115 Hungary
8.34
31 December 2011 est.
116 Spain
8.09
31 December 2011 est.
117 Algeria
8.00
31 December 2011 est.
118 Nepal
8.00
31 December 2011 est.
119 Trinidad and Tobago
7.99
31 December 2011 est.
120 Australia
7.74
31 December 2011 est.
121 Iceland
7.70
31 December 2011 est.
122 Lebanon
7.53
31 December 2011 est.
123 European Union
7.52
31 December 2009 est.
124 Fiji
7.47
31 December 2011 est.
125 Saudi Arabia
7.20
31 December 2011 est.
126 Greece
7.15
31 December 2011 est.
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.14
31 December 2011 est.
128 Thailand
6.91
31 December 2011 est.
129 Panama
6.91
31 December 2011 est.
130 Bahrain
6.83
31 December 2011 est.
131 Cyprus
6.80
31 December 2011 est.
132 West Bank
6.79
31 December 2011 est.
133 Tunisia
6.76
31 December 2011 est.
134 Kazakhstan
6.71
31 December 2011 est.
135 Philippines
6.66
31 December 2011 est.
136 China
6.56
31 December 2011 est.
137 Morocco
6.50
31 December 2011 est.
138 Latvia
6.39
31 December 2011 est.
139 Oman
6.19
31 December 2011 est.
140 New Zealand
6.11
31 December 2011 est.
141 Estonia
6.10
31 December 2011 est.
142 Libya
6.00
31 December 2011 est.
143 El Salvador
5.99
31 December 2011 est.
144 Slovenia
5.82
31 December 2011 est.
145 Lithuania
5.78
31 December 2011 est.
146 Korea, South
5.77
31 December 2011 est.
147 Czech Republic
5.72
31 December 2011 est.
148 Portugal
5.71
31 December 2011 est.
149 Israel
5.54
31 December 2011 est.
150 Brunei
5.50
31 December 2011 est.
151 Vanuatu
5.50
31 December 2011 est.
152 San Marino
5.38
31 December 2010 est.
153 Singapore
5.38
31 December 2011 est.
154 Macau
5.25
31 December 2011 est.
155 Kuwait
5.20
31 December 2011 est.
156 Bahamas, The
5.06
31 December 2011 est.
157 Hong Kong
5.00
31 December 2011 est.
158 Mexico
4.92
31 December 2011 est.
159 Malaysia
4.83
31 December 2011 est.
160 Malta
4.76
31 December 2011 est.
161 Qatar
4.60
31 December 2011 est.
162 Italy
4.60
31 December 2011 est.
163 Denmark
4.50
31 December 2011 est.
164 Norway
4.40
31 December 2011 est.
165 Cote d'Ivoire
4.30
31 December 2011 est.
166 Niger
4.30
31 December 2011 est.
167 Sweden
4.28
31 December 2011 est.
168 United Kingdom
4.06
31 December 2011 est.
169 Germany
3.94
31 December 2011 est.
170 Belgium
3.93
31 December 2011 est.
171 Ireland
3.81
31 December 2011 est.
172 Slovakia
3.70
31 December 2011 est.
173 France
3.43
31 December 2011 est.
174 Austria
3.30
31 December 2011 est.
175 United States
3.25
31 December 2011 est.
176 Netherlands
3.18
31 December 2011 est.
177 Canada
3.00
31 December 2011 est.
178 Taiwan
2.88
31 December 2011 est.
179 Switzerland
2.72
31 December 2011 est.
180 Finland
2.68
31 December 2011 est.
181 Japan
1.48
31 December 2011 est.
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