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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 Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Commercial bank prime lending rate field
Country | Commercial bank prime lending rate
--- | ---
Afghanistan | 15% (31 December 2016 est.) 15% (31 December 2015 est.)
Albania | 8.22% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.78% (31 December 2016 est.)
Algeria | 8% (31 December 2017 est.) 8% (31 December 2016 est.)
Angola | 15.82% (31 December 2017 est.) 15.78% (31 December 2016 est.)
Anguilla | 9.48% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.01% (31 December 2016 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | 9.31% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.58% (31 December 2016 est.)
Argentina | 26.58% (31 December 2017 est.) 31.23% (31 December 2016 est.)
Armenia | 14.41% (31 December 2017 est.) 17.36% (31 December 2016 est.) note: average lending rate on loans up to one year
Aruba | 7% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.83% (31 December 2016 est.)
Australia | 5.24% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.42% (31 December 2016 est.)
Austria | 1.57% (31 December 2017 est.) 1.86% (31 December 2016 est.)
Azerbaijan | 12.7% (31 December 2017 est.) 12.56% (31 December 2016 est.)
Bahamas, The | 4.25% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.75% (31 December 2016 est.)
Bahrain | 5.33% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.18% (31 December 2016 est.)
Bangladesh | 9.54% (31 December 2017 est.) 10.41% (31 December 2016 est.)
Barbados | 8.1% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.05% (31 December 2016 est.)
Belarus | 9.66% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
Belgium | 2.08% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.02% (31 December 2016 est.)
Belize | 9.46% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.84% (31 December 2016 est.)
Benin | 5.3% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
Bhutan | 15% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.15% (31 December 2016 est.)
Bolivia | 8.11% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.95% (31 December 2016 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.38% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.24% (31 December 2016 est.)
Botswana | 6.88% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
Brazil | 46.92% (31 December 2017 est.) 52.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
Brunei | 5.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Bulgaria | 5.41% (31 December 2017 est.) 6.39% (31 December 2016 est.)
Burkina Faso | 5.3% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
Burma | 13% (31 December 2017 est.) 13% (31 December 2016 est.)
Burundi | 14.8% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.24% (31 December 2016 est.)
Cabo Verde | 9.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.61% (31 December 2016 est.)
Cambodia | 10.92% (31 December 2017 est.) 11.36% (31 December 2016 est.)
Cameroon | 13% (31 December 2017 est.) 12.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Canada | 3.2% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
Cayman Islands | 14.9% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
Central African Republic | 15.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 15.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Chad | 15.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 15.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Chile | 4.6% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.59% (31 December 2016 est.)
China | 4.35% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.35% (31 December 2016 est.)
Colombia | 13.69% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.65% (31 December 2016 est.)
Comoros | 10.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 10.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20.62% (31 December 2017 est.) 19.05% (31 December 2016 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 14.6% (31 December 2017 est.) 14% (31 December 2016 est.)
Costa Rica | 11.37% (31 December 2017 est.) 11.64% (31 December 2016 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 5.4% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
Croatia | 4.23% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.97% (31 December 2016 est.)
Cuba | NA
Curacao | 14.5% (31 December 2011 est.) 14.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
Cyprus | 4.13% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.33% (31 December 2016 est.)
Czechia | 3.59% (31 December 2017 est.) 3.91% (31 December 2016 est.)
Denmark | 2.84% (31 December 2017 est.) 3.25% (31 December 2016 est.)
Djibouti | 11.3% (31 December 2017 est.) 11.45% (31 December 2016 est.)
Dominica | 8.08% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.28% (31 December 2016 est.)
Dominican Republic | 13.91% (31 December 2017 est.) 15.08% (31 December 2016 est.)
Ecuador | 7.92% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.69% (31 December 2016 est.)
Egypt | 18.18% (31 December 2017 est.) 13.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
El Salvador | 6.47% (31 December 2017 est.) 6.37% (31 December 2016 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 15% (31 December 2017 est.) 14% (31 December 2016 est.)
Eritrea | NA
Estonia | 4.2% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.23% (31 December 2016 est.)
Eswatini | 10.75% (31 December 2017 est.) 10.25% (31 December 2016 est.)
Ethiopia | 13.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 12.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
European Union | 0.25% (31 December 2017 est.) 0.25% (31 December 2016 est.)
Fiji | 5.74% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.85% (31 December 2016 est.)
Finland | 1.61% (31 December 2017 est.) 1.79% (31 December 2016 est.)
France | 1.29% (31 December 2017 est.) 1.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
Gabon | 15% (31 December 2017 est.) 14% (31 December 2016 est.)
Gambia, The | 29% (31 December 2017 est.) 30.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
Gaza Strip | see entry for the West Bank
Georgia | 11.49% (31 December 2017 est.) 12.62% (31 December 2016 est.)
