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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 This file was last updated on 14 May, 2009