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1 Zimbabwe 975.00 31 December 2007 2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 40.00 31 December 2008 3 Venezuela 33.50 31 December 2008 4 Sao Tome and Principe 28.00 31 December 2008 5 Costa Rica 25.00 31 December 2008 6 Turkey 25.00 31 December 2008 7 Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005 8 Iceland 22.00 31 December 2008 9 Brazil 20.48 31 December 2008 10 Paraguay 20.00 31 December 2007 11 Uruguay 20.00 31 December 2008 12 Angola 19.57 31 December 2008 13 Uganda 19.42 31 December 2008 14 Serbia 17.75 31 December 2008 15 Ghana 17.00 31 December 2008 16 Iraq 16.75 31 December 2008 17 Tanzania 15.99 31 December 2008 18 Kyrgyzstan 15.11 31 December 2008 19 Botswana 15.00 31 December 2008 20 Pakistan 15.00 31 December 2008 21 Malawi 15.00 31 December 2008 22 Mongolia 14.78 31 December 2008 23 Zambia 14.49 31 December 2008 24 Lesotho 14.05 31 December 2008 25 Tajikistan 13.50 31 December 2008 26 Bolivia 13.00 31 December 2008 27 Maldives 13.00 31 December 2008 28 Russia 13.00 31 December 2008 29 Rwanda 12.50 31 December 2007 30 Belarus 12.00 31 December 2008 31 Belize 12.00 31 December 2008 32 Ukraine 12.00 31 December 2008 33 Mauritania 12.00 31 December 2007 34 Burma 12.00 31 December 2008 35 Lebanon 12.00 31 December 2008 36 Egypt 11.50 31 December 2008 37 South Africa 11.50 31 December 2008 38 Gambia, The 11.00 31 December 2008 39 Swaziland 11.00 31 December 2008 40 Indonesia 10.83 31 December 2008 41 Trinidad and Tobago 10.75 31 December 2008 42 Kazakhstan 10.50 31 December 2008 43 Vietnam 10.25 31 December 2008 44 Burundi 10.08 31 December 2008 45 Barbados 10.00 31 December 2008 46 Hungary 10.00 31 December 2008 47 Namibia 10.00 31 December 2008 48 Mozambique 9.95 31 December 2008 49 Nigeria 9.75 31 December 2008 50 Ecuador 9.14 31 December 2008 51 Croatia 9.00 31 December 2008 52 Chile 8.25 31 December 2008 53 Azerbaijan 8.00 31 December 2008 54 Cape Verde 7.50 31 December 2008 55 Sri Lanka 7.50 31 December 2009 56 Armenia 7.25 2 December 2008 57 Peru 7.25 31 December 2008 58 Papua New Guinea 7.00 31 December 2008 59 Guyana 6.75 31 December 2008 60 Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2008 61 Dominica 6.50 31 December 2008 62 Macedonia 6.50 31 December 2008 63 Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2008 64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2008 65 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2008 66 Nepal 6.50 31 December 2009 67 Montserrat 6.50 31 December 2008 68 Grenada 6.50 31 December 2008 69 Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2008 70 Fiji 6.32 31 December 2008 71 Albania 6.25 31 December 2008 72 Norway 6.25 31 December 2007 73 Jordan 6.25 31 December 2008 74 India 6.00 31 December 2008 75 Latvia 6.00 31 December 2008 76 Philippines 6.00 31 December 2008 77 Vanuatu 6.00 31 December 2008 78 Bulgaria 5.77 31 December 2008 79 Colombia 5.50 31 December 2009 80 Qatar 5.50 31 December 2008 81 Comoros 5.36 31 December 2008 82 Bahamas, The 5.25 31 December 2008 83 Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007 84 Seychelles 5.13 31 December 2007 85 Aruba 5.00 31 December 2008 86 Bangladesh 5.00 31 December 2008 87 Libya 5.00 31 December 2008 88 Syria 5.00 31 December 2008 89 Poland 5.00 31 December 2008 90 New Zealand 5.00 31 December 2008 91 Benin 4.75 31 December 2008 92 Central African Republic 4.75 31 December 2008 93 Chad 4.75 31 December 2008 94 Togo 4.75 31 December 2008 95 Senegal 4.75 31 December 2008 96 Niger 4.75 31 December 2008 97 Mali 4.75 31 December 2008 98 Guinea-Bissau 4.75 31 December 2008 99 Gabon 4.75 31 December 2008 100 Equatorial Guinea 4.75 31 December 2008 101 Cote d'Ivoire 4.75 31 December 2008 102 Congo, Republic of the 4.75 31 December 2008 103 Burkina Faso 4.75 31 December 2008 104 Cameroon 4.75 31 December 2008 105 Lithuania 4.73 31 December 2008 106 Australia 4.25 3 December 2008 107 Algeria 4.00 31 December 2008 108 Laos 4.00 31 December 2009 109 Kuwait 3.75 31 December 2008 110 Denmark 3.50 31 December 2008 111 Sweden 3.50 31 December 2007 112 Morocco 3.32 31 December 2008 113 Belgium 3.00 31 December 2008 114 Finland 3.00 31 December 2008 115 Cyprus 3.00 31 December 2008 116 France 3.00 31 December 2008 117 Greece 3.00 31 December 2008 118 Ireland 3.00 31 December 2008 119 Italy 3.00 31 December 2008 120 Germany 3.00 31 December 2008 121 European Union 3.00 31 December 2008 122 Spain 3.00 31 December 2008 123 Slovenia 3.00 31 December 2008 124 Slovakia 3.00 31 December 2008 125 Portugal 3.00 31 December 2008 126 Netherlands 3.00 31 December 2008 127 Malta 3.00 31 December 2008 128 Luxembourg 3.00 31 December 2008 129 China 2.79 31 December 2008 130 Israel 2.50 31 December 2008 131 Czech Republic 2.25 31 December 2008 132 Canada 1.75 31 December 2008 133 Korea, South 1.75 31 December 2008 134 Thailand 1.25 31 December 2009 135 Oman 0.91 31 December 2008 136 United Kingdom 0.86 31 December 2008 137 United States 0.86 31 December 2008 138 Hong Kong 0.50 31 December 2008 139 Japan 0.30 31 December 2008 140 Switzerland 0.05 31 December 2008

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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.

Rank country (%) Date of Information