Germany | 1.67% (31 December 2017 est.) 1.78% (31 December 2016 est.)
Ghana | 30.35% (31 December 2017 est.) 31.26% (31 December 2016 est.)
Greece | 5.25% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.62% (31 December 2016 est.)
Grenada | 8.31% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.64% (31 December 2016 est.)
Guatemala | 13.05% (31 December 2017 est.) 13.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
Guinea | 22.2% (31 December 2017 est.) 22.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | 5.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
Guyana | 13% (31 December 2017 est.) 13% (31 December 2016 est.)
Haiti | 13.1% (31 December 2017 est.) 13.23% (31 December 2016 est.)
Honduras | 19.26% (31 December 2017 est.) 19.33% (31 December 2016 est.)
Hong Kong | 5% (31 December 2017 est.) 5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Hungary | 1.48% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.09% (31 December 2016 est.)
Iceland | 7.26% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.24% (31 December 2016 est.)
India | 9.51% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.67% (31 December 2016 est.)
Indonesia | 11.07% (31 December 2017 est.) 11.89% (31 December 2016 est.) note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans
Iran | 18% (31 December 2017 est.) 18% (31 December 2016 est.)
Iraq | 12.7% (31 December 2017 est.) 12.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
Ireland | 4.08% (31 December 2017 est.) 3.48% (31 December 2016 est.)
Israel | 3.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 3.42% (31 December 2016 est.)
Italy | 3% (31 December 2017 est.) 3.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Jamaica | 14.91% (31 December 2017 est.) 16.49% (31 December 2016 est.)
Japan | 1.48% (31 December 2017 est.) 1.48% (31 December 2016 est.)
Jordan | 8.65% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.83% (31 December 2016 est.)
Kazakhstan | 14.17% (31 December 2017 est.) 15.34% (31 December 2016 est.)
Kenya | 13.67% (31 December 2017 est.) 16.56% (31 December 2016 est.)
Korea, South | 3.48% (31 December 2017 est.) 3.37% (31 December 2016 est.)
Kosovo | 6.83% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.47% (31 December 2016 est.)
Kuwait | 4.68% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 18.49% (31 December 2017 est.) 22.23% (31 December 2016 est.)
Laos | 18.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 18% (31 December 2016 est.)
Latvia | 2.58% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.61% (31 December 2016 est.)
Lebanon | 8.29% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.35% (31 December 2016 est.)
Lesotho | 11.58% (31 December 2017 est.) 11.58% (31 December 2016 est.)
Liberia | 13.3% (31 December 2017 est.) 13.59% (31 December 2016 est.)
Libya | 7.3% (31 December 2017 est.) 6% (31 December 2016 est.)
Lithuania | 2.8% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.83% (31 December 2016 est.)
Luxembourg | 1.9% (31 December 2017 est.) 1.98% (31 December 2016 est.)
Macau | 5.25% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.25% (31 December 2016 est.)
Macedonia | 6.21% (31 December 2017 est.) 6.61% (31 December 2016 est.)
Madagascar | 60% (31 December 2017 est.) 60% (31 December 2016 est.)
Malawi | 38.1% (31 December 2017 est.) 44.11% (31 December 2016 est.)
Malaysia | 4.61% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.52% (31 December 2016 est.)
Maldives | 10.5% (31 December 2012 est.) 10.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
Mali | 5.2% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
Malta | 3.7% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.06% (31 December 2016 est.)
Mauritania | 17% (31 December 2017 est.) 17% (31 December 2016 est.)
Mauritius | 8.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Mexico | 7.34% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.72% (31 December 2016 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 15.73% (31 December 2017 est.) 15.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
Moldova | 10.36% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.28% (31 December 2016 est.)
Mongolia | 20.01% (31 December 2017 est.) 19.74% (31 December 2016 est.)
Montenegro | 6.81% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.45% (31 December 2016 est.)
Montserrat | 6.95% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.21% (31 December 2016 est.)
Morocco | 5.6% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.73% (31 December 2016 est.)
Mozambique | 27.86% (31 December 2017 est.) 21.18% (31 December 2016 est.)
Namibia | 10.04% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.84% (31 December 2016 est.)
Nepal | 11.3% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
Netherlands | 1.33% (31 December 2017 est.) 1.47% (31 December 2016 est.)
New Zealand | 5.1% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.02% (31 December 2016 est.)
Nicaragua | 10.8% (31 December 2017 est.) 11.44% (31 December 2016 est.)
Niger | 5.4% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
Nigeria | 17.58% (31 December 2017 est.) 16.87% (31 December 2016 est.)
Norway | 2.89% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.96% (31 December 2016 est.)
Oman | 5.2% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.08% (31 December 2016 est.)
Pakistan | 6.98% (31 December 2017 est.) 6.94% (31 December 2016 est.)
