Lending interest rate (%) - Interest rates - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators

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Lending interest rate is the rate charged by banks on loans to prime customers.

Rank	Country	Value
Lending interest rate (%) - Interest rates - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Brazil	47.25
2	Madagascar	45
3	Sao Tome and Principe	32.40
4	Gambia	27
5	Paraguay	25.81
6	Malawi	25.28
7	Sierra Leone	24.50
8	Laos	24
9	Tajikistan	23.70
10	Peru	23.67
11	Venezuela	22.37
12	Mauritius	21.54
13	Georgia	21.24
14	Moldova	21.06
15	Mongolia	20.58
16	Uganda	20.45
17	Dominican Republic	19.95
18	Kyrgyzstan	19.86
19	Azerbaijan	19.76
20	Argentina	19.47
21	Zambia	19.06
22	Sri Lanka	18.89
23	Mozambique	18.31
24	Serbia	18.11
25	Yemen	18
26	Honduras	17.94
27	Haiti	17.81
28	Ukraine	17.49
29	Colombia	17.18
30	Armenia	17.05
31	Burma	17
32	Jamaica	16.83
33	Botswana	16.54
34	Burundi	16.52
35	Rwanda	16.51
36	Bangladesh	16.38
37	Lesotho	16.19
38	Costa Rica	15.83
39	Vietnam	15.78
40	Nigeria	15.48
41	South Africa	15.13
42	Romania	14.99
43	Tanzania	14.98
44	Afghanistan	14.92
45	Swaziland	14.83
46	Guyana	14.58
47	Solomon Islands	14.44
48	Liberia	14.40
49	Micronesia	14.38
50	Belize	14.14
51	Kenya	14.02
52	Bolivia	13.87
53	Kosovo	13.79
54	Namibia	13.74
55	Indonesia	13.60
56	Guatemala	13.39
57	India	13.31
58	Chile	13.26
59	Nicaragua	13.17
60	Timor-Leste	13.11
61	Albania	13.02
62	Maldives	13
63	Pakistan	12.94
64	Samoa	12.66
65	Angola	12.53
66	Tonga	12.46
67	Uruguay	12.45
68	Trinidad and Tobago	12.44
69	Egypt	12.32
70	Russia	12.23
71	New Zealand	12.21
72	Suriname	12.20
73	Latvia	11.85
74	Seychelles	11.81
75	Djibouti	11.56
76	Aruba	11.23
77	Bulgaria	10.86
78	Antigua and Barbuda	10.43
79	Hungary	10.18
80	St. Lucia	10.08
81	Croatia	10.07
82	Barbados	10.03
83	Cape Verde	9.99
84	Lebanon	9.96
85	Macedonia	9.68
86	Grenada	9.53
87	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	9.52
88	Papua New Guinea	9.27
89	Montenegro	9.24
90	Dominica	9.06
91	Jordan	9.03
92	Australia	8.91
93	Philippines	8.75
94	Mexico	8.71
95	St. Kitts and Nevis	8.70
96	Estonia	8.55
97	Belarus	8.55
98	Lithuania	8.41
99	Netherlands Antilles	8.33
100	Panama	8.16
101	Ethiopia	8
102	Algeria	8
103	Fiji	7.97
104	Kuwait	7.61
105	Norway	7.28
106	North Korea	7.17
107	South Korea	7.17
108	Oman	7.10
109	Thailand	7.04
110	Comoros	7
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.98
112	Italy	6.84
113	Qatar	6.84
114	Slovenia	6.66
115	Czech Republic	6.25
116	Malaysia	6.08
117	Israel	6.06
118	Libya	6
119	Malta	5.89
120	Brunei Darussalam	5.50
121	Bahamas	5.50
122	Macau	5.43
123	Singapore	5.38
124	China	5.31
125	Vanuatu	5.29
126	United States	5.09
127	Hong Kong	5
128	Canada	4.73
129	United Kingdom	4.63
130	Netherlands	4.60
131	Switzerland	3.34
132	Japan	1.91

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