World Factbook
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate compares a simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit-worthy customers.
| Rank | Country | (%) | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 60.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 2 | Brazil | 46.92 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 3 | Malawi | 38.10 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 4 | Ghana | 30.35 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 30.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 6 | Yemen | 30.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 7 | Gambia, The | 29.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 8 | Mozambique | 27.86 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 9 | Argentina | 26.58 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 10 | Guinea | 22.20 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 11 | Uganda | 21.28 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 12 | Venezuela | 21.10 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 13 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20.62 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 14 | Mongolia | 20.01 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 15 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.61 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 16 | Honduras | 19.26 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 17 | Turkmenistan | 19.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 18 | Laos | 18.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.49 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 20 | Egypt | 18.18 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 21 | Iran | 18.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 18.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 17.92 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 24 | Tanzania | 17.62 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 25 | Nigeria | 17.58 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 26 | Rwanda | 17.17 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 27 | Mauritania | 17.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 28 | Paraguay | 17.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 29 | Peru | 16.60 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 30 | Ukraine | 16.38 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 16.00 | 31 December 2016 est. |
| 32 | Angola | 15.82 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 33 | Turkey | 15.77 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 34 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 15.73 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 15.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 36 | Chad | 15.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 15.00 | 31 December 2016 est. |
| 38 | Bhutan | 15.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 40 | Gabon | 15.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 41 | Jamaica | 14.91 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 42 | Cayman Islands | 14.90 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 43 | Burundi | 14.80 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 44 | Congo, Republic of the | 14.60 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 45 | Curacao | 14.50 | 31 December 2011 est. |
| 46 | Suriname | 14.43 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 47 | Armenia | 14.41 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 14.17 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 49 | Syria | 14.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 13.91 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 51 | Uruguay | 13.83 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 52 | Colombia | 13.69 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 53 | Kenya | 13.67 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 13.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 55 | South Sudan | 13.38 | December 2017 |
| 56 | Liberia | 13.30 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 57 | Timor-Leste | 13.29 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 58 | Haiti | 13.10 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 59 | Guatemala | 13.05 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 60 | Burma | 13.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 61 | Cameroon | 13.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 62 | Guyana | 13.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 63 | Sudan | 13.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 12.70 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 65 | Iraq | 12.70 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 66 | Zambia | 12.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 67 | Seychelles | 12.24 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 11.60 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 69 | Lesotho | 11.58 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 70 | Georgia | 11.49 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 11.37 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 72 | Djibouti | 11.30 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 73 | Nepal | 11.30 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 74 | Indonesia | 11.07 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 75 | Cambodia | 10.92 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 10.80 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 77 | Eswatini | 10.75 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 10.70 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 10.60 | 31 December 2013 est. |
| 80 | Russia | 10.55 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 81 | Comoros | 10.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 82 | Maldives | 10.50 | 31 December 2012 est. |
| 83 | South Africa | 10.38 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 84 | Moldova | 10.36 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 85 | Namibia | 10.04 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 86 | Belarus | 9.66 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 9.54 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 88 | India | 9.51 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 89 | Cabo Verde | 9.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 90 | Anguilla | 9.48 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 91 | Belize | 9.46 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.31 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 93 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.09 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 95 | Samoa | 8.76 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.75 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 97 | Jordan | 8.65 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 98 | Mauritius | 8.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 8.40 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 100 | Saint Lucia | 8.34 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 101 | Grenada | 8.31 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 8.30 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 103 | Lebanon | 8.29 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 104 | Albania | 8.22 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 105 | Serbia | 8.20 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 106 | Bolivia | 8.11 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 107 | Barbados | 8.10 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 108 | Dominica | 8.08 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 109 | Algeria | 8.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 110 | Tonga | 8.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 111 | Ecuador | 7.92 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 112 | Panama | 7.52 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 113 | Mexico | 7.34 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 114 | Tunisia | 7.31 | 31 December 2016 est. |
| 115 | Libya | 7.30 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 116 | Iceland | 7.26 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 117 | Vietnam | 7.07 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 118 | Aruba | 7.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 119 | Pakistan | 6.98 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 120 | Montserrat | 6.95 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 121 | Botswana | 6.88 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 122 | Kosovo | 6.83 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 123 | Montenegro | 6.81 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 124 | El Salvador | 6.47 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 125 | Macedonia | 6.21 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 6.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 127 | San Marino | 5.92 | 31 December 2011 est. |
| 128 | West Bank | 5.80 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 129 | Fiji | 5.74 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 130 | Philippines | 5.63 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 131 | Morocco | 5.60 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 132 | Romania | 5.57 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 133 | Brunei | 5.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 135 | Bulgaria | 5.41 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 136 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.40 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 137 | Niger | 5.40 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 138 | Senegal | 5.40 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 139 | Bahrain | 5.33 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 140 | Benin | 5.30 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 5.30 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 142 | Togo | 5.30 | 31 December 2016 est. |
| 143 | Singapore | 5.28 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 144 | Greece | 5.25 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 145 | Macau | 5.25 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 146 | Australia | 5.24 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 147 | Mali | 5.20 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 148 | Oman | 5.20 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 149 | New Zealand | 5.10 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 150 | Hong Kong | 5.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 5.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 152 | Qatar | 4.95 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 153 | Poland | 4.80 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 154 | Kuwait | 4.68 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 155 | Malaysia | 4.61 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 156 | Chile | 4.60 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 157 | Thailand | 4.42 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.38 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 159 | United Kingdom | 4.38 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 160 | China | 4.35 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 161 | Bahamas, The | 4.25 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 162 | Croatia | 4.23 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 163 | Estonia | 4.20 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 164 | Cyprus | 4.13 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 165 | United States | 4.10 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 166 | Ireland | 4.08 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 167 | Malta | 3.70 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 168 | Czechia | 3.59 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 169 | Israel | 3.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 170 | Korea, South | 3.48 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 171 | Portugal | 3.21 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 172 | Canada | 3.20 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 3.20 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 174 | Italy | 3.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 175 | Norway | 2.89 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 176 | Denmark | 2.84 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 177 | Lithuania | 2.80 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 178 | Taiwan | 2.63 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 179 | Switzerland | 2.60 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 180 | Slovenia | 2.59 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 181 | Latvia | 2.58 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 182 | Slovakia | 2.44 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 183 | Belgium | 2.08 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 184 | Spain | 2.03 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 185 | Sweden | 1.93 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 186 | Luxembourg | 1.90 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 187 | Germany | 1.67 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 188 | Finland | 1.61 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 189 | Austria | 1.57 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 190 | Hungary | 1.48 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 191 | Japan | 1.48 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 192 | Netherlands | 1.33 | 31 December 2017 est. |
| 193 | France | 1.29 | 31 December 2017 est. |
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"Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate." World Factbook, Relief Central, relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook/563820/all/Commercial_bank_prime_lending_rate. Accessed 27 October 2025.
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