| Country | COMMERCIAL BANK PRIME LENDING RATE(%) |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
15% (31 December 2015 est.)
15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Albania |
8.7% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.66% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Algeria |
8% (31 December 2015 est.)
8% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Angola |
16.88% (31 December 2015 est.)
16.38% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Anguilla |
9.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.09% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
9.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.08% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Argentina |
24.92% (31 December 2015 est.)
24.01% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Armenia |
17.59% (31 December 2015 est.)
16.41% (31 December 2014 est.)
note: average lending rate on loans up to one year
|
| Aruba |
8.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.23% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Australia |
5.58% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.95% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Austria |
2% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Azerbaijan |
13.86% (31 December 2015 est.)
14.19% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Bahamas, The |
4.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.75% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Bahrain |
5.16% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.87% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Bangladesh |
11.71% (31 December 2015 est.)
12.95% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Barbados |
8.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.38% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Belarus |
18.08% (31 December 2015 est.)
18.74% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Belgium |
2.46% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.23% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Belize |
10.32% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.82% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Benin |
NA%
|
| Bhutan |
13.75% (31 December 2015 est.)
14.15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Bolivia |
8.07% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.69% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5.79% (31 December 2015 est.)
6.64% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Botswana |
7.95% (31 December 2015 est.)
9% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Brazil |
43.96% (31 December 2015 est.)
32.01% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Brunei |
5.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Bulgaria |
7.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.28% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Burkina Faso |
NA% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Burma |
13% (31 December 2015 est.)
13% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Burundi |
15.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
15.67% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Cabo Verde |
10.41% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.89% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Cambodia |
11.71% (31 December 2015 est.)
12.31% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Cameroon |
13% (31 December 2015 est.)
13% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Canada |
2.78% (31 December 2015 est.)
3% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Central African Republic |
15.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Chad |
15.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
15.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Chile |
5.52% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.1% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| China |
4.35% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.6% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Colombia |
11.45% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.87% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Comoros |
10.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
19.37% (31 December 2015 est.)
18.69% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
14.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
14.8% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Costa Rica |
14.24% (31 December 2015 est.)
14.9% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
2.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Croatia |
5.83% (31 December 2015 est.)
6.28% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Cuba |
NA%
|
| Cyprus |
4.69% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.88% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Czechia |
4.28% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.64% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Denmark |
3.42% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.62% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Djibouti |
11.62% (31 December 2015 est.)
12.69% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Dominica |
8.7% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.94% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Dominican Republic |
14.88% (31 December 2015 est.)
13.9% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
8.33% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.12% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Egypt |
11.63% (31 December 2015 est.)
11.71% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| El Salvador |
6.13% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.99% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
14% (31 December 2015 est.)
15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Eritrea |
NA%
|
| Estonia |
4.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.76% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Ethiopia |
11.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
11% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| European Union |
0.32% (31 December 2014 est.)
0.56% (31 December 2013 est.)
|
| Fiji |
5.79% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.76% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Finland |
2% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.2% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| France |
1.93% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.6% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Gabon |
15.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Gambia, The |
30.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
28.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Gaza Strip |
see entry for the West Bank
|
| Georgia |
12.49% (31 December 2015 est.)
11.91% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Germany |
1.84% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.47% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Ghana |
28.6% (31 December 2015 est.)
27% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Greece |
5.89% (31 December 2015 est.)
6.52% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Grenada |
8.96% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.19% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Guatemala |
13.23% (31 December 2015 est.)
13.77% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
15% (31 December 2015 est.)
15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Guinea |
23% (31 December 2015 est.)
23% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Guyana |
12.83% (31 December 2015 est.)
12.83% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Haiti |
12.9% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.77% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Honduras |
20.66% (31 December 2015 est.)
20.61% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Hong Kong |
5% (31 December 2015 est.)
5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Hungary |
2.9% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.45% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Iceland |
7.61% (31 December 2015 est.)
7.74% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| India |
10.01% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.25% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Indonesia |
12.66% (31 December 2015 est.)
12.61% (31 December 2014 est.)
note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans
|
| Iran |
14.2% (31 December 2015 est.)
14% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Iraq |
6% (31 December 2015 est.)
6% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Ireland |
3.4% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.41% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Israel |
3.46% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.91% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Italy |
4.13% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.87% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Jamaica |
16.98% (31 December 2015 est.)
17.22% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Japan |
1.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
1.48% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Jordan |
8.24% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.84% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Kazakhstan |
9.56% (31 December 2015 est.)
7.24% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Kenya |
16.09% (31 December 2015 est.)
16.51% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Korea, South |
3.53% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.26% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
12.8% (30 June 2013 est.)
13.7% (31 December 2012 est.)
|
| Kuwait |
4.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.3% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
24.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
22.36% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Laos |
18.2% (31 December 2015 est.)
19.2% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Latvia |
4.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.6% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Lebanon |
7.09% (31 December 2015 est.)
7.27% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Lesotho |
10.59% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.34% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Liberia |
13.61% (31 December 2015 est.)
