Rank code: @2208

Rank Country Commercial bank prime lending rate(%) Date of Information

1 Zimbabwe 578.96 31 December 2007 2 Haiti 46.99 31 December 2007 3 Madagascar 45.00 31 December 2007 4 Brazil 43.72 31 December 2007 5 Sao Tome and Principe 32.40 31 December 2007 6 Laos 28.50 31 December 2007 7 Gambia, The 27.92 31 December 2007 8 Malawi 27.72 31 December 2007 9 Kyrgyzstan 25.32 31 December 2007 10 Paraguay 25.03 31 December 2007 11 Sierra Leone 25.00 31 December 2007 12 Tajikistan 22.87 31 December 2007 13 Peru 22.86 31 December 2007 14 Mauritius 21.87 31 December 2007 15 Georgia 20.41 31 December 2007 16 Iraq 19.74 31 December 2007 17 Mozambique 19.52 31 December 2007 18 Iceland 19.29 31 December 2007 19 Azerbaijan 19.13 31 December 2007 20 Uganda 19.11 31 December 2007 21 Zambia 18.89 31 December 2007 22 Moldova 18.83 31 December 2007 23 Afghanistan 18.14 31 December 2007 24 Yemen 18.00 31 December 2007 25 Angola 17.70 31 December 2007 26 Mongolia 17.54 31 December 2007 27 Armenia 17.52 31 December 2007 28 Jamaica 17.20 31 December 2007 29 Venezuela 17.11 31 December 2007 30 Sri Lanka 17.08 31 December 2007 31 Burma 17.00 31 December 2007 32 Nigeria 16.94 31 December 2007 33 Burundi 16.84 31 December 2007 34 Honduras 16.61 31 December 2007 35 Botswana 16.22 31 December 2007 36 Tanzania 16.03 31 December 2007 37 Bangladesh 16.00 31 December 2007 38 Rwanda 15.84 31 December 2007 39 Dominican Republic 15.83 31 December 2007 40 Colombia 15.38 31 December 2007 41 Liberia 15.05 31 December 2007 42 Timor-Leste 15.05 31 December 2007 43 Chad 15.00 31 December 2007 44 Congo, Republic of the 15.00 31 December 2007 45 Gabon 15.00 31 December 2007 46 Equatorial Guinea 15.00 31 December 2007 47 Central African Republic 15.00 31 December 2007 48 Cameroon 15.00 31 December 2007 49 Guyana 14.61 31 December 2007 50 Belize 14.33 31 December 2007 51 Lesotho 14.13 31 December 2007 52 Solomon Islands 14.12 31 December 2007 53 Albania 14.10 31 December 2007 54 Micronesia, Federated States of 14.03 31 December 2007 55 Bhutan 14.00 31 December 2007 56 Ukraine 13.90 31 December 2007 57 Indonesia 13.86 31 December 2007 58 Suriname 13.77 31 December 2007 59 Romania 13.35 31 December 2007 60 Kenya 13.34 31 December 2007 61 South Africa 13.17 31 December 2007 62 Swaziland 13.17 31 December 2007 63 Nicaragua 13.04 31 December 2007 64 India 13.02 31 December 2007 65 Maldives 13.00 31 December 2007 66 Namibia 12.88 31 December 2007 67 Bolivia 12.86 31 December 2007 68 Guatemala 12.84 31 December 2007 69 New Zealand 12.83 31 December 2007 70 Costa Rica 12.80 31 December 2007 71 Samoa 12.65 31 December 2007 72 Egypt 12.51 31 December 2007 73 Tonga 12.16 31 December 2007 74 Ecuador 12.08 31 December 2007 75 Iran 12.00 31 December 2007 76 Trinidad and Tobago 11.75 31 December 2007 77 Vietnam 11.18 31 December 2007 78 Serbia 11.13 31 December 2007 79 Argentina 11.05 31 December 2007 80 Aruba 11.01 31 December 2007 81 Italy 10.93 31 December 2007 82 Latvia 10.91 31 December 2007 83 Seychelles 10.89 31 December 2007 84 Barbados 10.80 31 December 2007 85 Cape Verde 10.55 31 December 2007 86 Comoros 10.50 31 December 2007 87 Antigua and Barbuda 10.44 31 December 2007 88 Montserrat 10.40 31 December 2007 89 Lebanon 10.26 31 December 2007 90 Macedonia 10.23 31 December 2007 91 Saint Lucia 10.12 31 December 2007 92 Russia 10.03 31 December 2007 93 Australia 10.02 31 December 2007 94 Bulgaria 10.00 31 December 2007 95 Spain 9.89 31 December 2007 96 Papua New Guinea 9.78 31 December 2007 97 Anguilla 9.76 31 December 2007 98 Grenada 9.76 31 December 2007 99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.61 31 December 2007 100 Croatia 9.33 31 December 2007 101 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.28 