| 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 |
15.15% (31 December 2011 est.)
15.222% (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Albania |
12.43% (31 December 2011 est.)
12.833% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Algeria |
8% (31 December 2011 est.)
8% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Angola |
18.76% (31 December 2011 est.)
22.68% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Anguilla |
8.9% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.6% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
10.91% (31 December 2011 est.)
11.025% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Argentina |
14.09% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.558% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Armenia |
17.75% (31 December 2011 est.)
18.9% (31 December 2010 est.) note: average lending rate on loans up to one year |
| Aruba |
9.66% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Australia |
7.74% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.279% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Austria |
3% (31 December 2011 est.)
2.564% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
18.99% (31 December 2011 est.)
21% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
5.06% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Bahrain |
6.79% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.25% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
13.25% (31 December 2011 est.)
13% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Barbados |
8.7% (31 December 2011 est.)
8.7% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Belarus |
13.58% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.217% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Belgium |
4.4% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.21% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Belize |
13.36% (31 December 2011 est.)
13.9% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Benin | NA% |
| Bhutan |
14.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Bolivia |
10.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.4% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7.43% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.89% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Botswana |
11% (31 December 2011 est.)
11.46% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Brazil |
43.88% (31 December 2011 est.)
39.992% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Brunei |
5.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
10.63% (31 December 2011 est.)
11.144% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | NA% |
| Burma |
16.33% (31 December 2011 est.)
17% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Burundi |
13.33% (31 December 2011 est.)
12.4% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Cambodia |
15.6% (31 December 2011 est.)
15.633% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Cameroon |
14.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
14% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Canada |
3% (31 December 2011 est.)
2.604% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Cape Verde |
9.81% (31 December 2011 est.)
11% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
15% (31 December 2011 est.)
15% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Chad |
15% (31 December 2011 est.)
14% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Chile |
9.03% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.753% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| China |
6.56% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.81% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Colombia |
11.22% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.383% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Comoros |
10.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
43.75% (31 December 2011 est.)
56.8% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
15.3% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.8% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
16.15% (31 December 2011 est.)
17.091% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
4.8% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Croatia |
9.68% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.38% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Cuba | NA% |
| Cyprus |
7.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
6.815% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
5.72% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.889% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Denmark |
4.3% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Djibouti |
10.61% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Dominica |
9.19% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.475% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
15.55% (31 December 2011 est.)
12.14% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Ecuador |
8.17% (31 December 2011 est.)
9% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Egypt |
11.03% (31 December 2011 est.)
11.008% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| El Salvador |
7% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.62% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
15% (31 December 2011 est.)
15% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Eritrea | NA% |
| Estonia |
6.12% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.759% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
15% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| European Union |
5.9% (31 December 2010 est.)
7.52% (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Fiji |
7.47% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Finland |
2.68% (31 December 2011 est.)
2.267% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| France |
3.6% (31 December 2011 est.)
3.373% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Gabon |
15% (31 December 2011 est.)
15% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
28% (31 December 2011 est.)
28% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | see entry for West Bank |
| Georgia |
25.87% (31 December 2011 est.)
24.213% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Germany |
8.4% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.96% (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Ghana |
20.6% (31 December 2011 est.)
22.7% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Greece |
7% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.984% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Grenada |
10.69% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.6% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Guatemala |
13.43% (31 December 2011 est.)
13.34% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Guinea |
28% (31 December 2011 est.)
24% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
15.3% (31 December 2011 est.)
15% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Guyana |
14.45% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.54% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Haiti |
11.61% (31 December 2011 est.)
17.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Honduras |
18.56% (31 December 2011 est.)
18.87% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
5% (31 December 2011 est.)
5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Hungary |
8.32% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.57% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Iceland |
7.7% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.242% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| India |
10.17% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.167% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Indonesia |
12.4% (31 December 2011 est.)
13.252% (31 December 2010 est.) note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans |
| Iran |
12.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
12.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Iraq |
14.13% (31 December 2011 est.)
6% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Ireland |
3.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.45% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Israel |
5.54% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.492% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Italy |
4.55% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.032% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Jamaica |
19.51% (31 December 2011 est.)
16% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Japan |
1.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
1.475% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Jordan |
8.71% (31 December 2011 est.)
8.9% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
7.1% (31 December 2011 est.)
8.161% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Kenya |
15.05% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.37% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Korea, South |
5.76% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.508% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Kosovo |
13.86% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.31% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Kuwait |
5.19% (31 December 2011 est.)
2.9% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
40.21% (31 December 2011 est.)
29.425% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Laos |
22% (31 December 2011 est.)
