List of countries by commercial bank prime lending rate

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This is a list of countries by a simple average of commercial banks' annualized interest rates charged on new loans to their most credit-worthy customers. Each entry is denominated in the respective national currency.[1]

List[]

Rank Country Commercial bank
prime lending rate 		Date of information
1  Madagascar 64.00 31 December 2017 est.
2  Brazil 63.30 31 December 2017 est.
3  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 35.90 31 December 2017 est.
4  Syria 33.30 31 December 2017 est.
5  Gambia, The 30.60 31 December 2017 est.
6  Tajikistan 30.00 31 December 2017 est.
7  Ghana
8  Mozambique 27.00 31 December 2017 est.
9  Malawi 26.90 31 December 2017 est.
10  Yemen 26.00 31 December 2017 est.
11  Argentina 24.50 31 December 2017 est.
12  Venezuela 23.80 31 December 2017 est.
13  Guinea 21.50 31 December 2017 est.
14  Suriname 20.50 31 December 2017 est.
15  Uganda 20.28 December 2017 est.
16  Kyrgyzstan 20.10 31 December 2017 est.
17  Angola 20.00 31 December 2017 est.
18  Mongolia 19.90 31 December 2017 est.
19  Honduras 19.70 31 December 2017 est.
20  Egypt 19.50 31 December 2017 est.
21  Sao Tome and Principe 18.90 31 December 2017 est.
22  Sierra Leone 18.60 31 December 2017 est.
23  Laos 18.50 31 December 2017 est.
24  Paraguay 18.50 31 December 2017 est.
25  Iran 18.00 31 December 2017 est.
26  Zimbabwe 18.00 31 December 2017 est.
27  Nigeria 17.50 31 December 2017 est.
28  Kenya 17.00 31 December 2017 est.
29  Mauritania 17.00 31 December 2017 est.
30  Rwanda 16.90 31 December 2017 est.
31  Peru 16.50 31 December 2017 est.
32  Ukraine 16.50 31 December 2017 est.
33  Senegal 16.30 31 December 2017 est.
34  Uzbekistan 16.00 31 December 2016 est.
35  Armenia 16.00 31 December 2017 est.
36  Burundi 15.90 31 December 2017 est.
37  Micronesia, Federated States of 15.70 31 December 2017 est.
38  Central African Republic 15.50 31 December 2017 est.
39  Chad 15.50 31 December 2017 est.
40  Gabon 15.50 31 December 2017 est.
41  Zambia 15.50 31 December 2017 est.
42  Liberia 15.20 31 December 2017 est.
43  Turkey 15.20 31 December 2017 est.
44  Guinea-Bissau 15.00 31 December 2017 est.
45  Tanzania 15.00 31 December 2017 est.
46  Afghanistan 15.00 31 December 2016 est.
47  Jamaica 14.91 31 December 2017
48  Timor-Leste 14.90 31 December 2017 est.
49  Dominican Republic 8.30 30 June 2021 est.
50  Curacao 14.50 31 December 2011 est.
51  Kazakhstan 14.10 31 December 2017 est.
52  Haiti 14.00 31 December 2017 est.
53  Congo, Republic of the 14.00 31 December 2017 est.
54  Belarus 14.00 31 December 2017 est.
55  Burma 14.00 31 December 2017 est.
56  Equatorial Guinea 14.00 31 December 2017 est.
57  Colombia 13.80 31 December 2017 est.
58  Bhutan 13.60 31 December 2017 est.
59  Uruguay 13.60 31 December 2017 est.
60  Guatemala 13.50 31 December 2017 est.
61  South Sudan 13.38 December 2017
62  Guyana 13.30 31 December 2017 est.
63  Cameroon 13.00 31 December 2017 est.
64  Ethiopia 13.00 31 December 2017 est.
65  Azerbaijan 12.40 31 December 2017 est.
66  Seychelles 12.40 31 December 2017 est.
67  Nicaragua 12.20 31 December 2017 est.
68  Lesotho 12.00 31 December 2017 est.
69  Sri Lanka 11.80 31 December 2017 est.
70  Costa Rica 11.80 31 December 2017 est.
71  Indonesia 11.70 31 December 2017 est.
72  Eswatini 11.70 31 December 2017 est.
73  Djibouti 11.60 31 December 2017 est.
74  Georgia 11.50 31 December 2017 est.
75  Cambodia 11.10 31 December 2017 est.
76  Tuvalu 10.60 31 December 2013 est.
77  Maldives 10.50 31 December 2012 est.
78  Comoros 10.50 31 December 2017 est.
79  South Africa 8.75 31 December 2017 est.
80  Moldova 10.30 31 December 2017 est.
81  Russia 10.30 31 December 2017 est.
82  Bangladesh 10.20 31 December 2017 est.
83  Solomon Islands 10.20 31 December 2017 est.
84  Cabo Verde 10.00 31 December 2017 est.
85  Bolivia 9.90 31 December 2017 est.
86  Namibia 9.90 31 December 2017 est.
87  Belize 9.60 31 December 2017 est.
88  Antigua and Barbuda 9.60 31 December 2017 est.
89  India 6.70 30 August 2021 est.
90  Anguilla 9.10 31 December 2017 est.
91  Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.10 31 December 2017 est.
92  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.00 31 December 2017 est.
93  Trinidad and Tobago 9.00 31 December 2017 est.
94    Nepal 9.00 31 December 2017 est.
95  Mali 9.00 31 December 2017 est.