31 December 2007 102 Netherlands Antilles 9.21 31 December 2007 103 Dominica 9.17 31 December 2007 104 Hungary 9.09 31 December 2007 105 Montenegro 9.09 31 December 2007 106 Fiji 9.01 31 December 2007 107 Uruguay 8.94 31 December 2007 108 Netherlands 8.72 31 December 2007 109 Philippines 8.69 31 December 2007 110 Jordan 8.68 31 December 2007 111 Chile 8.67 31 December 2007 112 Belarus 8.58 31 December 2007 113 Kuwait 8.54 31 December 2007 114 Bahrain 8.35 31 December 2007 115 Panama 8.25 31 December 2007 116 Vanuatu 8.16 31 December 2007 117 United States 8.05 31 December 2007 118 European Union 8.03 31 December 2007 119 Algeria 8.00 31 December 2007 120 Nepal 8.00 31 December 2007 121 Syria 8.00 31 December 2005 122 Slovakia 7.99 31 December 2007 123 Portugal 7.92 31 December 2007 124 Macau 7.81 31 December 2007 125 Gaza Strip 7.73 31 December 2006 126 West Bank 7.73 31 December 2006 127 Greece 7.71 31 December 2007 128 San Marino 7.58 31 December 2007 129 Mexico 7.56 31 December 2007 130 China 7.47 31 December 2007 131 Qatar 7.43 31 December 2007 132 Oman 7.29 31 December 2007 133 France 7.28 31 December 2007 134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.17 31 December 2007 135 Thailand 7.05 31 December 2007 136 Ethiopia 7.00 31 December 2006 137 Belgium 6.98 31 December 2007 138 Lithuania 6.86 31 December 2007 139 Slovenia 6.82 31 December 2007 140 Hong Kong 6.75 31 December 2007 141 Cyprus 6.74 31 December 2007 142 Norway 6.65 31 December 2007 143 Korea, South 6.55 31 December 2007 144 Ireland 6.52 31 December 2007 145 Estonia 6.46 31 December 2007 146 Malaysia 6.41 31 December 2007 147 Austria 6.30 31 December 2007 148 Israel 6.27 31 December 2007 149 Malta 6.24 31 December 2007 150 Canada 6.10 31 December 2007 151 Libya 6.00 31 December 2007 152 Germany 5.96 31 December 2007 153 Czech Republic 5.79 31 December 2007 154 Finland 5.62 31 December 2007 155 United Kingdom 5.52 31 December 2007 156 Bahamas, The 5.50 31 December 2007 157 Brunei 5.50 31 December 2007 158 Poland 5.48 31 December 2006 159 Singapore 5.33 31 December 2007 160 Sweden 4.00 31 December 2004 161 Switzerland 3.15 31 December 2007 162 Japan 1.88 31 December 2007

This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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Rank code: @2209

Rank Country Stock of money Date of Information

1 European Union 5,742,000,000,000.00 2 Japan 4,370,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 3 China 2,090,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 4 United States 1,374,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 5 Burma 598,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 6 Canada 391,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 7 Russia 303,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 8 Australia 298,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 9 India 250,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 10 Sweden 217,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 11 Switzerland 213,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 12 Denmark 148,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 13 Poland 137,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 14 Brazil 131,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 15 Mexico 103,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 16 Saudi Arabia 102,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 17 Korea, South 92,590,000,000.00 31 December 2007 18 Czech Republic 84,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007 19 Morocco 67,420,000,000.00 31 December 2007 20 Turkey 64,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007 21 Venezuela 63,180,000,000.00 31 December 2007 22 Syria 58,840,000,000.00 