List of countries by commercial bank prime lending rate
This is a list of countries by a simple average of annualized interest rates of commercial banks for charging on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit-worthy customers. The data is taken from CIA World Factbook [1]
Country | Commercial bank prime lending rate (%) | Date of information |
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Zimbabwe | 34.00 | 31 December 2011 |
Haiti | 46.99 | 31 December 2007 |
Madagascar | 52.50 | 31 December 2011 |
Brazil | 43.88 | 31 December 2011 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 32.40 | 31 December 2007 |
Laos | 28.50 | 31 December 2007 |
Argentina | 28.00 | 28 November 2008 |
Gambia | 27.92 | 31 December 2007 |
Malawi | 27.72 | 31 December 2007 |
Kyrgyzstan | 34.07 | 31 December 2011 |
Paraguay | 25.03 | 31 December 2007 |
Sierra Leone | 25.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Peru | 18.69 | 31 December 2011 |
Tajikistan | 23.10 | 31 December 2008 |
Mauritius | 21.87 | 31 December 2007 |
Georgia | 20.41 | 31 December 2007 |
Iraq | 19.74 | 31 December 2007 |
Mozambique | 19.52 | 31 December 2007 |
Iceland | 19.29 | 31 December 2007 |
Azerbaijan | 19.13 | 31 December 2007 |
Uganda | 19.11 | 31 December 2007 |
Zambia | 18.89 | 31 December 2007 |
Moldova | 18.83 | 31 December 2007 |
Sri Lanka | 18.50 | 31 December 2008 |
Afghanistan | 18.14 | 31 December 2007 |
Yemen | 18.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Angola | 17.70 | 31 December 2007 |
Mongolia | 17.54 | 31 December 2007 |
Armenia | 17.52 | 31 December 2007 |
Jamaica | 17.20 | 31 December 2007 |
Venezuela | 17.11 | 31 December 2007 |
Burma | 17.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Nigeria | 16.94 | 31 December 2007 |
Burundi | 16.84 | 31 December 2007 |
Latvia | 16.80 | 31 December 2008 |
Honduras | 16.61 | 31 December 2007 |
Botswana | 16.22 | 31 December 2007 |
Tanzania | 16.03 | 31 December 2007 |
Bangladesh | 16.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Rwanda | 15.84 | 31 December 2007 |
Dominican Republic | 15.83 | 31 December 2007 |
Colombia | 15.60 | 31 December 2008 |
Indonesia | 15.13 | 31 December 2008 |
Liberia | 15.05 | 31 December 2007 |
Timor-Leste | 15.05 | 31 December 2007 |
Chad | 15.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Gabon | 15.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Equatorial Guinea | 15.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Central African Republic | 15.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Cameroon | 15.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Republic of the Congo | 43.75 | 31 December 2011 |
Kenya | 14.80 | 31 December 2008 |
Guyana | 14.61 | 31 December 2007 |
Belize | 14.33 | 31 December 2007 |
Lesotho | 14.13 | 31 December 2007 |
Solomon Islands | 14.12 | 31 December 2007 |
Albania | 14.10 | 31 December 2007 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 14.03 | 31 December 2007 |
Bhutan | 14.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Ukraine | 13.90 | 31 December 2007 |
Suriname | 13.77 | 31 December 2007 |
Romania | 13.35 | 31 December 2007 |
South Africa | 9.00 | 31 December 2011 |
Swaziland | 13.17 | 31 December 2007 |
Nicaragua | 13.04 | 31 December 2007 |
Russia | 13.00 | 31 December 2008 |
Namibia | 12.88 | 31 December 2007 |
Bolivia | 12.86 | 31 December 2007 |
Guatemala | 12.84 | 31 December 2007 |
New Zealand | 12.83 | 31 December 2007 |
Costa Rica | 12.80 | 31 December 2007 |
Samoa | 12.65 | 31 December 2007 |
Egypt | 12.51 | 31 December 2007 |
Ecuador | 12.50 | 15 October 2008 |
