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Rank Order - Commercial bank prime lending rate

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Rank	Country	Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	Date of Information
1	Zimbabwe	578.96	31 December 2007
2	Haiti	46.99	31 December 2007
3	Madagascar	45.00	31 December 2007
4	Brazil	43.72	31 December 2007
5	Sao Tome and Principe	32.40	31 December 2007
6	Laos	28.50	31 December 2007
7	Gambia, The	27.92	31 December 2007
8	Malawi	27.72	31 December 2007
9	Kyrgyzstan	25.32	31 December 2007
10	Paraguay	25.03	31 December 2007
11	Sierra Leone	25.00	31 December 2007
12	Tajikistan	22.87	31 December 2007
13	Peru	22.86	31 December 2007
14	Mauritius	21.87	31 December 2007
15	Georgia	20.41	31 December 2007
16	Iraq	19.74	31 December 2007
17	Mozambique	19.52	31 December 2007
18	Iceland	19.29	31 December 2007
19	Azerbaijan	19.13	31 December 2007
20	Uganda	19.11	31 December 2007
21	Zambia	18.89	31 December 2007
22	Moldova	18.83	31 December 2007
23	Afghanistan	18.14	31 December 2007
24	Yemen	18.00	31 December 2007
25	Angola	17.70	31 December 2007
26	Mongolia	17.54	31 December 2007
27	Armenia	17.52	31 December 2007
28	Jamaica	17.20	31 December 2007
29	Venezuela	17.11	31 December 2007
30	Sri Lanka	17.08	31 December 2007
31	Burma	17.00	31 December 2007
32	Nigeria	16.94	31 December 2007
33	Burundi	16.84	31 December 2007
34	Honduras	16.61	31 December 2007
35	Botswana	16.22	31 December 2007
36	Tanzania	16.03	31 December 2007
37	Bangladesh	16.00	31 December 2007
38	Rwanda	15.84	31 December 2007
39	Dominican Republic	15.83	31 December 2007
40	Colombia	15.38	31 December 2007
41	Liberia	15.05	31 December 2007
42	Timor-Leste	15.05	31 December 2007
43	Chad	15.00	31 December 2007
44	Congo, Republic of the	15.00	31 December 2007
45	Gabon	15.00	31 December 2007
46	Equatorial Guinea	15.00	31 December 2007
47	Central African Republic	15.00	31 December 2007
48	Cameroon	15.00	31 December 2007
49	Guyana	14.61	31 December 2007
50	Belize	14.33	31 December 2007
51	Lesotho	14.13	31 December 2007
52	Solomon Islands	14.12	31 December 2007
53	Albania	14.10	31 December 2007
54	Micronesia, Federated States of	14.03	31 December 2007
55	Bhutan	14.00	31 December 2007
56	Ukraine	13.90	31 December 2007
57	Indonesia	13.86	31 December 2007
58	Suriname	13.77	31 December 2007
59	Romania	13.35	31 December 2007
60	Kenya	13.34	31 December 2007
61	South Africa	13.17	31 December 2007
62	Swaziland	13.17	31 December 2007
63	Nicaragua	13.04	31 December 2007
64	India	13.02	31 December 2007
65	Maldives	13.00	31 December 2007
66	Namibia	12.88	31 December 2007
67	Bolivia	12.86	31 December 2007
68	Guatemala	12.84	31 December 2007
69	New Zealand	12.83	31 December 2007
70	Costa Rica	12.80	31 December 2007
71	Samoa	12.65	31 December 2007
72	Egypt	12.51	31 December 2007
73	Tonga	12.16	31 December 2007
74	Ecuador	12.08	31 December 2007
75	Iran	12.00	31 December 2007
76	Trinidad and Tobago	11.75	31 December 2007
77	Vietnam	11.18	31 December 2007
78	Serbia	11.13	31 December 2007
79	Argentina	11.05	31 December 2007
80	Aruba	11.01	31 December 2007
81	Italy	10.93	31 December 2007
82	Latvia	10.91	31 December 2007
83	Seychelles	10.89	31 December 2007
84	Barbados	10.80	31 December 2007
85	Cape Verde	10.55	31 December 2007
86	Comoros	10.50	31 December 2007
87	Antigua and Barbuda	10.44	31 December 2007
88	Montserrat	10.40	31 December 2007
89	Lebanon	10.26	31 December 2007
90	Macedonia	10.23	31 December 2007
91	Saint Lucia	10.12	31 December 2007
92	Russia	10.03	31 December 2007
93	Australia	10.02	31 December 2007
94	Bulgaria	10.00	31 December 2007
95	Spain	9.89	31 December 2007
96	Papua New Guinea	9.78	31 December 2007
97	Anguilla	9.76	31 December 2007
98	Grenada	9.76	31 December 2007
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.61	31 December 2007
100	Croatia	9.33	31 December 2007
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.28	31 December 2007
102	Netherlands Antilles	9.21	31 December 2007
103	Dominica	9.17	31 December 2007
104	Hungary	9.09	31 December 2007
105	Montenegro	9.09	31 December 2007
106	Fiji	9.01	31 December 2007
107	Uruguay	8.94	31 December 2007
108	Netherlands	8.72	31 December 2007
109	Philippines	8.69	31 December 2007
110	Jordan	8.68	31 December 2007
111	Chile	8.67	31 December 2007
112	Belarus	8.58	31 December 2007
113	Kuwait	8.54	31 December 2007
114	Bahrain	8.35	31 December 2007
115	Panama	8.25	31 December 2007
116	Vanuatu	8.16	31 December 2007
117	United States	8.05	31 December 2007
118	European Union	8.03	31 December 2007
119	Algeria	8.00	31 December 2007
120	Nepal	8.00	31 December 2007
121	Syria	8.00	31 December 2005
122	Slovakia	7.99	31 December 2007
123	Portugal	7.92	31 December 2007
124	Macau	7.81	31 December 2007
125	Gaza Strip	7.73	31 December 2006
126	West Bank	7.73	31 December 2006
127	Greece	7.71	31 December 2007
128	San Marino	7.58	31 December 2007
129	Mexico	7.56	31 December 2007
130	China	7.47	31 December 2007
131	Qatar	7.43	31 December 2007
132	Oman	7.29	31 December 2007
133	France	7.28	31 December 2007
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.17	31 December 2007
135	Thailand	7.05	31 December 2007
136	Ethiopia	7.00	31 December 2006
137	Belgium	6.98	31 December 2007
138	Lithuania	6.86	31 December 2007
139	Slovenia	6.82	31 December 2007
140	Hong Kong	6.75	31 December 2007
141	Cyprus	6.74	31 December 2007
142	Norway	6.65	31 December 2007
143	Korea, South	6.55	31 December 2007
144	Ireland	6.52	31 December 2007
145	Estonia	6.46	31 December 2007
146	Malaysia	6.41	31 December 2007
147	Austria	6.30	31 December 2007
148	Israel	6.27	31 December 2007
149	Malta	6.24	31 December 2007
150	Canada	6.10	31 December 2007
151	Libya	6.00	31 December 2007
152	Germany	5.96	31 December 2007
153	Czech Republic	5.79	31 December 2007
154	Finland	5.62	31 December 2007
155	United Kingdom	5.52	31 December 2007
156	Bahamas, The	5.50	31 December 2007
157	Brunei	5.50	31 December 2007
158	Poland	5.48	31 December 2006
159	Singapore	5.33	31 December 2007
160	Sweden	4.00	31 December 2004
161	Switzerland	3.15	31 December 2007
162	Japan	1.88	31 December 2007

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