96  Samoa 8.90 31 December 2017 est.
97  Jordan 8.80 31 December 2017 est.
98  Lebanon 8.60 31 December 2017 est.
99  Aruba 8.50 31 December 2017 est.
100  Grenada 8.50 31 December 2017 est.
101  Mauritius 8.50 31 December 2017 est.
102  Papua New Guinea 8.40 31 December 2017 est.
103  Saudi Arabia 8.30 31 December 2017 est.
104  Saint Lucia 8.30 31 December 2017 est.
105  Togo 8.29 31 December 2015 est.
106  Panama 8.20 31 December 2017 est.
107  Dominica 8.10 31 December 2017 est.
108  Barbados 8.10 31 December 2017 est.
109  Tonga 8.10 31 December 2017 est.
110  Algeria 8.00 31 December 2017 est.
111  Ecuador 7.75 31 December 2017 est.
112  Iceland 7.60 31 December 2017 est.
113  Serbia 7.60 31 December 2017 est.
114  Mexico 7.45 31 December 2017 est.
115  Tunisia 7.31 31 December 2016 est.
116  Libya 7.30 31 December 2017 est.
117  Albania 7.20 31 December 2017 est.
118  Pakistan 7.00 31 December 2017 est.
119  Montserrat 7.00 31 December 2017 est.
120  Kosovo 6.83 31 December 2017 est.
121  Montenegro 6.81 31 December 2017 est.
122  Vietnam 6.80 31 December 2017 est.
123  West Bank 6.70 31 December 2017 est.
124  Botswana 6.50 31 December 2017 est.
125  El Salvador 6.47 31 December 2017 est.
126  Macedonia 6.20 31 December 2017 est.
127  Thailand 6.20 31 December 2017 est.
128  Fiji 6.00 31 December 2017 est.
129  San Marino 5.92 31 December 2011 est.
130  Bulgaria 5.80 31 December 2017 est.
131  Bahrain 5.70 31 December 2017 est.
132  Romania 5.70 31 December 2017 est.
133  Morocco 5.70 31 December 2017 est.
134  Macau 5.50 31 December 2017 est.
135  Greece 5.50 31 December 2017 est.
136  Brunei 5.50 31 December 2017 est.
137  Oman 5.40 31 December 2017 est.
138  Cote d'Ivoire 5.40 31 December 2017 est.
139  Niger 5.40 31 December 2017 est.
140  Australia 5.30 31 December 2017 est.
141  Burkina Faso 5.30 31 December 2017 est.
142  Benin 5.30 31 December 2017 est.
143  Singapore 5.28 31 December 2017 est.
144  Kuwait 5.20 31 December 2017 est.
145  Qatar 5.00 31 December 2017 est.
146  Puerto Rico 5.00 31 December 2017 est.
147  Hong Kong 5.00 31 December 2017 est.
148  New Zealand 4.90 31 December 2017 est.
149  Poland 4.80 31 December 2017 est.
150  Latvia 4.60 31 December 2017 est.
151  Chile 4.60 31 December 2017 est.
152  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.50 31 December 2017 est.
153  Malaysia 5.40 6 August 2020[2]
154  China 4.30 5 December 2017 est.
155  United States 3.25 24 November 2020[3]
156  United Kingdom 4.30 31 December 2017 est.
157  Bahamas, The 4.30 31 December 2017 est.
158  Estonia 4.20 31 December 2017 est.
159  Cyprus 4.20 31 December 2017 est.
160  Philippines 4.19 31 December 2017 est.
161  Iraq 4.00 31 December 2017 est.
162  Croatia 3.91 31 December 2017 est.
163  Czechia 3.90 31 December 2017 est.
164  Ireland 3.80 31 December 2017 est.
165  Vanuatu 3.70 31 December 2017 est.
166  Portugal 3.50 31 December 2017 est.
167  Korea, South 3.40 31 December 2017 est.
168  Israel 3.30 31 December 2017 est.
169  Italy 3.30 31 December 2017 est.
170  Malta 3.00 31 December 2017 est.
171  Denmark 2.90 31 December 2017 est.
172  Canada 2.45 24 November 2020[4]
173  Slovenia 2.90 31 December 2017 est.
174  Lithuania 2.90 31 December 2017 est.
175  Taiwan 2.70 31 December 2017 est.
176   Switzerland 2.60 31 December 2017 est.
177  Slovakia 2.60 31 December 2017 est.
178  Spain 2.20 31 December 2017 est.
179  Sweden 2.00 31 December 2017 est.
180  Belgium 2.00 31 December 2017 est.
181  Germany 1.80 31 December 2017 est.
182  Austria 1.70 31 December 2017 est.
183  Finland 1.60 31 December 2017 est.
184  Hungary 1.60 31 December 2017 est.
185  Netherlands 1.50 31 December 2017 est.
186  Norway 1.50 31 December 2017 est.
187  Japan 1.48 24 November 2020[3]
188  France 1.40 31 December 2017 est.

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2208rank.html[dead link]
  2. ^ "Base Rates, Base Lending/Financing Rates and Indicative Effective Lending Rates". Bank Negara Malaysia—Central Bank of Malaysia (List of rates for all Malaysian commercial banks, rate of largest bank, Malayan Banking Berhad, used for table). 6 August 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Money Rates". The Wall Street Journal. 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Bank of Canada Daily Digest". Bank of Canada—Banque du Canada. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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