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Commercial bank prime lending rate
This entry provides a simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit-worthy customers.
| Country | Commercial bank prime lending rate |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
15%
(31 December 2016 est.)
15%
(31 December 2015 est.)
|
| Albania |
8.22%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.78%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Algeria |
8%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Angola |
15.82%
(31 December 2017 est.)
15.78%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Anguilla |
9.48%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.01%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
9.31%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.58%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Argentina |
26.58%
(31 December 2017 est.)
31.23%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Armenia |
14.41%
(31 December 2017 est.)
17.36%
(31 December 2016 est.)
note: average lending rate on loans up to one year |
| Aruba |
7%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.83%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Australia |
5.24%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.42%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Austria |
1.57%
(31 December 2017 est.)
1.86%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Azerbaijan |
12.7%
(31 December 2017 est.)
12.56%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Bahamas, The |
4.25%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.75%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Bahrain |
5.33%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.18%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Bangladesh |
9.54%
(31 December 2017 est.)
10.41%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Barbados |
8.1%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.05%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Belarus |
9.66%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14.4%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Belgium |
2.08%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.02%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Belize |
9.46%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.84%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Benin |
5.3%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Bhutan |
15%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14.15%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Bolivia |
8.11%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.95%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4.38%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.24%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Botswana |
6.88%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Brazil |
46.92%
(31 December 2017 est.)
52.1%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Brunei |
5.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Bulgaria |
5.41%
(31 December 2017 est.)
6.39%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Burkina Faso |
5.3%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Burma |
13%
(31 December 2017 est.)
13%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Burundi |
14.8%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14.24%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Cabo Verde |
9.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.61%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Cambodia |
10.92%
(31 December 2017 est.)
11.36%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Cameroon |
13%
(31 December 2017 est.)
12.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Canada |
3.2%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.7%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Cayman Islands |
14.9%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14.9%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Central African Republic |
15.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
15.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Chad |
15.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
15.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Chile |
4.6%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.59%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| China |
4.35%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.35%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Colombia |
13.69%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14.65%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Comoros |
10.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
10.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
20.62%
(31 December 2017 est.)
19.05%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
14.6%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Costa Rica |
11.37%
(31 December 2017 est.)
11.64%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
5.4%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Croatia |
4.23%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.97%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Cuba |
NA |
| Curacao |
14.5%
(31 December 2011 est.)
14.5%
(31 December 2010 est.)
|
| Cyprus |
4.13%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.33%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Czechia |
3.59%
(31 December 2017 est.)
3.91%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Denmark |
2.84%
(31 December 2017 est.)
3.25%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Djibouti |
11.3%
(31 December 2017 est.)
11.45%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Dominica |
8.08%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.28%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Dominican Republic |
13.91%
(31 December 2017 est.)
15.08%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
7.92%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.69%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Egypt |
18.18%
(31 December 2017 est.)
13.6%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| El Salvador |
6.47%
(31 December 2017 est.)
6.37%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
15%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Eritrea |
NA |
| Estonia |
4.2%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.23%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Eswatini |
10.75%
(31 December 2017 est.)
10.25%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Ethiopia |
13.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
12.2%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| European Union |
0.25%
(31 December 2017 est.)
0.25%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Fiji |
5.74%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.85%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Finland |
1.61%
(31 December 2017 est.)
1.79%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| France |
1.29%
(31 December 2017 est.)
1.6%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Gabon |
15%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Gambia, The |
29%
(31 December 2017 est.)
30.4%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Gaza Strip |
see entry for the West Bank |
| Georgia |
11.49%
(31 December 2017 est.)
12.62%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Germany |
1.67%
(31 December 2017 est.)
1.78%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Ghana |
30.35%
(31 December 2017 est.)
31.26%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Greece |
5.25%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.62%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Grenada |
8.31%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.64%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Guatemala |
13.05%
(31 December 2017 est.)
13.1%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Guinea |
22.2%
(31 December 2017 est.)
22.2%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
5.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Guyana |
13%
(31 December 2017 est.)
13%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Haiti |
13.1%
(31 December 2017 est.)
13.23%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Honduras |
19.26%
(31 December 2017 est.)
19.33%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Hong Kong |
5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Hungary |
1.48%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.09%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Iceland |
7.26%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.24%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| India |
9.51%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.67%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Indonesia |
11.07%
(31 December 2017 est.)
11.89%
(31 December 2016 est.)
note: these figures represent the average annualized rate on working capital loans
|
| Iran |
18%
(31 December 2017 est.)
18%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Iraq |
12.7%
(31 December 2017 est.)
12.7%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Ireland |
4.08%
(31 December 2017 est.)
3.48%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Israel |
3.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
3.42%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Italy |
3%
(31 December 2017 est.)
3.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Jamaica |
14.91%
(31 December 2017 est.)
16.49%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Japan |
1.48%
(31 December 2017 est.)
1.48%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Jordan |
8.65%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.83%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Kazakhstan |
14.17%
(31 December 2017 est.)
15.34%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Kenya |
13.67%
(31 December 2017 est.)
16.56%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Korea, South |
3.48%
(31 December 2017 est.)
3.37%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
6.83%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.47%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Kuwait |
4.68%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
18.49%
(31 December 2017 est.)
22.23%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Laos |
18.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
18%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Latvia |
2.58%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.61%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Lebanon |
8.29%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.35%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Lesotho |
11.58%
(31 December 2017 est.)
11.58%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Liberia |
13.3%
(31 December 2017 est.)
