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1 Zimbabwe 975.00 31 December 2007 2 Venezuela 28.50 31 December 2007 3 Sao Tome and Principe 28.00 31 December 2007 4 Turkey 25.00 31 December 2007 5 Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005 6 Iraq 20.00 31 December 2007 7 Paraguay 20.00 31 December 2007 8 Angola 19.57 31 December 2007 9 Brazil 17.85 31 December 2007 10 Costa Rica 17.00 31 December 2007 11 Tanzania 16.40 31 December 2007 12 Iceland 15.25 31 December 2007 13 Sri Lanka 15.00 31 December 2007 14 Tajikistan 15.00 31 December 2007 15 Malawi 15.00 31 December 2007 16 Uganda 14.68 31 December 2007 17 Botswana 14.50 31 December 2007 18 Ghana 13.50 31 December 2007 19 Azerbaijan 13.00 31 December 2007 20 Lesotho 12.82 31 December 2007 21 Laos 12.67 31 December 2007 22 Maldives 12.50 31 December 2007 23 Rwanda 12.50 31 December 2007 24 Barbados 12.00 31 December 2007 25 Burma 12.00 31 December 2007 26 Belize 12.00 31 December 2007 27 Mauritania 12.00 31 December 2007 28 Lebanon 12.00 31 December 2007 29 Zambia 11.73 31 December 2007 30 Colombia 11.50 31 December 2007 31 Kazakhstan 11.00 31 December 2007 32 South Africa 11.00 31 December 2007 33 Swaziland 11.00 31 December 2007 34 Ecuador 10.72 31 December 2007 35 Namibia 10.50 31 December 2007 36 Burundi 10.12 31 December 2007 37 Belarus 10.00 31 December 2007 38 Russia 10.00 31 December 2007 39 Uruguay 10.00 31 December 2007 40 Trinidad and Tobago 10.00 31 December 2007 41 Gambia, The 10.00 31 December 2007 42 Pakistan 10.00 31 December 2007 43 Mozambique 9.95 31 December 2007 44 Mongolia 9.87 31 December 2007 45 Serbia 9.57 31 December 2007 46 Nigeria 9.50 31 December 2007 47 Fiji 9.25 31 December 2007 48 Egypt 9.00 31 December 2007 49 Croatia 9.00 31 December 2007 50 Cape Verde 8.50 31 December 2007 51 New Zealand 8.25 31 December 2007 52 Indonesia 8.00 31 December 2007 53 Ukraine 8.00 31 December 2007 54 Hungary 7.50 31 December 2007 55 Papua New Guinea 7.38 31 December 2007 56 Jordan 7.00 31 December 2007 57 Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2007 58 Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2007 59 Bolivia 6.50 31 December 2007 60 Vietnam 6.50 31 December 2007 61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2007 62 Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2007 63 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2007 64 Macedonia 6.50 31 December 2007 65 Montserrat 6.50 31 December 2007 66 Guyana 6.50 31 December 2007 67 Grenada 6.50 31 December 2007 68 Dominica 6.50 31 December 2007 69 Albania 6.25 31 December 2007 70 Kuwait 6.25 31 December 2007 71 Norway 6.25 31 December 2007 72 Nepal 6.25 31 December 2007 73 Chile 6.00 31 December 2007 74 India 6.00 31 December 2007 75 Vanuatu 6.00 31 December 2007 76 Latvia 6.00 31 December 2007 77 Hong Kong 5.75 31 December 2007 78 Peru 5.75 31 December 2007 79 Qatar 5.50 31 December 2007 80 Comoros 5.36 31 December 2007 81 Bahamas, The 5.25 31 December 2007 82 Chad 5.25 31 December 2007 83 Gabon 5.25 31 December 2007 84 Equatorial Guinea 5.25 31 December 2007 85 Central African Republic 5.25 31 December 2007 86 Cameroon 5.25 31 December 2007 87 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.25 31 December 2007 88 Congo, Republic of the 5.25 31 December 2007 89 Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007 90 Seychelles 5.13 31 December 2007 91 Aruba 5.00 31 December 2007 92 Greece 5.00 31 December 2007 93 Germany 5.00 31 December 2007 94 France 5.00 31 December 2007 95 Finland 5.00 31 December 2007 96 Ireland 5.00 31 December 2007 97 European Union 5.00 31 December 2007 98 Cyprus 5.00 31 December 2007 99 Bangladesh 5.00 31 December 2007 100 Belgium 5.00 31 December 2007 101 Syria 5.00 31 December 2007 102 Spain 5.00 31 December 2007 103 Slovenia 5.00 31 December 2007 104 Portugal 5.00 31 December 2007 105 Poland 5.00 31 December 2007 106 Netherlands 5.00 31 December 2007 107 Luxembourg 5.00 31 December 2007 108 Italy 5.00 31 December 2007 109 Lithuania 4.85 31 December 2007 110 United States 4.83 31 December 2007 111 Bulgaria 4.58 31 December 2007 112 Canada 4.50 31 December 2007 113 Philippines 4.28 31 December 2007 114 Benin 4.25 31 December 2007 115 Slovakia 4.25 31 December 2007 116 Cote d'Ivoire 4.25 31 December 2007 117 Burkina Faso 4.25 31 December 2007 118 Togo 4.25 31 December 2007 119 Senegal 4.25 31 December 2007 120 Guinea-Bissau 4.25 31 December 2007 121 Niger 4.25 31 December 2007 122 Mali 4.25 31 December 2007 123 Algeria 4.00 31 December 2007 124 Israel 4.00 31 December 2007 125 Libya 4.00 31 December 2007 126 Denmark 4.00 31 December 2007 127 Thailand 3.75 31 December 2007 128 Czech Republic 3.50 31 December 2007 129 Sweden 3.50 31 December 2007 130 China 3.33 31 December 2007 131 Korea, South 3.25 31 December 2007 132 Morocco 3.25 31 December 2007 133 Switzerland 2.05 31 December 2007 134 Oman 1.98 31 December 2007 135 Japan 0.75 31 December 2007

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Country Comparison :: 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.

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