31 December 2006 23 South Africa 58,490,000,000.00 31 December 2007 24 Algeria 55,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007 25 Pakistan 52,760,000,000.00 31 December 2007 26 Hong Kong 51,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007 27 United Arab Emirates 49,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 28 Malaysia 49,410,000,000.00 31 December 2007 29 Indonesia 47,780,000,000.00 31 December 2007 30 Iran 46,130,000,000.00 31 December 2007 31 Singapore 44,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 32 Hungary 36,780,000,000.00 31 December 2007 33 Ukraine 35,970,000,000.00 31 December 2007 34 Argentina 33,930,000,000.00 31 December 2007 35 Thailand 28,620,000,000.00 31 December 2007 36 Egypt 27,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 37 Vietnam 27,150,000,000.00 31 December 2007 38 Slovakia 26,170,000,000.00 31 December 2007 39 Romania 25,170,000,000.00 31 December 2007 40 New Zealand 24,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 41 Colombia 21,810,000,000.00 31 December 2007 42 Nigeria 21,720,000,000.00 31 December 2007 43 Philippines 21,270,000,000.00 31 December 2007 44 Iraq 18,810,000,000.00 31 December 2007 45 Libya 18,040,000,000.00 31 December 2007 46 Chile 16,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 47 Bulgaria 15,580,000,000.00 31 December 2007 48 Israel 15,360,000,000.00 31 December 2006 49 Kuwait 15,120,000,000.00 31 December 2007 50 Peru 14,660,000,000.00 31 December 2007 51 Zimbabwe 14,180,000,000.00 31 December 2007 52 Kazakhstan 12,740,000,000.00 31 December 2007 53 Lithuania 11,840,000,000.00 31 December 2007 54 Croatia 11,610,000,000.00 31 December 2007 55 Qatar 9,718,000,000.00 31 December 2007 56 Tunisia 9,491,000,000.00 31 December 2007 57 Slovenia 9,347,000,000.00 31 December 2006 58 Bangladesh 8,444,000,000.00 31 December 2007 59 Latvia 8,196,000,000.00 31 December 2007 60 Estonia 7,158,000,000.00 31 December 2007 61 Jordan 6,765,000,000.00 31 December 2007 62 Iceland 6,640,000,000.00 31 December 2007 63 Guatemala 6,227,000,000.00 31 December 2007 64 Kenya 5,932,000,000.00 31 December 2007 65 Sudan 5,549,000,000.00 31 December 2007 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,130,000,000.00 31 December 2007 67 Oman 5,044,000,000.00 31 December 2007 68 Serbia 4,632,000,000.00 31 December 2007 69 Malta 4,603,000,000.00 31 December 2007 70 Costa Rica 4,504,000,000.00 31 December 2007 71 Cote d'Ivoire 4,451,000,000.00 31 December 2007 72 Ecuador 4,395,000,000.00 31 December 2007 73 Azerbaijan 4,261,000,000.00 31 December 2007 74 Bahrain 4,169,000,000.00 31 December 2007 75 Angola 4,153,000,000.00 31 December 2007 76 Cyprus 4,094,000,000.00 31 December 2007 77 Dominican Republic 4,074,000,000.00 31 December 2007 78 Belarus 4,065,000,000.00 31 December 2007 79 Ethiopia 3,651,000,000.00 31 December 2006 80 Yemen 3,076,000,000.00 31 December 2007 81 Panama 3,054,000,000.00 31 December 2007 82 Bolivia 3,032,000,000.00 31 December 2007 83 Senegal 2,842,000,000.00 31 December 2007 84 Albania 2,707,000,000.00 31 December 2007 85 Brunei 2,674,000,000.00 31 December 2007 86 Trinidad and Tobago 2,646,000,000.00 31 December 2007 87 Cameroon 2,616,000,000.00 31 December 2007 88 Sri Lanka 2,465,000,000.00 31 December 2007 89 Lebanon 2,374,000,000.00 31 December 2007 90 Tanzania 2,263,000,000.00 31 December 2007 91 Nepal 2,184,000,000.00 31 December 2007 92 Ghana 2,179,000,000.00 31 December 2006 93 Namibia 2,149,000,000.00 31 December 2007 94 Uruguay 2,145,000,000.00 31 December 2007 95 Paraguay 1,943,000,000.00 31 December 2007 96 El Salvador 1,802,000,000.00 31 December 2007 97 Papua New Guinea 1,685,000,000.00 31 December 2007 98 Mauritius 1,673,000,000.00 31 December 2007 99 Mali 