List of countries by commercial bank prime lending rate
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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
| 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 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
32.40 | 31 December 2007 |
| 6 |  Laos |
28.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 7 |  Argentina |
28.00 | 28 November 2008 |
| 8 |  The Gambia |
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 (country) |
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 |  Myanmar |
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 |  East Timor |
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 |  Republic of the Congo |
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 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
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 |  Kingdom of 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 2008 |
| 77 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
11.75 | 31 December 2007 |
| 78 |  Vietnam |
11.18 | 31 December 2007 |
| 79 |  Serbia |
11.13 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  Aruba |
11.01 | 31 December 2007 |
| 80 |  Italy |
10.93 | 31 December 2007 |
| 81 |  Seychelles |
10.89 | 31 December 2007 |
| 82 |  Barbados |
10.80 | 31 December 2007 |
| 83 |  Cape Verde |
10.55 | 31 December 2007 |
| 84 |  Comoros |
10.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 85 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
10.44 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  Montserrat |
10.40 | 31 December 2007 |
| 86 |  Lebanon |
10.26 | 31 December 2007 |
| 87 |  Republic of Macedonia |
10.23 | 31 December 2007 |
| 88 |  Saint Lucia |
10.12 | 31 December 2007 |
| 89 |  Australia |
10.02 | 31 December 2007 |
| 90 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
10.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 91 |  Papua New Guinea |
9.78 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  Anguilla |
9.76 | 31 December 2007 |
| 92 |  Grenada |
9.76 | 31 December 2007 |
| 93 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
9.61 | 31 December 2007 |
| 94 |  Spain |
9.54 | 31 December 2008 |
| 95 |  Hungary |
9.48 | 26 January 2009 |
| 96 |  Independent State of Croatia |
9.33 | 31 December 2008 |
| 97 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
9.28 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  Netherlands Antilles |
9.21 | 31 December 2007 |
| 98 |  Dominica |
9.17 | 31 December 2007 |
| 99 |  Kingdom of Montenegro |
9.09 | 31 December 2007 |
| 100 |  Fiji |
9.01 | 31 December 2007 |
| 101 |  Netherlands |
8.72 | 31 December 2007 |
| 102 |  Philippines |
8.69 | 31 December 2007 |
| 103 |  Chile |
8.67 | 31 December 2007 |
| 104 |  Belarus |
8.58 | 31 December 2007 |
| 105 |  Kuwait |
8.54 | 31 December 2007 |
| 106 |  India |
8.50 | 31 January 2009 |
| 107 |  Jordan |
8.45 | 31 December 2008 |
| 108 |  Bahrain |
8.35 | 31 December 2007 |
| 109 |  Panama |
8.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 110 |  Vanuatu |
8.16 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  European Union |
8.03 | 31 December 2007 |
| 111 |  Algeria |
8.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 112 |  Maldives |
8.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| 113 |  Portugal |
7.92 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  Gaza Strip |
7.73 | 31 December 2006 |
| — |  West Bank |
7.73 | 31 December 2006 |
| 114 |  Greece |
7.71 | 31 December 2007 |
| 115 |  San Marino |
7.58 | 31 December 2007 |
| 116 |  Mexico |
7.56 | 31 December 2007 |
| 117 |  Qatar |
7.43 | 31 December 2007 |
| 118 |  Oman |
7.29 | 31 December 2007 |
| 119 |  Thailand |
7.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 120 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7.17 | 31 December 2007 |
| 121 |  Ethiopia |
7.00 | 31 December 2006 |
| 122 |  South Korea |
7.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| 123 |  Uruguay |
7.00 | February 2009 |
| 124 |  Syria |
7.00 | 6 November 2008 |
| 125 |  Nepal |
7.00 | 16 July 2008 |
| 126 |  Lithuania |
6.86 | 31 December 2007 |
| 127 |  Slovenia |
6.82 | 31 December 2007 |
| 128 |  Cyprus |
6.74 | 31 December 2007 |
| 129 |  Early Modern France |
6.60 | 2008 |
| 130 |  Republic of Ireland |
6.52 | 31 December 2007 |
| 131 |  Estonia |
6.46 | 31 December 2007 |
| 132 |  Slovakia |
6.42 | 31 December 2008 |
| 133 |  Malaysia |
6.41 | 31 December 2007 |
| 134 |  Austria |
6.30 | 31 December 2007 |
| 135 |  Israel |
6.27 | 31 December 2007 |
| 136 |  Malta |
6.24 | 31 December 2007 |
| 137 |  Canada |
2.60 | 31 December 2010 |
| 138 |  Libya |
6.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 139 |  Germany |
5.96 | 31 December 2007 |
| 140 |  Czech Republic |
5.79 | 31 December 2007 |
| 141 |  Mainland China |
5.58 | 17 December 2007 |
| 142 |  United Kingdom |
5.52 | 31 December 2007 |
| 143 |  The Bahamas |
5.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 144 |  Brunei |
5.50 | February 2009 |
| 145 |  Poland |
5.48 | 31 December 2006 |
| 146 |  Singapore |
5.38 | 31 December 2008 |
| — |  Macau |
5.25 | 31 December 2008 |
| 147 |  Finland |
5.04 | December 2008 |
| — |  Hong Kong |
5.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| — |  Republic of China |
4.06 | 2008 est. |
| 148 |  Sweden |
4.00 | 2004 |
| 149 |  Norway |
3.50 | 1st quarter 2009 |
| 150 |  United States |
3.25 | 31 March 2009 |
| 151 |  Switzerland |
3.15 | 31 December 2007 |
| 152 |  Belgium |
2.10 | 30 January 2009 |
| 153 |  Japan |
1.68 | November 2008 |