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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 Laos
28.50
31 December 2007
7 Argentina
28.00
28 November 2008
8 Gambia, The
27.92
31 December 2007
9 Malawi
27.72
31 December 2007
10 Kyrgyzstan
25.32
31 December 2007
11 Paraguay
25.03
31 December 2007
12 Sierra Leone
25.00
31 December 2007
13 Peru
24.10
December 2008
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 Burma
17.00
31 December 2007
31 Nigeria
16.94
31 December 2007
32 Burundi
16.84
31 December 2007
33 Honduras
16.61
31 December 2007
34 Botswana
16.22
31 December 2007
35 Cambodia
16.18
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 Liberia
15.05
31 December 2007
41 Timor-Leste
15.05
31 December 2007
42 Chad
15.00
31 December 2007
43 Gabon
15.00
31 December 2007
44 Equatorial Guinea
15.00
31 December 2007
45 Central African Republic
15.00
31 December 2007
46 Congo, Republic of the
15.00
31 December 2007
47 Cameroon
15.00
31 December 2007
48 Guyana
14.61
31 December 2007
49 Belize
14.33
31 December 2007
50 Lesotho
14.13
31 December 2007
51 Solomon Islands
14.12
31 December 2007
52 Albania
14.10
31 December 2007
53 Micronesia, Federated States of
14.03
31 December 2007
54 Bhutan
14.00
31 December 2007
55 Romania
13.35
31 December 2007
56 Kenya
13.34
31 December 2007
57 South Africa
13.17
31 December 2007
58 Swaziland
13.17
31 December 2007
59 Nicaragua
13.04
31 December 2007
60 Maldives
13.00
31 December 2007
61 Namibia
12.88
31 December 2007
62 Bolivia
12.86
31 December 2007
63 Guatemala
12.84
31 December 2007
64 New Zealand
12.83
31 December 2007
65 Costa Rica
12.80
31 December 2007
66 Samoa
12.65
31 December 2007
67 Egypt
12.51
31 December 2007
68 Tonga
12.16
31 December 2007
69 Iran
12.00
31 December 2007
70 Trinidad and Tobago
11.75
31 December 2007
71 Ukraine
11.33
31 December 2007
72 Vietnam
11.18
31 December 2007
73 Serbia
11.13
31 December 2007
74 Aruba
11.01
31 December 2007
75 Italy
10.93
31 December 2007
76 Seychelles
10.89
31 December 2007
77 Barbados
10.80
31 December 2007
78 Cape Verde
10.55
31 December 2007
79 Comoros
10.50
31 December 2007
80 Antigua and Barbuda
10.44
31 December 2007
81 Montserrat
10.40
31 December 2007
82 Lebanon
10.26
31 December 2007
83 Macedonia
10.23
31 December 2007
84 Australia
10.02
31 December 2007
85 Bulgaria
10.00
31 December 2007
86 Papua New Guinea
9.78
31 December 2007
87 Anguilla
9.76
31 December 2007
88 Grenada
9.76
31 December 2007
89 Suriname
9.71
31 December 2007
90 Netherlands Antilles
9.21
31 December 2007
91 Dominica
9.17
31 December 2007
92 Montenegro
9.09
31 December 2007
93 Fiji
9.01
31 December 2007
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis
8.89
31 December 2007
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.80
31 December 2007
96 Netherlands
8.72
31 December 2007
97 Philippines
8.69
31 December 2007
98 Chile
8.67
31 December 2007
99 Belarus
8.58
31 December 2007
100 Kuwait
8.54
31 December 2007
101 Bahrain
8.35
31 December 2007
102 Saint Lucia
8.34
31 December 2007
103 Panama
8.25
31 December 2007
104 Vanuatu
8.16
31 December 2007
105 United States
8.05
31 December 2007
106 European Union
8.03
31 December 2007
107 Algeria
8.00
31 December 2007
108 Portugal
7.92
31 December 2007
109 El Salvador
7.81
31 December 2007
110 Gaza Strip
7.73
31 December 2006
111 West Bank
7.73
31 December 2006
112 Greece
7.71
31 December 2007
113 San Marino
7.58
31 December 2007
114 Mexico
7.56
31 December 2007
115 Qatar
7.43
31 December 2007
116 Oman
7.29
31 December 2007
117 Thailand
7.25
31 December 2007
118 Uruguay
7.25
31 December 2007
119 Indonesia
7.21
31 December 2007
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.17
31 December 2007
121 Ethiopia
7.00
31 December 2006
122 Lithuania
6.86
31 December 2007
123 Slovenia
6.82
31 December 2007
124 Cyprus
6.74
31 December 2007
125 Ireland
6.52
31 December 2007
126 Estonia
6.46
31 December 2007
127 Malaysia
6.41
31 December 2007
128 Austria
6.30
31 December 2007
129 Israel
6.27
31 December 2007
130 Malta
6.24
31 December 2007
131 Canada
6.10
31 December 2007
132 Libya
6.00
31 December 2007
133 Germany
5.96
31 December 2007
134 Czech Republic
5.79
31 December 2007
135 Poland
5.72
31 December 2007
136 China
5.58
17 December 2007
137 United Kingdom
5.52
31 December 2007
138 Bahamas, The
5.50
31 December 2007
139 Brunei
5.50
February 2009
140 Sweden
4.00
2004
141 Norway
3.50
1st quarter 2009
142 Switzerland
3.15
31 December 2007
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