FIELD LISTING :: 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.

Country Comparison to the World

Country | COMMERCIAL BANK PRIME LENDING RATE(%)
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Afghanistan | 15.08% (31 December 2013 est.) 15% (31 December 2012 est.)
Albania | 7% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.52% (31 December 2013 est.)
Algeria | 8% (31 December 2014 est.) 8% (31 December 2013 est.)
Angola | 15.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 15.8% (31 December 2013 est.)
Anguilla | 8.9% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.08% (31 December 2013 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | 10.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.98% (31 December 2013 est.)
Argentina | 25.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 17.15% (31 December 2013 est.)
Armenia | 16.21% (31 December 2014 est.) 15.04% (31 December 2013 est.) note: average lending rate on loans up to one year
Aruba | 8.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Australia | 6% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.18% (31 December 2013 est.)
Austria | 2.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 2.21% (31 December 2013 est.)
Azerbaijan | 18% (31 December 2014 est.) 18.25% (31 December 2013 est.)
Bahamas, The | 5.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.75% (31 December 2013 est.)
Bahrain | 6.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.93% (31 December 2013 est.)
Bangladesh | 13% (31 December 2014 est.) 13% (31 December 2013 est.)
Barbados | 9% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.7% (31 December 2013 est.)
Belarus | 20% (31 December 2014 est.) 19.13% (31 December 2013 est.)
Belgium | 3.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 3.49% (31 December 2013 est.)
Belize | 12% (31 December 2014 est.) 11.57% (31 December 2013 est.)
Benin | NA%
Bhutan | 14% (31 December 2014 est.) 14% (31 December 2013 est.)
Bolivia | 9.7% (31 December 2014 est.) 11.05% (31 December 2013 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.39% (31 December 2014 est.) 7.23% (31 December 2013 est.)
Botswana | 9% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.19% (31 December 2013 est.)
Brazil | 33% (31 December 2014 est.) 27.4% (31 December 2013 est.)
Brunei | 5.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Bulgaria | 7.56% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.11% (31 December 2013 est.)
Burkina Faso | NA% (31 December 2014 est.)
Burma | 13% (31 December 2014 est.) 13% (31 December 2013 est.)
Burundi | 15% (31 December 2014 est.) 15.15% (31 December 2013 est.)
Cabo Verde | 10.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.54% (31 December 2013 est.)
Cambodia | 12.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.8% (31 December 2013 est.)
Cameroon | 13.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 14% (31 December 2013 est.)
Canada | 3% (31 December 2014 est.) 3% (31 December 2013 est.)
Central African Republic | 15% (31 December 2014 est.) 15% (31 December 2013 est.)
Chad | 15.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 15.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Chile | 8.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.26% (31 December 2013 est.)
China | 5.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 6% (31 December 2013 est.)
Colombia | 10.9% (31 December 2014 est.) 11% (31 December 2013 est.)
Comoros | 10.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 17.4% (31 December 2014 est.) 19.38% (31 December 2013 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 14.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 14.8% (31 December 2013 est.)
Costa Rica | 15.4% (31 December 2014 est.) 15.19% (31 December 2013 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 3.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 3.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Croatia | 5.56% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.24% (31 December 2013 est.)
Cuba | NA%
Cyprus | 6.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.89% (31 December 2013 est.)
Czech Republic | 4.7% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.97% (31 December 2013 est.)
Denmark | 3.9% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.04% (31 December 2013 est.)
Djibouti | 10.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 11% (31 December 2013 est.)
Dominica | 9.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.1% (31 December 2013 est.)
Dominican Republic | 13.7% (31 December 2014 est.) 13.59% (31 December 2013 est.)
Ecuador | 8.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.17% (31 December 2013 est.)
Egypt | 11.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.29% (31 December 2013 est.)
El Salvador | 6% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.74% (31 December 2013 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 15% (31 December 2014 est.) 15% (31 December 2013 est.)
Eritrea | NA%
Estonia | 5.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.37% (31 December 2013 est.)
Ethiopia | 11% (31 December 2014 est.) 12% (31 December 2013 est.)
European Union | 5.9% (31 December 2010 est.) 7.52% (31 December 2009 est.)
Fiji | 5.71% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.84% (31 December 2013 est.)
Finland | 2% (31 December 2014 est.) 2.11% (31 December 2013 est.)
