Commercial bank prime lending rate - The World Factbook - CIA

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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	(%)
Commercial bank prime lending rate - The World Factbook - CIA
1	Zimbabwe	578.96
2	Haiti	46.99
3	Madagascar	45
4	Brazil	43.72
5	Sao Tome and Principe	32.40
6	Argentina	28
7	Gambia	27.92
8	Malawi	27.72
9	Paraguay	25.81
10	Kyrgyzstan	25.32
11	Sierra Leone	25
12	Peru	24.10
13	Laos	24
14	Mauritius	21.87
15	Georgia	20.80
16	Mozambique	19.52
17	Iceland	19.29
18	Azerbaijan	19.13
19	Uganda	19.11
20	Sri Lanka	18.89
21	Zambia	18.89
22	Moldova	18.83
23	Afghanistan	18.14
24	Serbia	18.11
25	Mongolia	18
26	Yemen	18
27	Angola	17.70
28	Armenia	17.52
29	Ukraine	17.49
30	Jamaica	17.20
31	Colombia	17.18
32	Venezuela	17.11
33	Burma	17
34	Iraq	17
35	Nigeria	16.94
36	Burundi	16.84
37	Honduras	16.61
38	Bangladesh	16.38
39	Botswana	16.22
40	Tanzania	16.03
41	Cambodia	16.01
42	Rwanda	15.84
43	Dominican Republic	15.83
44	Liberia	15.05
45	Timor-Leste	15.05
46	Cameroon	15
47	Central African Republic	15
48	Chad	15
49	Republic of the Congo	15
50	Equatorial Guinea	15
51	Gabon	15
52	Guyana	14.61
53	Belize	14.33
54	Lesotho	14.13
55	Solomon Islands	14.12
56	Albania	14.10
57	Micronesia	14.03
58	Bhutan	14
59	Namibia	13.74
60	Romania	13.35
61	Kenya	13.34
62	India	13.31
63	South Africa	13.17
64	Swaziland	13.17
65	Nicaragua	13.04
66	Maldives	13
67	Bolivia	12.86
68	Guatemala	12.84
69	New Zealand	12.83
70	Costa Rica	12.80
71	Samoa	12.65
72	Egypt	12.51
73	Tonga	12.16
74	Iran	12
75	Trinidad and Tobago	11.75
76	Vietnam	11.18
77	Aruba	11.01
78	Italy	10.93
79	Seychelles	10.89
80	Barbados	10.80
81	Cape Verde	10.55
82	Comoros	10.50
83	Antigua and Barbuda	10.44
84	Montserrat	10.40
85	Netherlands	10.37
86	Hungary	10.18
87	Lithuania	10.15
88	Croatia	10.07
89	Russia	10.03
90	Australia	10.02
91	Bulgaria	10
92	Lebanon	9.96
93	Papua New Guinea	9.78
94	Anguilla	9.76
95	Grenada	9.76
96	Suriname	9.71
97	Macedonia	9.68
98	Netherlands Antilles	9.21
99	Dominica	9.17
100	Ecuador	9.14
101	Montenegro	9.09
102	Fiji	9.01
103	St. Kitts and Nevis	8.89
104	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	8.80
105	Philippines	8.75
106	Mexico	8.71
107	Chile	8.67
108	Belarus	8.58
109	Bahrain	8.35
110	St. Lucia	8.34
111	Panama	8.25
112	Vanuatu	8.16
113	United States	8.05
114	European Union	8.03
115	Algeria	8
116	Portugal	7.92
117	El Salvador	7.81
118	West Bank	7.73
119	Greece	7.71
120	Kuwait	7.61
121	San Marino	7.58
122	Qatar	7.43
123	Oman	7.29
124	Uruguay	7.25
125	Indonesia	7.21
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.17
127	Thailand	7.04
128	Ethiopia	7
129	Slovenia	6.82
130	Cyprus	6.74
131	Ireland	6.52
132	Estonia	6.46
133	Malaysia	6.41
134	Austria	6.30
135	Israel	6.27
136	Malta	6.24
137	Canada	6.10
138	Libya	6
139	Germany	5.96
140	Czech Republic	5.79
141	Poland	5.72
142	China	5.58
143	United Kingdom	5.52
144	Bahamas	5.50
145	Brunei	5.50
146	Macau	5.43
147	Singapore	5.38
148	Hong Kong	5
149	Taiwan	4.06
150	Sweden	4
151	Norway	3.50
152	Switzerland	3.15

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