Panama | 7.52% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.53% (31 December 2016 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 8.4% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.38% (31 December 2016 est.)
Paraguay | 17% (31 December 2017 est.) 18.08% (31 December 2016 est.)
Peru | 16.6% (31 December 2017 est.) 16.47% (31 December 2016 est.) note: domestic currency lending rate, 90 day maturity
Philippines | 5.63% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.64% (31 December 2016 est.)
Poland | 4.8% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.74% (31 December 2016 est.)
Portugal | 3.21% (31 December 2017 est.) 3.77% (31 December 2016 est.)
Puerto Rico | 5% (31 December 2017 est.) 4% (31 December 2016 est.)
Qatar | 4.95% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.51% (31 December 2016 est.)
Romania | 5.57% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.71% (31 December 2016 est.)
Russia | 10.55% (31 December 2017 est.) 12.59% (31 December 2016 est.)
Rwanda | 17.17% (31 December 2017 est.) 17.29% (31 December 2016 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.09% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.23% (31 December 2016 est.)
Saint Lucia | 8.34% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.47% (31 December 2016 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.75% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.12% (31 December 2016 est.)
Samoa | 8.76% (31 December 2017 est.) 9.09% (31 December 2016 est.)
San Marino | 5.92% (31 December 2011 est.) 5.38% (31 December 2010 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | 19.61% (31 December 2017 est.) 19.59% (31 December 2016 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 8.3% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
Senegal | 5.4% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
Serbia | 8.2% (31 December 2017 est.) 8.45% (31 December 2016 est.)
Seychelles | 12.24% (31 December 2017 est.) 12.36% (31 December 2016 est.)
Sierra Leone | 17.92% (31 December 2017 est.) 18.04% (31 December 2016 est.)
Singapore | 5.28% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.35% (31 December 2016 est.)
Slovakia | 2.44% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
Slovenia | 2.59% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.81% (31 December 2016 est.)
Solomon Islands | 10.7% (31 December 2017 est.) 10.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
Somalia | NA
South Africa | 10.38% (31 December 2017 est.) 10.46% (31 December 2016 est.)
South Sudan | 13.38% (December 2017) 9.72% (December 2016)
Spain | 2.03% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.19% (31 December 2016 est.)
Sri Lanka | 11.6% (31 December 2017 est.) 10.49% (31 December 2016 est.)
Sudan | 13% (31 December 2017 est.) 12.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Suriname | 14.43% (31 December 2017 est.) 13.49% (31 December 2016 est.)
Sweden | 1.93% (31 December 2017 est.) 2% (31 December 2016 est.)
Switzerland | 2.6% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.65% (31 December 2016 est.)
Syria | 14% (31 December 2017 est.) 22% (31 December 2016 est.)
Taiwan | 2.63% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.63% (31 December 2016 est.)
Tajikistan | 30% (31 December 2017 est.) 24.24% (31 December 2016 est.)
Tanzania | 17.62% (31 December 2017 est.) 15.96% (31 December 2016 est.)
Thailand | 4.42% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.47% (31 December 2016 est.)
Timor-Leste | 13.29% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.05% (31 December 2016 est.)
Togo | 5.3% (31 December 2016 est.) 8.29% (31 December 2015 est.)
Tonga | 8% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 9% (31 December 2017 est.) 9% (31 December 2016 est.)
Tunisia | 7.31% (31 December 2016 est.) 6.76% (31 December 2013 est.)
Turkey | 15.77% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.74% (31 December 2016 est.)
Turkmenistan | 19% (31 December 2017 est.) 16% (31 December 2016 est.)
Tuvalu | 10.6% (31 December 2013 est.) 10.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
Uganda | 21.28% (31 December 2017 est.) 23.89% (31 December 2016 est.)
Ukraine | 16.38% (31 December 2017 est.) 19.24% (31 December 2016 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 6% (31 December 2017 est.) 5.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
United Kingdom | 4.38% (31 December 2017 est.) 4.44% (31 December 2016 est.)
United States | 4.1% (31 December 2017 est.) 3.51% (31 December 2016 est.)
Uruguay | 13.83% (31 December 2017 est.) 16.17% (31 December 2016 est.)
Uzbekistan | 16% (31 December 2016 est.) 11.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
Vanuatu | 3.2% (31 December 2017 est.) 2.95% (31 December 2016 est.)
Venezuela | 21.1% (31 December 2017 est.) 20.78% (31 December 2016 est.)
Vietnam | 7.07% (31 December 2017 est.) 6.96% (31 December 2016 est.)
West Bank | 5.8% (31 December 2017 est.) 6.15% (31 December 2016 est.)
Yemen | 30% (31 December 2017 est.) 27% (31 December 2016 est.)
Zambia | 12.5% (31 December 2017 est.) 15.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
Zimbabwe | 18% (31 December 2017 est.) 7.1% (31 December 2016 est.)

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