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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 This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008