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
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	6.27	31 December 2007
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