13.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Libya |
6% (31 December 2015 est.)
6% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Lithuania |
3.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Macau |
5.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.25% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Macedonia |
7.08% (31 December 2015 est.)
7.46% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Madagascar |
60% (31 December 2015 est.)
60% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Malawi |
44.9% (31 December 2015 est.)
44.29% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Malaysia |
4.57% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.67% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Maldives |
10.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
10.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
|
| Mali |
9.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.3% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Malta |
3.4% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.9% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Mauritania |
17% (31 December 2015 est.)
17% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
8.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Mexico |
3.42% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.55% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
7.1% (2013 est.)
6.4% (2012 est.)
|
| Moldova |
14.2% (31 December 2015 est.)
11.01% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Mongolia |
19.56% (31 December 2015 est.)
19.03% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Montenegro |
9.22% (31 December 2014 est.)
9.36% (31 December 2013 est.)
|
| Montserrat |
7.82% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.02% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Morocco |
6% (31 December 2015 est.)
6% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
14.87% (31 December 2015 est.)
14.8% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Namibia |
7.41% (17 February 2016 est.)
8.7% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
| Nepal |
9.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.6% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Netherlands |
1.85% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.27% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| New Zealand |
5.76% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.8% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Nicaragua |
12.05% (31 December 2015 est.)
13.54% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Nigeria |
16.85% (31 December 2015 est.)
16.55% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Niger |
3.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Norway |
1.75% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.25% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Oman |
4.76% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.08% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Pakistan |
8.37% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.51% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Panama |
7.46% (31 December 2015 est.)
6.83% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
8.73% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.38% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Paraguay |
19.74% (31 December 2015 est.)
21.19% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Peru |
16.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
15.74% (31 December 2014 est.)
note: domestic currency lending rate, 90 day maturity
|
| Philippines |
5.58% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.53% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Poland |
4.92% (31 December 2015 est.)
6.25% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Portugal |
4.49% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.3% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Puerto Rico |
3.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.3% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Qatar |
4.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Romania |
6.77% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.47% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Russia |
15.73% (31 December 2015 est.)
11.14% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Rwanda |
17.33% (31 December 2015 est.)
17.26% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
9.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.28% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Saint Lucia |
8.86% (31 December 2015 est.)
9% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
9.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.15% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Samoa |
9.39% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.98% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| San Marino |
5.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
5.38% (31 December 2010 est.)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
15% (31 December 2015 est.)
16% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
6.9% (31 December 2015 est.)
6.7% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Senegal |
14.3% (31 December 2015 est.)
14.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Serbia |
11% (31 December 2015 est.)
14.81% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
12.36% (31 December 2015 est.)
11.65% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Sierra Leone |
18.78% (31 December 2015 est.)
19.41% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Singapore |
5.35% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.35% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Slovakia |
2.78% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.2% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Slovenia |
3.49% (31 December 2015 est.)
5.02% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Solomon Islands |
10.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
10.91% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Somalia |
NA%
|
| South Africa |
9.42% (31 December 2015 est.)
9.13% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Spain |
2.74% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Sri Lanka |
6.96% (31 December 2015 est.)
7.84% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Suriname |
12.62% (31 December 2015 est.)
12.28% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Swaziland |
9.04% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.63% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Sweden |
1.96% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.53% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Switzerland |
2.68% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.69% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Syria |
27% (31 December 2015 est.)
18.5% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Taiwan |
2.83% (31 December 2015 est.)
2.88% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Tajikistan |
25.84% (31 December 2015 est.)
24.53% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Tanzania |
16.1% (31 December 2015 est.)
16.26% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Thailand |
6.56% (31 December 2015 est.)
6.77% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Timor-Leste |
13.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
12.87% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Togo |
NA%
|
| Tonga |
8.09% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.89% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
8% (31 December 2015 est.)
7.9% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Tunisia |
7.31% (31 December 2014 est.)
6.76% (31 December 2013 est.)
|
| Turkey |
13.66% (31 December 2015 est.)
13.23% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Tuvalu |
10.6% (31 December 2013 est.)
10.6% (31 December 2012 est.)
|
| Uganda |
22.6% (31 December 2015 est.)
21.58% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Ukraine |
21.82% (31 December 2015 est.)
17.72% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| United Kingdom |
4.51% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.45% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| United States |
3.26% (31 December 2015 est.)
3.25% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Uruguay |
15.84% (31 December 2015 est.)
15.53% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Uzbekistan |
12.44% (31 December 2013 est.)
11.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
|
| Vanuatu |
3.63% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.69% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Venezuela |
19.4% (31 December 2015 est.)
17.21% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Vietnam |
7.12% (31 December 2015 est.)
8.67% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| West Bank |
6.8% (31 December 2015 est.)
6.41% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Yemen |
25% (31 December 2015 est.)
24% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Zambia |
13.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
11.57% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
| Zimbabwe |
18% (31 December 2015 est.)
22% (31 December 2014 est.)
|