Tonga | 12.16 | 31 December 2007 |
Iran | 12.00 | 31 December 2008 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 11.75 | 31 December 2007 |
Vietnam | 11.18 | 31 December 2007 |
Serbia | 11.13 | 31 December 2007 |
Aruba | 11.01 | 31 December 2007 |
Italy | 10.93 | 31 December 2007 |
Seychelles | 10.89 | 31 December 2007 |
Barbados | 10.80 | 31 December 2007 |
Cape Verde | 10.55 | 31 December 2007 |
Comoros | 10.50 | 31 December 2007 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 10.44 | 31 December 2007 |
Montserrat | 10.40 | 31 December 2007 |
Lebanon | 10.26 | 31 December 2007 |
Macedonia | 10.23 | 31 December 2007 |
Saint Lucia | 10.12 | 31 December 2007 |
Australia | 10.02 | 31 December 2007 |
Bulgaria | 10.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Papua New Guinea | 9.78 | 31 December 2007 |
Anguilla | 9.76 | 31 December 2007 |
Grenada | 9.76 | 31 December 2007 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.61 | 31 December 2007 |
Spain | 9.54 | 31 December 2008 |
Hungary | 9.48 | 26 January 2009 |
Croatia | 9.33 | 31 December 2008 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.28 | 31 December 2007 |
Netherlands Antilles | 9.21 | 31 December 2007 |
Dominica | 9.17 | 31 December 2007 |
Montenegro | 9.09 | 31 December 2007 |
Fiji | 9.01 | 31 December 2007 |
Netherlands | 8.72 | 31 December 2007 |
Philippines | 8.69 | 31 December 2007 |
Chile | 8.67 | 31 December 2007 |
Belarus | 8.58 | 31 December 2007 |
Kuwait | 8.54 | 31 December 2007 |
India | 8.50 | 31 January 2009 |
Jordan | 8.45 | 31 December 2008 |
Bahrain | 8.35 | 31 December 2007 |
Panama | 8.25 | 31 December 2007 |
Vanuatu | 8.16 | 31 December 2007 |
European Union | 8.03 | 31 December 2007 |
Algeria | 8.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Maldives | 8.00 | 31 December 2008 |
Portugal | 7.92 | 31 December 2007 |
Gaza Strip | 7.73 | 31 December 2006 |
West Bank | 7.73 | 31 December 2006 |
Greece | 7.71 | 31 December 2007 |
San Marino | 7.58 | 31 December 2007 |
Mexico | 7.56 | 31 December 2007 |
Qatar | 7.43 | 31 December 2007 |
Oman | 7.29 | 31 December 2007 |
Thailand | 7.25 | 31 December 2007 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.17 | 31 December 2007 |
Ethiopia | 7.00 | 31 December 2006 |
South Korea | 7.00 | 31 December 2008 |
Uruguay | 9.80 | 31 December 2011 |
Syria | 7.00 | 6 November 2008 |
Nepal | 7.00 | 16 July 2008 |
Lithuania | 6.86 | 31 December 2007 |
Slovenia | 6.82 | 31 December 2007 |
Cyprus | 6.74 | 31 December 2007 |
France | 3.43 | 31 December 2011 |
Ireland | 6.52 | 31 December 2007 |
Estonia | 6.46 | 31 December 2007 |
Slovakia | 6.42 | 31 December 2008 |
Malaysia | 6.41 | 31 December 2007 |
Austria | 6.30 | 31 December 2007 |
Israel | 2.50 | 18 October 2013 |
Malta | 6.24 | 31 December 2007 |
Canada | 2.60 | 31 December 2010 |
Libya | 6.00 | 31 December 2007 |
Germany | 5.96 | 31 December 2007 |
Czech Republic | 5.79 | 31 December 2007 |
China | 5.58 | 17 December 2007 |
United Kingdom | 5.52 | 31 December 2007 |
Bahamas | 5.50 | 31 December 2007 |
Brunei | 5.50 | 31 December 2011 |
Poland | 5.48 | 31 December 2006 |
Singapore | 5.38 | 31 December 2008 |
Macau | 5.25 | 31 December 2008 |
Finland | 2.68 | 31 December 2011 |
Hong Kong | 5.00 | 31 December 2008 |
Taiwan | 2.88 | 31 December 2011 |
Sweden | 4.28 | 31 December 2011 |
Norway | 4.40 | 31 December 2011 |
United States | 3.25 | 31 March 2009 |
Switzerland | 3.15 | 31 December 2007 |
Belgium | 2.10 | 30 January 2009 |
Japan | 1.48 | 31 December 2011 |
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