22.613% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Latvia |
6.39% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.56% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Lebanon |
7.53% (31 December 2011 est.)
8.337% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Lesotho |
10.43% (31 December 2011 est.)
11.2% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Liberia |
13.75% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Libya |
6% (31 December 2011 est.)
6% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Lithuania |
5.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.988% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Macau |
5.25% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Macedonia |
8.87% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.9% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Madagascar |
52.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
46% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Malawi |
23.75% (31 December 2011 est.)
24.675% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Malaysia |
4.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.05% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Maldives |
10.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
13% (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Mali |
9% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.2% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Malta |
4.75% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.617% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Mauritania |
17% (31 December 2011 est.)
17% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Mauritius |
8.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
19.25% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Mexico |
4.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.287% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
14.35% (31 December 2011 est.)
15.38% (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Moldova |
14.44% (31 December 2011 est.)
16.36% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Mongolia |
16.61% (31 December 2011 est.)
17.9% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Montenegro |
9.69% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.53% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Montserrat |
8.6% (31 December 2011 est.)
8.728% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Morocco |
6.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
6.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Mozambique |
19.1% (31 December 2011 est.)
16.263% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Namibia |
8.73% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.72% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Nepal |
7.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
8% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Netherlands |
2% (31 December 2011 est.)
3.013% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| New Zealand |
6.11% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.095% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
10.54% (31 December 2011 est.)
13.32% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Niger |
4.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Nigeria |
16.02% (31 December 2011 est.)
17.585% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Norway |
5% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.6% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Oman |
6.19% (31 December 2011 est.)
6.835% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Pakistan |
14.42% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.12% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Panama |
6.91% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.74% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
10.81% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.45% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Paraguay |
28.94% (31 December 2011 est.)
26.04% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Peru |
18.68% (31 December 2011 est.)
3.63% (31 December 2010 est.) note: domestic currency lending rate |
| Philippines |
6.66% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.673% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Poland |
8.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
8.367% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Portugal |
5.7% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.225% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Qatar |
5.49% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.34% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Romania |
12.13% (31 December 2011 est.)
12.65% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Russia |
8.46% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.817% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Rwanda |
16% (31 December 2011 est.)
16% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
8.84% (31 December 2011 est.)
8.625% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
10.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.625% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
9.14% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.2% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Samoa |
9.96% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.725% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| San Marino |
5.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.74% (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
26.95% (31 December 2011 est.)
20% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
7.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.2% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Senegal |
15% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Serbia |
17.17% (31 December 2011 est.)
12.43% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Seychelles |
11.19% (31 December 2011 est.)
12.703% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
21% (31 December 2011 est.)
21.25% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Singapore |
5.38% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.38% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Slovakia |
3.8% (31 December 2011 est.)
3.39% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Slovenia |
5.9% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.681% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
13.17% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.4% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Somalia | NA% |
| South Africa |
9% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.833% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Spain |
8.3% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.223% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
9.41% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.29% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Suriname |
11.76% (31 December 2011 est.)
11.55% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Swaziland |
9% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.75% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Sweden |
4.3% (31 December 2011 est.)
3.386% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Switzerland |
2.72% (31 December 2011 est.)
2.733% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Syria |
10.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
10% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Taiwan |
2.8% (31 December 2011 est.)
2.676% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
24.84% (31 December 2011 est.)
21.73% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Tanzania |
14.96% (31 December 2011 est.)
14.55% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Thailand |
6.91% (31 December 2011 est.)
6.31% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
11.04% (31 December 2011 est.)
11% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Togo |
NA%
|
| Tonga |
11.37% (31 December 2011 est.)
11.53% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
7.97% (31 December 2011 est.)
9.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Tunisia |
7.31% (31 December 2010 est.)
7.305% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Turkey |
16% (31 December 2011 est.)
19% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Uganda |
21.83% (31 December 2011 est.)
20.17% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Ukraine |
15.95% (31 December 2011 est.)
15.869% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
4% (31 December 2011 est.)
3.962% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| United States |
3.25% (31 December 2011 est.)
3.25% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Uruguay |
9.78% (31 December 2011 est.)
10.6% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
5.8% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Venezuela |
17.15% (31 December 2011 est.)
18.348% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Vietnam |
16.95% (31 December 2011 est.)
13.135% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| West Bank |
7.3% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.3% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Yemen |
25% (31 December 2011 est.)
25% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Zambia |
18.84% (31 December 2011 est.)
20.92% (31 December 2010 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
36% (31 December 2011 est.)
41% (31 December 2010 est.) |