Country Comparison :: Central bank discount rate
This entry provides the annualized interest rate a country's central bank charges commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds.
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Rank
 country (%) Date of Information
1 Zimbabwe
975.00
31 December 2007
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
70.00
31 December 2009 est.
3 Angola
30.00
31 December 2009 est.
4 Venezuela
29.50
31 December 2009
5 Sao Tome and Principe
28.00
31 December 2008
6 Costa Rica
23.00
31 December 2009 est.
7 Guinea
22.25
31 December 2005
8 Ghana
17.00
31 December 2008
9 Malawi
15.00
31 December 2008
10 Turkey
15.00
22 December 2009
11 Zambia
14.49
31 December 2008
12 Pakistan
14.00
31 December 2010 est.
13 Belarus
13.50
31 December 2009 est.
14 Mauritania
12.00
31 December 2007
15 Burma
12.00
31 December 2009 est.
16 Serbia
12.00
17 January 2011
17 Belize
12.00
31 December 2009 est.
18 South Africa
11.50
31 December 2008
19 Rwanda
11.25
31 December 2008
20 Brazil
11.00
31 December 2011 est.
21 Gambia, The
11.00
31 December 2008
22 Mongolia
10.82
31 December 2009 est.
23 Lesotho
10.66
31 December 2009 est.
24 Ukraine
10.25
31 December 2009 est.
25 Lebanon
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
26 Burundi
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
27 Botswana
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
28 Mozambique
9.95
31 December 2009 est.
29 Uganda
9.65
31 December 2009 est.
30 Croatia
9.00
31 December 2010 est.
31 Uruguay
8.75
31 December 2011
32 Ecuador
8.68
31 December 2010
33 Egypt
8.50
31 December 2009 est.
34 Russia
8.00
31 December 2011
35 Georgia
8.00
25 December 2008
36 Tajikistan
8.00
31 December 2009 est.
37 Cape Verde
7.50
31 December 2009 est.
38 Armenia
7.25
2 December 2008
39 Trinidad and Tobago
7.25
31 December 2009 est.
40 Sri Lanka
7.00
31 December 2011 est.
41 Hungary
7.00
31 December 2011
42 Vietnam
7.00
31 December 2010
43 Barbados
7.00
31 December 2009 est.
44 Namibia
7.00
31 December 2009 est.
45 Papua New Guinea
6.92
31 December 2009 est.
46 Saint Lucia
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
48 Swaziland
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
49 Antigua and Barbuda
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
50 Anguilla
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
51 Dominica
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
52 Grenada
6.50
31 December 2008
53 Montserrat
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
54 Macedonia
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
55 Nepal
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
56 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.50
31 December 2008
57 Indonesia
6.46
31 December 2009
58 Paraguay
6.00
31 December 2011 est.
59 Nigeria
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
60 Vanuatu
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
61 Iraq
6.00
December 2011
62 India
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
63 Romania
5.75
31 December 2011
64 Iceland
5.75
31 December 2010 est.
65 Qatar
5.50
31 December 2009 est.
66 Azerbaijan
5.25
31 December 2011 est.
67 Albania
5.25
31 December 2009 est.
68 Bahamas, The
5.25
31 December 2010 est.
69 Cambodia
5.25
31 December 2007
70 Bangladesh
5.00
31 December 2009 est.
71 New Zealand
5.00
31 December 2008
72 Colombia
5.00
31 December 2010
73 Syria
5.00
31 December 2011 est.
74 Guinea-Bissau
4.75
31 December 2008
75 Niger
4.75
31 December 2008
76 Jordan
4.75
31 December 2009 est.
77 Chad
4.75
31 December 2008
78 Central African Republic
4.75
31 December 2008
79 Congo, Republic of the
4.75
31 December 2008
80 Mexico
4.50
31 December 2009 est.
81 Benin
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
82 Cameroon
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
83 Equatorial Guinea
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
84 Gabon
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
85 Guyana
4.25
31 December 2010 est.
86 Cote d'Ivoire
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
87 Kazakhstan
4.25
31 December 2010 est.
88 Mali
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
89 Senegal
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
90 Togo
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
91 Burkina Faso
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
92 Laos
4.00
31 December 2009
93 Algeria
4.00
31 December 2009 est.
94 Peru
3.80
31 December 2010
95 Tanzania
3.70
31 December 2009 est.
96 Philippines
3.50
31 December 2009 est.
97 Poland
3.50
31 December 2009 est.
98 Latvia
3.50
31 December 2010 est.
99 Morocco
3.31
31 December 2009 est.
100 Australia
3.28
31 December 2009 est.
101 China
3.25
31 December 2010 est.
102 Bolivia
3.00
31 December 2010 est.
103 Aruba
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
104 Kuwait
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
105 Libya
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
106 Fiji
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
107 Malaysia
2.83
31 December 2010
108 Maldives
2.75
31 December 2010 est.
109 Kyrgyzstan
2.50
31 December 2010 est.
110 Comoros
2.21
31 December 2009 est.
111 Lithuania
2.06
31 December 2009 est.
112 Israel
2.02
31 December 2010 est.
113 Thailand
2.00
31 December 2010 est.
114 Cyprus
1.75
31 December 2010
115 Italy
1.75
31 December 2010
116 Greece
1.75
31 December 2010
117 Germany
1.75
31 December 2010
118 France
1.75
31 December 2010
119 European Union
1.75
31 December 2011
120 Finland
1.75
31 December 2010
121 Belgium
1.75
31 December 2010
122 Ireland
1.75
31 December 2010
123 Spain
1.75
31 December 2010
124 Slovenia
1.75
31 December 2011
125 Portugal
1.75
31 December 2010
126 Norway
1.75
31 December 2009 est.
127 Netherlands
1.75
31 December 2010
128 Malta
1.75
31 December 2010
129 Luxembourg
1.75
31 December 2010
130 Slovakia
1.75
31 December 2010 est.
131 Korea, South
1.25
31 December 2009
132 Taiwan
1.25
February 2009
133 Switzerland
0.75
31 December 2009 est.
134 Czech Republic
0.75
31 December 2010
135 Denmark
0.75
31 December 2010 est.
136 United Kingdom
0.50
31 December 2010 est.
137 Chile
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
138 United States
0.50
31 December 2009
139 Sweden
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
140 Hong Kong
0.50
31 December 2010
141 Japan
0.30
31 December 2008
142 Canada
0.25
31 December 2009 est.
143 Bulgaria
0.22
31 December 2011 est.
144 Oman
0.05
31 December 2009 est.