| Field Listing :: 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. | |
| Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Commercial bank prime lending rate(%) |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Albania |
10.88% (31 December 2012 est.)
12.43% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Algeria |
8% (31 December 2012 est.)
8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Angola |
16.81% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.76% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Anguilla |
9.38% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.29% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
10.13% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.93% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Argentina |
14.06% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.09% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Armenia |
17.23% (31 December 2012 est.)
17.76% (31 December 2011 est.) note: average lending rate on loans up to one year |
| Aruba |
8.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Australia |
6.98% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.74% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Austria |
2.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
2.95% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
18.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
4.75% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.06% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bahrain |
6.05% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.83% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
13% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Barbados |
8.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.7% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Belarus |
19.49% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.58% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Belgium |
3.62% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.93% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Belize |
12.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.36% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Benin | NA% |
| Bhutan |
14% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.16% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bolivia |
11.14% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.92% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
6.73% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.14% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Botswana |
11% (31 December 2012 est.)
11% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Brazil |
36.64% (31 December 2012 est.)
43.88% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Brunei |
5.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
9.72% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.63% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | NA% |
| Burma |
13% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.33% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Burundi |
14.32% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.23% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
9.92% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.81% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cambodia |
12.98% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.22% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cameroon |
14% (31 December 2012 est.)
14% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Canada |
3% (31 December 2012 est.)
3% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Chad |
15.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Chile |
10.06% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.03% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| China |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.56% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Colombia |
12.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.22% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Comoros |
10.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.29% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
28.45% (31 December 2012 est.)
43.75% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
14.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
18.21% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
4% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Croatia |
9.48% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.68% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Cuba | NA% |
| Cyprus |
7.05% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.83% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
5.41% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.72% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Denmark |
3.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.03% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Djibouti |
12% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.61% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Dominica |
9.03% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.88% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
15.48% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.55% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ecuador |
8.17% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.35% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Egypt |
12% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.03% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| El Salvador |
5.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.99% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Eritrea | NA% |
| Estonia |
5.75% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.12% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
14.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
16% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| European Union |
5.9% (31 December 2010 est.)
7.52% (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Fiji |
7% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.47% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Finland |
2.06% (31 December 2012 est.)
2.68% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| France |
3.44% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.43% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gabon |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
28% (31 December 2012 est.)
28% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | see entry for West Bank |
| Georgia |
22.08% (31 December 2012 est.)
22.19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Germany |
3.07% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.94% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ghana |
22.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Greece |
7.33% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Grenada |
9.75% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.68% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guatemala |
13.49% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.43% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guinea |
27% (31 December 2012 est.)
28% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
15% (31 December 2012 est.)
15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Guyana |
13.86% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.45% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Haiti |
8.93% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.61% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Honduras |
18.45% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.56% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
5% (31 December 2012 est.)
5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Hungary |
9.02% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.34% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Iceland |
8.33% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.7% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| India |
10.63% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Indonesia |
11.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
12.4% (31 December 2011 est.) note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans |
| Iran |
11% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Iraq |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ireland |
3.55% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.81% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Israel |
5.16% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.53% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Italy |
5.22% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.6% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Jamaica |
17.63% (31 December 2012 est.)
19.51% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Japan |
1.48% (31 December 2012 est.)
1.48% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Jordan |
8.95% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.67% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
6.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.71% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kenya |
19.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.05% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Korea, South |
5.39% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.77% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kosovo |
13.86% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.31% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Kuwait |
5% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
28.43% (31 December 2012 est.)
34.07% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Laos |
22.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
21.9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Latvia |
5.52% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.39% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Lebanon |
7.25% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.53% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Lesotho |
10.12% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.43% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Liberia |
13.52% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.75% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Libya |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
6% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Lithuania |
5.28% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.78% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Macau |
5.25% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Macedonia |
8.48% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.87% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Madagascar |
56.25% (31 December 2012 est.)
52.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malawi |
32.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
23.8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malaysia |
4.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.83% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Maldives |
10.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mali |
9.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Malta |
4.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.76% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mauritania |
17% (31 December 2012 est.)
17% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mauritius |
8.67% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.92% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mexico |
4.73% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.92% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
14.35% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.35% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Moldova |
13.4% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.44% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mongolia |
18.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Montenegro |
9.69% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.53% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Montserrat |
8.16% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.56% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Morocco |
6.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.32% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Mozambique |
16.81% (31 December 2012 est.)
19.1% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Namibia |
8.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.73% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nepal |
8% (31 December 2012 est.)
8% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Netherlands |
2.65% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| New Zealand |
5.82% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.11% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
11.99% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.54% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Niger |
4% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Nigeria |
16.79% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.02% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Norway |
3.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.4% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Oman |
5.65% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Pakistan |
12.41% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.12% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Panama |
6.91% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.91% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
10.82% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.81% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Paraguay |
29.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
28.94% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Peru |
19.23% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.69% (31 December 2011 est.) note: domestic currency lending rate, 90 day maturity |
| Philippines |
5.68% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.66% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Poland |
8.73% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.47% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Portugal |
6.37% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.71% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Qatar |
5.38% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.49% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Romania |
11.33% (31 December 2012 est.)
12.12% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Russia |
9.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.45% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Rwanda |
17.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
8.73% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.45% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
9.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
10% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
9.43% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.13% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Samoa |
9.86% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.97% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| San Marino |
5.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.38% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
26% (31 December 2012 est.)
26.75% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
6.8% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.2% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Senegal |
14.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Serbia |
17.73% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.4% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Seychelles |
12.19% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.19% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
21% (31 December 2012 est.)
21% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Singapore |
5.38% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.38% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Slovakia |
3.47% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.91% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Slovenia |
5.73% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.82% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
11.28% (31 December 2012 est.)
13.17% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Somalia | NA% |
| South Africa |
8.75% (31 December 2012 est.)
9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Spain |
8.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
8.09% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
13.28% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.41% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Suriname |
11.73% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.75% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Swaziland |
8.75% (31 December 2012 est.)
9% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sweden |
3.57% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.28% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Switzerland |
2.69% (31 December 2012 est.)
2.72% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Syria |
11.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Taiwan |
2.88% (31 December 2012 est.)
2.88% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
17.13% (31 December 2012 est.)
26.34% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tanzania |
15.46% (31 December 2012 est.)
14.96% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Thailand |
7.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.91% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
12.21% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.04% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Togo | NA% |
| Tonga |
10.36% (31 December 2012 est.)
11.21% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
7.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.97% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Tunisia |
7.31% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.76% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Turkey |
19% (31 December 2012 est.)
17% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Uganda |
26.31% (31 December 2012 est.)
21.83% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ukraine |
18.39% (31 December 2012 est.)
15.95% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
4.22% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.08% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| United States |
3.25% (31 December 2012 est.)
3.25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Uruguay |
11.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
9.78% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
6% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Venezuela |
16.38% (31 December 2012 est.)
17.15% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Vietnam |
13.47% (31 December 2012 est.)
16.96% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| West Bank |
6.97% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.79% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Yemen |
23% (31 December 2012 est.)
25% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Zambia |
12.15% (31 December 2012 est.)
18.84% (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
30% (31 December 2012 est.)
34% (31 December 2011 est.) |