13.59%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Libya |
7.3%
(31 December 2017 est.)
6%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Lithuania |
2.8%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.83%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Luxembourg |
1.9%
(31 December 2017 est.)
1.98%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Macau |
5.25%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.25%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Macedonia |
6.21%
(31 December 2017 est.)
6.61%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Madagascar |
60%
(31 December 2017 est.)
60%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Malawi |
38.1%
(31 December 2017 est.)
44.11%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Malaysia |
4.61%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.52%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Maldives |
10.5%
(31 December 2012 est.)
10.2%
(31 December 2011 est.)
|
| Mali |
5.2%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Malta |
3.7%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.06%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Mauritania |
17%
(31 December 2017 est.)
17%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
8.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Mexico |
7.34%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.72%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
15.73%
(31 December 2017 est.)
15.7%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Moldova |
10.36%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14.28%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Mongolia |
20.01%
(31 December 2017 est.)
19.74%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Montenegro |
6.81%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.45%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Montserrat |
6.95%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.21%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Morocco |
5.6%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.73%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
27.86%
(31 December 2017 est.)
21.18%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Namibia |
10.04%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.84%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Nepal |
11.3%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.9%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Netherlands |
1.33%
(31 December 2017 est.)
1.47%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| New Zealand |
5.1%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.02%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Nicaragua |
10.8%
(31 December 2017 est.)
11.44%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Niger |
5.4%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Nigeria |
17.58%
(31 December 2017 est.)
16.87%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Norway |
2.89%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.96%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Oman |
5.2%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.08%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Pakistan |
6.98%
(31 December 2017 est.)
6.94%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Panama |
7.52%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.53%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
8.4%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.38%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Paraguay |
17%
(31 December 2017 est.)
18.08%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Peru |
16.6%
(31 December 2017 est.)
16.47%
(31 December 2016 est.)
note: domestic currency lending rate, 90 day maturity |
| Philippines |
5.63%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.64%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Poland |
4.8%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.74%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Portugal |
3.21%
(31 December 2017 est.)
3.77%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Puerto Rico |
5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Qatar |
4.95%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.51%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Romania |
5.57%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.71%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Russia |
10.55%
(31 December 2017 est.)
12.59%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Rwanda |
17.17%
(31 December 2017 est.)
17.29%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
9.09%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.23%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Lucia |
8.34%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.47%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
8.75%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.12%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Samoa |
8.76%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9.09%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| San Marino |
5.92%
(31 December 2011 est.)
5.38%
(31 December 2010 est.)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
19.61%
(31 December 2017 est.)
19.59%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
8.3%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.1%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Senegal |
5.4%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Serbia |
8.2%
(31 December 2017 est.)
8.45%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
12.24%
(31 December 2017 est.)
12.36%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Sierra Leone |
17.92%
(31 December 2017 est.)
18.04%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Singapore |
5.28%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.35%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Slovakia |
2.44%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.7%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Slovenia |
2.59%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.81%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Solomon Islands |
10.7%
(31 December 2017 est.)
10.1%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Somalia |
NA |
| South Africa |
10.38%
(31 December 2017 est.)
10.46%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| South Sudan |
13.38%
(December 2017)
9.72%
(December 2016)
|
| Spain |
2.03%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.19%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Sri Lanka |
11.6%
(31 December 2017 est.)
10.49%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Sudan |
13%
(31 December 2017 est.)
12.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Suriname |
14.43%
(31 December 2017 est.)
13.49%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Sweden |
1.93%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Switzerland |
2.6%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.65%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Syria |
14%
(31 December 2017 est.)
22%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Taiwan |
2.63%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.63%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Tajikistan |
30%
(31 December 2017 est.)
24.24%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Tanzania |
17.62%
(31 December 2017 est.)
15.96%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Thailand |
4.42%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.47%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Timor-Leste |
13.29%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14.05%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Togo |
5.3%
(31 December 2016 est.)
8.29%
(31 December 2015 est.)
|
| Tonga |
8%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.9%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
9%
(31 December 2017 est.)
9%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Tunisia |
7.31%
(31 December 2016 est.)
6.76%
(31 December 2013 est.)
|
| Turkey |
15.77%
(31 December 2017 est.)
14.74%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Turkmenistan |
19%
(31 December 2017 est.)
16%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Tuvalu |
10.6%
(31 December 2013 est.)
10.6%
(31 December 2012 est.)
|
| Uganda |
21.28%
(31 December 2017 est.)
23.89%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Ukraine |
16.38%
(31 December 2017 est.)
19.24%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| United Arab Emirates |
6%
(31 December 2017 est.)
5.7%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| United Kingdom |
4.38%
(31 December 2017 est.)
4.44%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| United States |
4.1%
(31 December 2017 est.)
3.51%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Uruguay |
13.83%
(31 December 2017 est.)
16.17%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Uzbekistan |
16%
(31 December 2016 est.)
11.2%
(31 December 2012 est.)
|
| Vanuatu |
3.2%
(31 December 2017 est.)
2.95%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Venezuela |
21.1%
(31 December 2017 est.)
20.78%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Vietnam |
7.07%
(31 December 2017 est.)
6.96%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| West Bank |
5.8%
(31 December 2017 est.)
6.15%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Yemen |
30%
(31 December 2017 est.)
27%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Zambia |
12.5%
(31 December 2017 est.)
15.5%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|
| Zimbabwe |
18%
(31 December 2017 est.)
7.1%
(31 December 2016 est.)
|