List of countries by commercial bank prime lending rate

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]

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Rank Country Commercial bank
prime lending rate
Date of information
1   Madagascar 64.00 31 December 2017 est.
2   Brazil 10.50 08 May 2024
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 40.00 14 May 2024
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 8.75 31 May 2024 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   North 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 7.00 16 December 2022[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 6.45 17 December 2022[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 0.00 - 0.10 17 May 2024[5]
188   France 1.40 31 December 2017 est.

References

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  1. ^ "CIA – The World Factbook -- Rank Order – Commercial bank prime lending rate". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.
  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 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15". Federal Reserve. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Bank of Canada Daily Digest". Bank of Canada—Banque du Canada. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Money Rates". The Wall Street Journal. 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

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