Countries with the highest commercial bank prime lending rate


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



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
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 Sao Tome and Principe 32.40 31 December 2007
6 Laos 28.50 31 December 2007
7 Argentina 28.00 28 November 2008
8 Gambia, The 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 Mauritius 21.87 31 December 2007
15 Georgia 20.41 31 December 2007
16 Iraq 19.74 31 December 2007
17 Mozambique 19.52 31 December 2007
18 Iceland 19.29 31 December 2007
19 Azerbaijan 19.13 31 December 2007
20 Uganda 19.11 31 December 2007
21 Zambia 18.89 31 December 2007
22 Moldova 18.83 31 December 2007
23 Afghanistan 18.14 31 December 2007
24 Yemen 18.00 31 December 2007
25 Angola 17.70 31 December 2007
26 Mongolia 17.54 31 December 2007
27 Armenia 17.52 31 December 2007
28 Jamaica 17.20 31 December 2007
29 Venezuela 17.11 31 December 2007
30 Burma 17.00 31 December 2007
31 Nigeria 16.94 31 December 2007
32 Burundi 16.84 31 December 2007
33 Honduras 16.61 31 December 2007
34 Botswana 16.22 31 December 2007
35 Cambodia 16.18 31 December 2007
36 Tanzania 16.03 31 December 2007
37 Bangladesh 16.00 31 December 2007
38 Rwanda 15.84 31 December 2007
39 Dominican Republic 15.83 31 December 2007
40 Liberia 15.05 31 December 2007
41 Timor-Leste 15.05 31 December 2007
42 Chad 15.00 31 December 2007
43 Gabon 15.00 31 December 2007
44 Equatorial Guinea 15.00 31 December 2007
45 Central African Republic 15.00 31 December 2007
46 Congo, Republic of the 15.00 31 December 2007
47 Cameroon 15.00 31 December 2007
48 Guyana 14.61 31 December 2007
49 Belize 14.33 31 December 2007
50 Lesotho 14.13 31 December 2007
51 Solomon Islands 14.12 31 December 2007
52 Albania 14.10 31 December 2007
53 Micronesia, Federated States of 14.03 31 December 2007
54 Bhutan 14.00 31 December 2007
55 Romania 13.35 31 December 2007
56 Kenya 13.34 31 December 2007
57 South Africa 13.17 31 December 2007
58 Swaziland 13.17 31 December 2007
59 Nicaragua 13.04 31 December 2007
60 Maldives 13.00 31 December 2007
61 Namibia 12.88 31 December 2007
62 Bolivia 12.86 31 December 2007
63 Guatemala 12.84 31 December 2007
64 New Zealand 12.83 31 December 2007
65 Costa Rica 12.80 31 December 2007
66 Samoa 12.65 31 December 2007
67 Egypt 12.51 31 December 2007
68 Tonga 12.16 31 December 2007
69 Iran 12.00 31 December 2007
70 Trinidad and Tobago 11.75 31 December 2007
71 Ukraine 11.33 31 December 2007
72 Vietnam 11.18 31 December 2007
73 Serbia 11.13 31 December 2007
74 Aruba 11.01 31 December 2007
75 Italy 10.93 31 December 2007
76 Seychelles 10.89 31 December 2007
77 Barbados 10.80 31 December 2007
78 Cape Verde 10.55 31 December 2007
79 Comoros 10.50 31 December 2007
80 Antigua and Barbuda 10.44 31 December 2007
81 Montserrat 10.40 31 December 2007
82 Lebanon 10.26 31 December 2007
83 Macedonia 10.23 31 December 2007
84 Australia 10.02 31 December 2007
85 Bulgaria 10.00 31 December 2007
86 Papua New Guinea 9.78 31 December 2007
87 Anguilla 9.76 31 December 2007
88 Grenada 9.76 31 December 2007
89 Suriname 9.71 31 December 2007
90 Netherlands Antilles 9.21 31 December 2007
91 Dominica 9.17 31 December 2007
92 Montenegro 9.09 31 December 2007
93 Fiji 9.01 31 December 2007
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.89 31 December 2007
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.80 31 December 2007
96 Netherlands 8.72 31 December 2007
97 Philippines 8.69 31 December 2007
98 Chile 8.67 31 December 2007
99 Belarus 8.58 31 December 2007
100 Kuwait 8.54 31 December 2007
101 Bahrain 8.35 31 December 2007
102 Saint Lucia 8.34 31 December 2007
103 Panama 8.25 31 December 2007
104 Vanuatu 8.16 31 December 2007
105 United States 8.05 31 December 2007
106 European Union 8.03 31 December 2007
107 Algeria 8.00 31 December 2007
108 Portugal 7.92 31 December 2007
109 El Salvador 7.81 31 December 2007
110 Gaza Strip 7.73 31 December 2006
111 West Bank 7.73 31 December 2006
112 Greece 7.71 31 December 2007
113 San Marino 7.58 31 December 2007
114 Mexico 7.56 31 December 2007
115 Qatar 7.43 31 December 2007
116 Oman 7.29 31 December 2007
117 Thailand 7.25 31 December 2007
118 Uruguay 7.25 31 December 2007
119 Indonesia 7.21 31 December 2007
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.17 31 December 2007
121 Ethiopia 7.00 31 December 2006
122 Lithuania 6.86 31 December 2007
123 Slovenia 6.82 31 December 2007
124 Cyprus 6.74 31 December 2007
125 Ireland 6.52 31 December 2007
126 Estonia 6.46 31 December 2007
127 Malaysia 6.41 31 December 2007
128 Austria 6.30 31 December 2007
129 Israel 6.27 31 December 2007
130 Malta 6.24 31 December 2007
131 Canada 6.10 31 December 2007
132 Libya 6.00 31 December 2007
133 Germany 5.96 31 December 2007
134 Czech Republic 5.79 31 December 2007
135 Poland 5.72 31 December 2007
136 China 5.58 17 December 2007
137 United Kingdom 5.52 31 December 2007
138 Bahamas, The 5.50 31 December 2007
139 Brunei 5.50 February 2009
140 Sweden 4.00 2004
141 Norway 3.50 1st quarter 2009
142 Switzerland 3.15 31 December 2007



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