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  Rank Order - Commercial bank prime lending rate


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Commercial bank prime lending rate
(%)
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
Laos 28.50 31 December 2007
7
Gambia, The 27.92 31 December 2007
8
Malawi 27.72 31 December 2007
9
Kyrgyzstan 25.32 31 December 2007
10
Paraguay 25.03 31 December 2007
11
Sierra Leone 25.00 31 December 2007
12
Tajikistan 22.87 31 December 2007
13
Peru 22.86 31 December 2007
14
Mauritius 21.87 31 December 2007
15
Georgia 20.41 31 December 2007
16
Iraq 19.74 31 December 2007
17
Mozambique 19.52 31 December 2007
18
Iceland 19.29 31 December 2007
19
Azerbaijan 19.13 31 December 2007
20
Uganda 19.11 31 December 2007
21
Zambia 18.89 31 December 2007
22
Moldova 18.83 31 December 2007
23
Afghanistan 18.14 31 December 2007
24
Yemen 18.00 31 December 2007
25
Angola 17.70 31 December 2007
26
Mongolia 17.54 31 December 2007
27
Armenia 17.52 31 December 2007
28
Jamaica 17.20 31 December 2007
29
Venezuela 17.11 31 December 2007
30
Sri Lanka 17.08 31 December 2007
31
Burma 17.00 31 December 2007
32
Nigeria 16.94 31 December 2007
33
Burundi 16.84 31 December 2007
34
Honduras 16.61 31 December 2007
35
Botswana 16.22 31 December 2007
36
Tanzania 16.03 31 December 2007
37
Bangladesh 16.00 31 December 2007
38
Rwanda 15.84 31 December 2007
39
Dominican Republic 15.83 31 December 2007
40
Colombia 15.38 31 December 2007
41
Liberia 15.05 31 December 2007
42
Timor-Leste 15.05 31 December 2007
43
Chad 15.00 31 December 2007
44
Congo, Republic of the 15.00 31 December 2007
45
Gabon 15.00 31 December 2007
46
Equatorial Guinea 15.00 31 December 2007
47
Central African Republic 15.00 31 December 2007
48
Cameroon 15.00 31 December 2007
49
Guyana 14.61 31 December 2007
50
Belize 14.33 31 December 2007
51
Lesotho 14.13 31 December 2007
52
Solomon Islands 14.12 31 December 2007
53
Albania 14.10 31 December 2007
54
Micronesia, Federated States of 14.03 31 December 2007
55
Bhutan 14.00 31 December 2007
56
Ukraine 13.90 31 December 2007
57
Indonesia 13.86 31 December 2007
58
Suriname 13.77 31 December 2007
59
Romania 13.35 31 December 2007
60
Kenya 13.34 31 December 2007
61
South Africa 13.17 31 December 2007
62
Swaziland 13.17 31 December 2007
63
Nicaragua 13.04 31 December 2007
64
India 13.02 31 December 2007
65
Maldives 13.00 31 December 2007
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
Ecuador 12.08 31 December 2007
75
Iran 12.00 31 December 2007
76
Trinidad and Tobago 11.75 31 December 2007
77
Vietnam 11.18 31 December 2007
78
Serbia 11.13 31 December 2007
79
Argentina 11.05 31 December 2007
80
Aruba 11.01 31 December 2007
81
Italy 10.93 31 December 2007
82
Latvia 10.91 31 December 2007
83
Seychelles 10.89 31 December 2007
84
Barbados 10.80 31 December 2007
85
Cape Verde 10.55 31 December 2007
86
Comoros 10.50 31 December 2007
87
Antigua and Barbuda 10.44 31 December 2007
88
Montserrat 10.40 31 December 2007
89
Lebanon 10.26 31 December 2007
90
Macedonia 10.23 31 December 2007
91
Saint Lucia 10.12 31 December 2007
92
Russia 10.03 31 December 2007
93
Australia 10.02 31 December 2007
94
Bulgaria 10.00 31 December 2007
95
Spain 9.89 31 December 2007
96
Papua New Guinea 9.78 31 December 2007
97
Anguilla 9.76 31 December 2007
98
Grenada 9.76 31 December 2007
99
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.61 31 December 2007
100
Croatia 9.33 31 December 2007
101
Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.28 31 December 2007
102
Netherlands Antilles 9.21 31 December 2007
103
Dominica 9.17 31 December 2007
104
Hungary 9.09 31 December 2007
105
Montenegro 9.09 31 December 2007
106
Fiji 9.01 31 December 2007
107
Uruguay 8.94 31 December 2007
108
Netherlands 8.72 31 December 2007
109
Philippines 8.69 31 December 2007
110
Jordan 8.68 31 December 2007
111
Chile 8.67 31 December 2007
112
Belarus 8.58 31 December 2007
113
Kuwait 8.54 31 December 2007
114
Bahrain 8.35 31 December 2007
115
Panama 8.25 31 December 2007
116
Vanuatu 8.16 31 December 2007
117
United States 8.05 31 December 2007
118
European Union 8.03 31 December 2007
119
Algeria 8.00 31 December 2007
120
Nepal 8.00 31 December 2007
121
Syria 8.00 31 December 2005
122
Slovakia 7.99 31 December 2007
123
Portugal 7.92 31 December 2007
124
Macau 7.81 31 December 2007
125
Gaza Strip 7.73 31 December 2006
126
West Bank 7.73 31 December 2006
127
Greece 7.71 31 December 2007
128
San Marino 7.58 31 December 2007
129
Mexico 7.56 31 December 2007
130
China 7.47 31 December 2007
131
Qatar 7.43 31 December 2007
132
Oman 7.29 31 December 2007
133
France 7.28 31 December 2007
134
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.17 31 December 2007
135
Thailand 7.05 31 December 2007
136
Ethiopia 7.00 31 December 2006
137
Belgium 6.98 31 December 2007
138
Lithuania 6.86 31 December 2007
139
Slovenia 6.82 31 December 2007
140
Hong Kong 6.75 31 December 2007
141
Cyprus 6.74 31 December 2007
142
Norway 6.65 31 December 2007
143
Korea, South 6.55 31 December 2007
144
Ireland 6.52 31 December 2007
145
Estonia 6.46 31 December 2007
146
Malaysia 6.41 31 December 2007
147
Austria 6.30 31 December 2007
148
Israel 6.27 31 December 2007
149
Malta 6.24 31 December 2007
150
Canada 6.10 31 December 2007
151
Libya 6.00 31 December 2007
152
Germany 5.96 31 December 2007
153
Czech Republic 5.79 31 December 2007
154
Finland 5.62 31 December 2007
155
United Kingdom 5.52 31 December 2007
156
Bahamas, The 5.50 31 December 2007
157
Brunei 5.50 31 December 2007
158
Poland 5.48 31 December 2006
159
Singapore 5.33 31 December 2007
160
Sweden 4.00 31 December 2004
161
Switzerland 3.15 31 December 2007
162
Japan 1.88 31 December 2007

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