France | 2.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 2.84% (31 December 2013 est.)
Gabon | 15% (31 December 2014 est.) 15% (31 December 2013 est.)
Gambia, The | 33.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 28% (31 December 2013 est.)
Gaza Strip | see entry for West Bank
Georgia | 12.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 13.59% (31 December 2013 est.)
Germany | 2.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 2.76% (31 December 2013 est.)
Ghana | 30% (31 December 2014 est.) 25.6% (31 December 2013 est.)
Greece | 6.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 7% (31 December 2013 est.)
Grenada | 9.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.28% (31 December 2013 est.)
Guatemala | 13.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 13.6% (31 December 2013 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | 15% (31 December 2014 est.) 15% (31 December 2013 est.)
Guinea | 23% (31 December 2014 est.) 26% (31 December 2013 est.)
Guyana | 13.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 13.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Haiti | 8.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.72% (31 December 2013 est.)
Honduras | 17.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 20.08% (31 December 2013 est.)
Hong Kong | 5% (31 December 2014 est.) 5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Hungary | 4.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.33% (31 December 2013 est.)
Iceland | 8.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.17% (31 December 2013 est.)
India | 10.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.33% (31 December 2013 est.)
Indonesia | 12.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 11.7% (31 December 2013 est.) note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans
Iran | 11.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 11% (31 December 2013 est.)
Iraq | 6% (31 December 2014 est.) 6% (31 December 2013 est.)
Ireland | 3.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 3.28% (31 December 2013 est.)
Israel | 3.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.54% (31 December 2013 est.)
Italy | 5.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.14% (31 December 2013 est.)
Jamaica | 17.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 17.72% (31 December 2013 est.)
Japan | 1.48% (31 December 2014 est.) 1.48% (31 December 2013 est.)
Jordan | 8.74% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.85% (31 December 2013 est.)
Kazakhstan | 6.9% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.3% (31 December 2013 est.)
Kenya | 16.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 17.31% (31 December 2013 est.)
Korea, South | 4.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.64% (31 December 2013 est.)
Kosovo | 12.8% (30 June 2013 est.) 13.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
Kuwait | 5% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.9% (31 December 2013 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 24% (31 December 2014 est.) 20.93% (31 December 2013 est.)
Laos | 24.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 23.2% (31 December 2013 est.)
Latvia | 6% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.92% (31 December 2013 est.)
Lebanon | 7.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 7.35% (31 December 2013 est.)
Lesotho | 10.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.92% (31 December 2013 est.)
Liberia | 14% (31 December 2014 est.) 13.48% (31 December 2013 est.)
Libya | 5.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 6% (31 December 2013 est.)
Lithuania | 5.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.94% (31 December 2013 est.)
Macau | 5.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.25% (31 December 2013 est.)
Macedonia | 5.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.4% (31 December 2013 est.)
Madagascar | 61% (31 December 2014 est.) 58.98% (31 December 2013 est.)
Malawi | 44% (31 December 2014 est.) 46% (31 December 2013 est.)
Malaysia | 4.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.56% (31 December 2013 est.)
Maldives | 10.5% (31 December 2012 est.) 10.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
Mali | 9.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.3% (31 December 2013 est.)
Malta | 0.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 0.75% (31 December 2013 est.)
Mauritania | 18% (31 December 2014 est.) 18% (31 December 2013 est.)
Mauritius | 8.7% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Mexico | 4% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.25% (31 December 2013 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.1% (2013 est.) 6.4% (2012 est.)
Moldova | 12% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.29% (31 December 2013 est.)
Mongolia | 18.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 17.4% (31 December 2013 est.)
Montenegro | 9.22% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.36% (31 December 2013 est.)
Montserrat | 8% (31 December 2014 est.) 8% (31 December 2013 est.)
Morocco | 6% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.23% (31 December 2013 est.)
Mozambique | 15.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 15.33% (31 December 2013 est.)
Namibia | 9% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.29% (31 December 2013 est.)
Nepal | 10.9% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.4% (31 December 2013 est.)
Netherlands | 2.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 2.31% (31 December 2013 est.)
New Zealand | 6.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.53% (31 December 2013 est.)
Nicaragua | 14.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 14.98% (31 December 2013 est.)
Nigeria | 17% (31 December 2014 est.) 16.72% (31 December 2013 est.)
