Country | COMMERCIAL BANK PRIME LENDING RATE(%) |
Afghanistan |
15% (31 December 2015 est.)
15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
Albania |
9.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.7% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Algeria |
8% (31 December 2016 est.)
8% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Angola |
30% (31 December 2016 est.)
16.88% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Anguilla |
9% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
9.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Argentina |
32.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
24.92% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Armenia |
17.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
17.59% (31 December 2015 est.)
note: average lending rate on loans up to one year
|
Aruba |
9% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Australia |
5.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.58% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Austria |
1.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
2% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Azerbaijan |
12.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
13.86% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Bahamas, The |
6% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Bahrain |
5.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.16% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Bangladesh |
10.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
11.71% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Barbados |
8.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Belarus |
18% (31 December 2016 est.)
18.08% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Belgium |
2.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.46% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Belize |
10.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
10.32% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Benin |
NA%
|
Bhutan |
13.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
13.75% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Bolivia |
7.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.07% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.79% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Botswana |
7% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.95% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Brazil |
47.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
43.96% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Brunei |
5.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Bulgaria |
6.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Burkina Faso |
NA% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
Burma |
15% (31 December 2016 est.)
13% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Burundi |
13.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
15.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Cabo Verde |
10% (31 December 2016 est.)
10.41% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Cambodia |
11.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
11.71% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Cameroon |
12.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
13% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Canada |
2.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.78% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Central African Republic |
15.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
15.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Chad |
15.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
15.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Chile |
6.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.52% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
China |
4.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.35% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Colombia |
14.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
11.45% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Comoros |
10.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
10.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
19.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
19.37% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Congo, Republic of the |
14% (31 December 2016 est.)
14.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Costa Rica |
14.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
14.24% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
2.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Croatia |
4.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.83% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Cuba |
NA%
|
Cyprus |
4.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.69% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Czechia |
4.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.28% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Denmark |
3.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.42% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Djibouti |
11.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
11.62% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Dominica |
8.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.7% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Dominican Republic |
15.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
14.88% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Ecuador |
9% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.33% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Egypt |
12.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
11.63% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
El Salvador |
6.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
6.13% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Equatorial Guinea |
14% (31 December 2016 est.)
14% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Eritrea |
NA%
|
Estonia |
4.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Ethiopia |
12.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
11.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
European Union |
0.32% (31 December 2014 est.)
0.56% (31 December 2013 est.)
|
Fiji |
5.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.79% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Finland |
1.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
2% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
France |
2% (31 December 2016 est.)
1.93% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Gabon |
15.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
15.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Gambia, The |
30.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
30.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Gaza Strip |
see entry for the West Bank
|
Georgia |
12.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
12.49% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Germany |
1.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
1.84% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Ghana |
31.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
28.6% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Greece |
5.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.89% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Grenada |
9% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.96% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Guatemala |
13.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
13.23% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Guinea-Bissau |
15% (31 December 2016 est.)
15% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Guinea |
22% (31 December 2016 est.)
23% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Guyana |
13% (31 December 2016 est.)
12.83% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Haiti |
12.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
12.9% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Honduras |
20.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
20.66% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Hong Kong |
5% (31 December 2016 est.)
5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Hungary |
2.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.9% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Iceland |
7.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.61% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
India |
9.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
10.01% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Indonesia |
12.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
12.66% (31 December 2015 est.)
note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans
|
Iran |
13% (31 December 2016 est.)
14.2% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Iraq |
4.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
6% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Ireland |
3.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.36% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Israel |
3.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.46% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Italy |
3.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.13% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Jamaica |
16.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
16.98% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Japan |
1.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
1.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Jordan |
8% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.24% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Kazakhstan |
12.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.56% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Kenya |
17.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
16.09% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Korea, South |
3.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.53% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Kosovo |
12.8% (30 June 2013 est.)
13.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
|
Kuwait |
4.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Kyrgyzstan |
23.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
24.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Laos |
16.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
18.2% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Latvia |
4.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Lebanon |
8.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.09% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Lesotho |
12.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
10.59% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Liberia |
13.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
13.61% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Libya |
6% (31 December 2016 est.)
6% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Lithuania |
3.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Macau |
5.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Macedonia |
7.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.08% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Madagascar |
62% (31 December 2016 est.)
60% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Malawi |
44.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
44.9% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Malaysia |
4.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.57% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Maldives |
10.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
|
Mali |
9.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Malta |
2.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.4% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Mauritania |
17% (31 December 2016 est.)
17% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Mauritius |
8.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Mexico |
4.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.42% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
7.1% (2013 est.)
6.4% (2012 est.)
|
Moldova |
15% (31 December 2016 est.)
14.2% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Mongolia |
19.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
19.56% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Montenegro |
9.22% (31 December 2014 est.)
9.36% (31 December 2013 est.)
|
Montserrat |
8.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.82% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Morocco |
5.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
6% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Mozambique |
24.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
14.87% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Namibia |
9.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.41% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Nepal |
9.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Netherlands |
1.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
1.85% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
New Zealand |
5% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.76% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Nicaragua |
15% (31 December 2016 est.)
12.05% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Nigeria |
18% (31 December 2016 est.)
16.85% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Niger |
3.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Norway |
1.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
1.75% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Oman |
5% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.76% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Pakistan |
6.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.37% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Panama |
7.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.46% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Papua New Guinea |
8.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.73% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Paraguay |
21% (31 December 2016 est.)
19.74% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Peru |
16.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
16.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
note: domestic currency lending rate, 90 day maturity
|
Philippines |
6% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.58% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Poland |
5.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.92% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Portugal |
4.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.49% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Puerto Rico |
4% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Qatar |
5% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Romania |
6% (31 December 2016 est.)
6.77% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Russia |
12.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
15.73% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Rwanda |
17.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
17.33% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
9.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Saint Lucia |
8.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.86% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
9.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Samoa |
9.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.39% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
San Marino |
5.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.38% (31 December 2010 est.)
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
15% (31 December 2016 est.)
15% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Saudi Arabia |
7.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
6.9% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Senegal |
14.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
14.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Serbia |
8.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
11% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Seychelles |
12.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
12.36% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Sierra Leone |
18.9% (31 December 2016 est.)
18.78% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Singapore |
5.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.35% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Slovakia |
2.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.78% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Slovenia |
3.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.49% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Solomon Islands |
10.1% (31 December 2016 est.)
10.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Somalia |
NA%
|
South Africa |
10.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.42% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Spain |
2.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.74% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Sri Lanka |
9.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
6.96% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Suriname |
13.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
12.62% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Swaziland |
10.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
9.04% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Sweden |
2% (31 December 2016 est.)
1.96% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Switzerland |
2.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.68% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Syria |
32% (31 December 2016 est.)
27% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Taiwan |
2.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.83% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Tajikistan |
26% (31 December 2016 est.)
25.84% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Tanzania |
14.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
16.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Thailand |
6.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
6.56% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Timor-Leste |
13.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
13.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Togo |
NA%
|
Tonga |
8% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.09% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
8.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.2% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Tunisia |
7.31% (31 December 2016 est.)
6.76% (31 December 2013 est.)
|
Turkey |
15.2% (31 December 2016 est.)
13.66% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Tuvalu |
10.6% (31 December 2013 est.)
10.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
|
Uganda |
22.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
22.6% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Ukraine |
18.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
21.82% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
United Kingdom |
4.6% (31 December 2016 est.)
4.51% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
United States |
3.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.26% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Uruguay |
15.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
15.84% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Uzbekistan |
12.44% (31 December 2013 est.)
11.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
|
Vanuatu |
3.3% (31 December 2016 est.)
3.63% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Venezuela |
22.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
19.4% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Vietnam |
6.8% (31 December 2016 est.)
7.12% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
West Bank |
7% (31 December 2016 est.)
6.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Yemen |
27% (31 December 2016 est.)
25% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Zambia |
15.7% (31 December 2016 est.)
13.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Zimbabwe |
20% (31 December 2016 est.)
18% (31 December 2015 est.)
|