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@2208 Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)

Afghanistan
18.14% (31 December 2007)

Albania
14.1% (31 December 2007)

Algeria
8% (31 December 2007)

Angola
17.7% (31 December 2007)

Anguilla
9.76% (31 December 2007)

Antigua and Barbuda
10.44% (31 December 2007)

Argentina
11.05% (31 December 2007)

Armenia
17.52% (31 December 2007)

Aruba
11.01% (31 December 2007)

Australia
10.02% (31 December 2007)

Austria
6.3% (31 December 2007)

Azerbaijan
19.13% (31 December 2007)

Bahamas, The
5.5% (31 December 2007)

Bahrain
8.35% (31 December 2007)

Bangladesh
16% (31 December 2007)

Barbados
10.8% (31 December 2007)

Belarus
8.58% (31 December 2007)

Belgium
6.98% (31 December 2007)

Belize
14.33% (31 December 2007)

Benin
NA

Bhutan
14% (31 December 2007)

Bolivia
12.86% (31 December 2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.17% (31 December 2007)

Botswana
16.22% (31 December 2007)

Brazil
43.72% (31 December 2007)

Brunei
5.5% (31 December 2007)

Bulgaria
10% (31 December 2007)

Burkina Faso
NA

Burma
17% (31 December 2007)

Burundi
16.84% (31 December 2007)

Cameroon
15% (31 December 2007)

Canada
6.1% (31 December 2007)

Cape Verde
10.55% (31 December 2007)

Central African Republic
15% (31 December 2007)

Chad
15% (31 December 2007)

Chile
8.67% (31 December 2007)

China
7.47% (31 December 2007)

Colombia
15.38% (31 December 2007)

Comoros
10.5% (31 December 2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA

Congo, Republic of the
15% (31 December 2007)

Costa Rica
12.8% (31 December 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
NA

Croatia
9.33% (31 December 2007)

Cuba
NA

Cyprus
6.74% (31 December 2007)

Czech Republic
5.79% (31 December 2007)

Denmark
NA

Djibouti
NA

Dominica
9.17% (31 December 2007)

Dominican Republic
15.83% (31 December 2007)

Ecuador
12.08% (31 December 2007)

Egypt
12.51% (31 December 2007)

El Salvador
NA

Equatorial Guinea
15% (31 December 2007)

Estonia
6.46% (31 December 2007)

Ethiopia
7% (31 December 2006)

European Union
8.03% (31 December 2007)

Fiji
9.01% (31 December 2007)

Finland
5.62% (31 December 2007)

France
7.28% (31 December 2007)

Gabon
15% (31 December 2007)

Gambia, The
27.92% (31 December 2007)

Gaza Strip
7.73% (31 De