| 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.) |