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  Country Comparisons - Commercial bank prime lending rate


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
 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
 Tajikistan 23.10 31 December 2008
15
 Mauritius 21.87 31 December 2007
16
 Georgia 20.41 31 December 2007
17
 Iraq 19.74 31 December 2007
18
 Mozambique 19.52 31 December 2007
19
 Iceland 19.29 31 December 2007
20
 Azerbaijan 19.13 31 December 2007
21
 Uganda 19.11 31 December 2007
22
 Zambia 18.89 31 December 2007
23
 Moldova 18.83 31 December 2007
24
 Sri Lanka 18.50 31 December 2008
25
 Afghanistan 18.14 31 December 2007
26
 Yemen 18.00 31 December 2007
27
 Angola 17.70 31 December 2007
28
 Mongolia 17.54 31 December 2007
29
 Armenia 17.52 31 December 2007
30
 Jamaica 17.20 31 December 2007
31
 Venezuela 17.11 31 December 2007
32
 Burma 17.00 31 December 2007
33
 Nigeria 16.94 31 December 2007
34
 Burundi 16.84 31 December 2007
35
 Latvia 16.80 31 December 2008
36
 Honduras 16.61 31 December 2007
37
 Botswana 16.22 31 December 2007
38
 Tanzania 16.03 31 December 2007
39
 Bangladesh 16.00 31 December 2007
40
 Rwanda 15.84 31 December 2007
41
 Dominican Republic 15.83 31 December 2007
42
 Colombia 15.60 31 December 2008
43
 Indonesia 15.13 31 December 2008
44
 Liberia 15.05 31 December 2007
45
 Timor-Leste 15.05 31 December 2007
46
 Chad 15.00 31 December 2007
47
 Gabon 15.00 31 December 2007
48
 Equatorial Guinea 15.00 31 December 2007
49
 Central African Republic 15.00 31 December 2007
50
 Cameroon 15.00 31 December 2007
51
 Congo, Republic of the 15.00 31 December 2007
52
 Kenya 14.80 31 December 2008
53
 Guyana 14.61 31 December 2007
54
 Belize 14.33 31 December 2007
55
 Lesotho 14.13 31 December 2007
56
 Solomon Islands 14.12 31 December 2007
57
 Albania 14.10 31 December 2007
58
 Micronesia, Federated States of 14.03 31 December 2007
59
 Bhutan 14.00 31 December 2007
60
 Ukraine 13.90 31 December 2007
61
 Suriname 13.77 31 December 2007
62
 Romania 13.35 31 December 2007
63
 South Africa 13.17 31 December 2007
64
 Swaziland 13.17 31 December 2007
65
 Nicaragua 13.04 31 December 2007
66
 Russia 13.00 31 December 2008
67
 Namibia 12.88 31 December 2007
68
 Bolivia 12.86 31 December 2007
69
 Guatemala 12.84 31 December 2007
70
 New Zealand 12.83 31 December 2007
71
 Costa Rica 12.80 31 December 2007
72
 Samoa 12.65 31 December 2007
73
 Egypt 12.51 31 December 2007
74
 Ecuador 12.50 15 October 2008
75
 Tonga 12.16 31 December 2007
76
 Iran 12.00 31 December 2007
77
 Trinidad and Tobago 11.75 31 December 2007
78
 Vietnam 11.18 31 December 2007
79
 Serbia 11.13 31 December 2007
80
 Aruba 11.01 31 December 2007
81
 Italy 10.93 31 December 2007
82
 Seychelles 10.89 31 December 2007
83
 Barbados 10.80 31 December 2007
84
 Cape Verde 10.55 31 December 2007
85
 Comoros 10.50 31 December 2007
86
 Antigua and Barbuda 10.44 31 December 2007
87
 Montserrat 10.40 31 December 2007
88
 Lebanon 10.26 31 December 2007
89
 Macedonia 10.23 31 December 2007
90
 Saint Lucia 10.12 31 December 2007
91
 Australia 10.02 31 December 2007
92
 Bulgaria 10.00 31 December 2007
93
 Papua New Guinea 9.78 31 December 2007
94
 Anguilla 9.76 31 December 2007
95
 Grenada 9.76 31 December 2007
96
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.61 31 December 2007
97
 Spain 9.54 31 December 2008
98
 Hungary 9.48 26 January 2009
99
 Croatia 9.33 31 December 2008
100
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.28 31 December 2007
101
 Netherlands Antilles 9.21 31 December 2007
102
 Dominica 9.17 31 December 2007
103
 Montenegro 9.09 31 December 2007
104
 Fiji 9.01 31 December 2007
105
 Netherlands 8.72 31 December 2007
106
 Philippines 8.69 31 December 2007
107
 Chile 8.67 31 December 2007
108
 Belarus 8.58 31 December 2007
109
 Kuwait 8.54 31 December 2007
110
 India 8.50 31 January 2009
111
 Jordan 8.45 31 December 2008
112
 Bahrain 8.35 31 December 2007
113
 Panama 8.25 31 December 2007
114
 Vanuatu 8.16 31 December 2007
115
 European Union 8.03 31 December 2007
116
 Algeria 8.00 31 December 2007
117
 Maldives 8.00 31 December 2008
118
 Portugal 7.92 31 December 2007
119
 Gaza Strip 7.73 31 December 2006
120
 West Bank 7.73 31 December 2006
121
 Greece 7.71 31 December 2007
122
 San Marino 7.58 31 December 2007
123
 Mexico 7.56 31 December 2007
124
 Qatar 7.43 31 December 2007
125
 Oman 7.29 31 December 2007
126
 Thailand 7.25 31 December 2007
127
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.17 31 December 2007
128
 Ethiopia 7.00 31 December 2006
129
 Korea, South 7.00 31 December 2008
130
 Uruguay 7.00 February 2009
131
 Syria 7.00 6 November 2008
132
 Nepal 7.00 16 July 2008
133
 Lithuania 6.86 31 December 2007
134
 Slovenia 6.82 31 December 2007
135
 Cyprus 6.74 31 December 2007
136
 France 6.60 2008
137
 Ireland 6.52 31 December 2007
138
 Estonia 6.46 31 December 2007
139
 Slovakia 6.42 31 December 2008
140
 Malaysia 6.41 31 December 2007
141
 Austria 6.30 31 December 2007
142
 Israel 6.27 31 December 2007
143
 Malta 6.24 31 December 2007
144
 Canada 6.10 31 December 2007
145
 Libya 6.00 31 December 2007
146
 Germany 5.96 31 December 2007
147
 Czech Republic 5.79 31 December 2007
148
 China 5.58 17 December 2007
149
 United Kingdom 5.52 31 December 2007
150
 Bahamas, The 5.50 31 December 2007
151
 Brunei 5.50 February 2009
152
 Poland 5.48 31 December 2006
153
 Singapore 5.38 31 December 2008
154
 Macau 5.25 31 December 2008
155
 Finland 5.04 December 2008
156
 Hong Kong 5.00 31 December 2008
157
 Taiwan 4.06 2008 est.
158
 Sweden 4.00 2004
159
 Norway 3.50 1st quarter 2009
160
 United States 3.25 31 March 2009
161
 Switzerland 3.15 31 December 2007
162
 Belgium 2.10 30 January 2009
163
 Japan 1.68 November 2008

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

This page was last updated on 14 May, 2009
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