1,580,000,000.00 31 December 2007 100 Gaza Strip 1,574,000,000.00 31 December 2007 101 West Bank 1,574,000,000.00 31 December 2007 102 Honduras 1,573,000,000.00 31 December 2007 103 Gabon 1,547,000,000.00 31 December 2007 104 Armenia 1,507,000,000.00 31 December 2007 105 Barbados 1,478,000,000.00 31 December 2007 106 Afghanistan 1,426,000,000.00 31 December 2007 107 Congo, Republic of the 1,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 108 Jamaica 1,369,000,000.00 31 December 2007 109 Uganda 1,363,000,000.00 31 December 2007 110 San Marino 1,326,000,000.00 31 December 2007 111 Benin 1,324,000,000.00 31 December 2007 112 Bahamas, The 1,274,000,000.00 31 December 2007 113 Mozambique 1,261,000,000.00 31 December 2007 114 Macedonia 1,173,000,000.00 31 December 2007 115 Montenegro 1,172,000,000.00 31 December 2007 116 Madagascar 1,161,000,000.00 31 December 2007 117 Macau 1,160,000,000.00 31 December 2007 118 Georgia 1,154,000,000.00 31 December 2007 119 Netherlands Antilles 1,133,000,000.00 31 December 2007 120 Burkina Faso 1,051,000,000.00 31 December 2007 121 Fiji 1,042,000,000.00 31 December 2007 122 Botswana 1,026,000,000.00 31 December 2007 123 Zambia 995,800,000.00 31 December 2007 124 Moldova 965,000,000.00 31 December 2007 125 Kyrgyzstan 911,100,000.00 31 December 2007 126 Chad 874,500,000.00 31 December 2007 127 Equatorial Guinea 835,200,000.00 31 December 2007 128 Eritrea 749,100,000.00 31 December 2007 129 Haiti 704,700,000.00 31 December 2007 130 Aruba 640,900,000.00 31 December 2007 131 Togo 624,900,000.00 31 December 2007 132 Niger 604,500,000.00 31 December 2007 133 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 597,000,000.00 31 December 2007 134 Cape Verde 574,000,000.00 31 December 2007 135 Cambodia 513,600,000.00 31 December 2007 136 Mongolia 504,700,000.00 31 December 2007 137 Nicaragua 465,100,000.00 31 December 2007 138 Lesotho 439,200,000.00 31 December 2007 139 Suriname 416,600,000.00 31 December 2007 140 Bhutan 381,100,000.00 31 December 2007 141 Djibouti 380,000,000.00 31 December 2007 142 Malawi 361,500,000.00 31 December 2007 143 Maldives 344,100,000.00 31 December 2007 144 Seychelles 330,800,000.00 31 December 2007 145 Laos 327,900,000.00 31 December 2007 146 Belize 323,900,000.00 31 December 2007 147 Guyana 315,200,000.00 31 December 2007 148 Guinea 309,800,000.00 31 December 2005 149 Antigua and Barbuda 294,800,000.00 31 December 2007 150 Saint Lucia 264,700,000.00 31 December 2007 151 Swaziland 244,800,000.00 31 December 2007 152 Rwanda 233,600,000.00 31 December 2005 153 Central African Republic 218,300,000.00 31 December 2007 154 Burundi 208,700,000.00 31 December 2007 155 Gambia, The 186,700,000.00 31 December 2007 156 Sierra Leone 184,600,000.00 31 December 2007 157 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 155,500,000.00 31 December 2007 158 Grenada 151,200,000.00 31 December 2007 159 Liberia 145,600,000.00 31 December 2007 160 Guinea-Bissau 142,500,000.00 31 December 2007 161 Solomon Islands 118,300,000.00 31 December 2007 162 Vanuatu 107,100,000.00 31 December 2007 163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97,310,000.00 31 December 2007 164 Tajikistan 91,590,000.00 31 December 2006 165 Comoros 76,680,000.00 31 December 2007 166 Timor-Leste 74,940,000.00 31 December 2007 167 Dominica 73,710,000.00 31 December 2007 168 Samoa 69,970,000.00 31 December 2007 169 Tonga 46,380,000.00 31 December 2007 170 Anguilla 23,570,000.00 31 December 2007 171 Micronesia, Federated States of 22,450,000.00 31 December 2007 172 Sao Tome and Principe 19,990,000.00 31 December 2007 173 Montserrat 17,900,000.00 31 December 2007

This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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