Niger | 3.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 3.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Norway | 2.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 2.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Oman | 5.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.41% (31 December 2013 est.)
Pakistan | 9.7% (8 December 2014 est.) 9.98% (31 December 2013 est.)
Panama | 6.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.59% (31 December 2013 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 10.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.13% (31 December 2013 est.)
Paraguay | 19.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 19.27% (31 December 2013 est.)
Peru | 15.7% (31 December 2014 est.) 18.16% (31 December 2013 est.) note: domestic currency lending rate, 90 day maturity
Philippines | 4.56% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.35% (31 December 2013 est.)
Poland | 6.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 7.07% (31 December 2013 est.)
Portugal | 5.08% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.69% (31 December 2013 est.)
Puerto Rico | 3.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 3.3% (31 December 2013 est.)
Qatar | 4.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Romania | 8.45% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.52% (31 December 2013 est.)
Russia | 11.3% (2014 est.) 9.47% (31 December 2013 est.)
Rwanda | 17.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 17.3% (31 December 2013 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.78% (31 December 2013 est.)
Saint Lucia | 9.1% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.05% (31 December 2013 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.4% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.45% (31 December 2013 est.)
Samoa | 10.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.19% (31 December 2013 est.)
San Marino | 5.92% (31 December 2011 est.) 5.38% (31 December 2010 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | 25.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 25.75% (31 December 2013 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 6.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.7% (31 December 2013 est.)
Senegal | 13.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 14% (31 December 2013 est.)
Serbia | 13.04% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.35% (31 December 2013 est.)
Seychelles | 13% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.29% (31 December 2013 est.)
Sierra Leone | 19.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 20.56% (31 December 2013 est.)
Singapore | 5.35% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.38% (31 December 2013 est.)
Slovakia | 3.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 3.34% (31 December 2013 est.)
Slovenia | 5.2% (31 December 2014 est.) 5.68% (31 December 2013 est.)
Solomon Islands | 10.9% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.77% (31 December 2013 est.)
Somalia | NA%
South Africa | 9.25% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Spain | 9.4% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.34% (31 December 2013 est.)
Sri Lanka | 11.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Suriname | 12.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 12% (31 December 2013 est.)
Swaziland | 8.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 8.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Sweden | 2.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 3.23% (31 December 2013 est.)
Switzerland | 2.7% (31 December 2014 est.) 2.69% (31 December 2013 est.)
Syria | 17% (31 December 2014 est.) 16% (31 December 2013 est.)
Taiwan | 2.88% (31 January 2015 est.) 2.88% (31 December 2013 est.)
Tajikistan | 22% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.6% (31 December 2013 est.)
Tanzania | 17.4% (31 December 2014 est.) 15.82% (31 December 2013 est.)
Thailand | 7% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.94% (31 December 2014 est.)
Timor-Leste | 12.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.41% (31 December 2013 est.)
Togo | NA%
Tonga | 9.4% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.26% (31 December 2013 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 7.8% (31 December 2014 est.) 7.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Tunisia | 7.31% (31 December 2014 est.) 6.76% (31 December 2013 est.)
Turkey | 13.6% (31 December 2014 est.) 11.06% (31 December 2013 est.)
Tuvalu | 10.6% (2013 est.) 10.6% (2012 est.)
Uganda | 20.7% (31 December 2014 est.) 22% (31 December 2013 est.)
Ukraine | 18% (31 December 2014 est.) 16.65% (31 December 2013 est.)
United Kingdom | 4.4% (31 December 2014 est.) 4.37% (31 December 2013 est.)
United States | 3.3% (31 December 2014 est.) 3.25% (31 December 2013 est.)
Uruguay | 15.7% (31 December 2014 est.) 12.44% (31 December 2013 est.)
Uzbekistan | 12.44% (31 December 2013 est.) 11.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
Vanuatu | 5.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Venezuela | 17.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 15.9% (31 December 2013 est.)
Vietnam | 9.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 10.37% (31 December 2013 est.)
West Bank | 7.5% (31 December 2014 est.) 7.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
Yemen | 20% (31 December 2014 est.) 22% (31 December 2013 est.)
Zambia | 14% (31 December 2014 est.) 9.52% (31 December 2013 est.)
Zimbabwe | 22% (31 December 2014 est.) 28% (31 December 2013 est.)