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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 Uruguay
20.00
31 December 2009 est.
9 Paraguay
20.00
31 December 2009 est.
10 Ghana
17.00
31 December 2008
11 Maldives
16.00
31 December 2009 est.
12 Malawi
15.00
31 December 2008
13 Turkey
15.00
22 December 2009
14 Zambia
14.49
31 December 2008
15 Pakistan
14.00
31 December 2010 est.
16 Belarus
13.50
31 December 2009 est.
17 Burma
12.00
31 December 2009 est.
18 Mauritania
12.00
31 December 2007
19 Serbia
12.00
17 January 2011
20 Belize
12.00
31 December 2009 est.
21 South Africa
11.50
31 December 2008
22 Rwanda
11.25
31 December 2008
23 Gambia, The
11.00
31 December 2008
24 Mongolia
10.82
31 December 2009 est.
25 Brazil
10.75
31 December 2010 est.
26 Lesotho
10.66
31 December 2009 est.
27 Ukraine
10.25
31 December 2009 est.
28 Lebanon
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
29 Burundi
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
30 Botswana
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
31 Mozambique
9.95
31 December 2009 est.
32 Uganda
9.65
31 December 2009 est.
33 Croatia
9.00
31 December 2010 est.
34 Russia
8.75
31 December 2009 est.
35 Ecuador
8.68
31 December 2010
36 Egypt
8.50
31 December 2009 est.
37 Tajikistan
8.00
31 December 2009 est.
38 Georgia
8.00
25 December 2008
39 Cape Verde
7.50
31 December 2009 est.
40 Armenia
7.25
2 December 2008
41 Trinidad and Tobago
7.25
31 December 2009 est.
42 Sri Lanka
7.25
31 December 2010
43 Barbados
7.00
31 December 2009 est.
44 Vietnam
7.00
31 December 2010
45 Namibia
7.00
31 December 2009 est.
46 Papua New Guinea
6.92
31 December 2009 est.
47 Iraq
6.50
31 December 2010 est.
48 Antigua and Barbuda
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
49 Anguilla
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
50 Macedonia
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
51 Grenada
6.50
31 December 2008
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
53 Saint Lucia
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.50
31 December 2008
55 Montserrat
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
56 Dominica
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
57 Swaziland
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
58 Nepal
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
59 Indonesia
6.46
31 December 2009
60 Vanuatu
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
61 India
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
62 Nigeria
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
63 Hungary
5.75
31 December 2010
64 Iceland
5.75
31 December 2010 est.
65 Qatar
5.50
31 December 2009 est.
66 Albania
5.25
31 December 2009 est.
67 Cambodia
5.25
31 December 2007
68 Bahamas, The
5.25
31 December 2010 est.
69 Syria
5.00
31 December 2010 est.
70 New Zealand
5.00
31 December 2008
71 Colombia
5.00
31 December 2010
72 Bangladesh
5.00
31 December 2009 est.
73 Niger
4.75
31 December 2008
74 Chad
4.75
31 December 2008
75 Guinea-Bissau
4.75
31 December 2008
76 Central African Republic
4.75
31 December 2008
77 Jordan
4.75
31 December 2009 est.
78 Congo, Republic of the
4.75
31 December 2008
79 Mexico
4.50
31 December 2009 est.
80 Senegal
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
81 Guyana
4.25
31 December 2010 est.
82 Gabon
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
83 Equatorial Guinea
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
84 Cote d'Ivoire
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
85 Cameroon
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
86 Benin
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
87 Burkina Faso
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
88 Togo
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
89 Mali
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
90 Kazakhstan
4.25
31 December 2010 est.
91 Laos
4.00
31 December 2009
92 Algeria
4.00
31 December 2009 est.
93 Peru
3.80
31 December 2010
94 Tanzania
3.70
31 December 2009 est.
95 Latvia
3.50
31 December 2010 est.
96 Philippines
3.50
31 December 2009 est.
97 Poland
3.50
31 December 2009 est.
98 Morocco
3.31
31 December 2009 est.
99 Australia
3.28
31 December 2009 est.
100 China
3.25
31 December 2010 est.
101 Bolivia
3.00
31 December 2010 est.
102 Libya
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
103 Kuwait
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
104 Aruba
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
105 Fiji
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
106 Malaysia
2.83
31 December 2010
107 Kyrgyzstan
2.50
31 December 2010 est.
108 Comoros
2.21
31 December 2009 est.
109 Lithuania
2.06
31 December 2009 est.
110 Israel
2.02
31 December 2010 est.
111 Azerbaijan
2.00
31 December 2009 est.
112 Thailand
2.00
31 December 2010 est.
113 France
1.75
31 December 2010
114 Germany
1.75
31 December 2010
115 Finland
1.75
31 December 2010
116 Portugal
1.75
31 December 2010
117 Norway
1.75
31 December 2009 est.
118 Netherlands
1.75
31 December 2010
119 Malta
1.75
31 December 2010
120 Greece
1.75
31 December 2010
121 Ireland
1.75
31 December 2010
122 Cyprus
1.75
31 December 2010
123 Italy
1.75
31 December 2010
124 Slovakia
1.75
31 December 2010 est.
125 European Union
1.75
31 December 2010
126 Belgium
1.75
31 December 2010
127 Spain
1.75
31 December 2010
128 Luxembourg
1.75
31 December 2010
129 Slovenia
1.75
31 December 2010
130 Korea, South
1.25
31 December 2009
131 Taiwan
1.25
February 2009
132 Switzerland
0.75
31 December 2009 est.
133 Czech Republic
0.75
31 December 2010
134 Denmark
0.75
31 December 2010 est.
135 Bulgaria
0.55
31 December 2009 est.
136 Sweden
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
137 Hong Kong
0.50
31 December 2010
138 Chile
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
139 United States
0.50
31 December 2009
140 United Kingdom
0.50
31 December 2010 est.
141 Japan
0.30
31 December 2008
142 Canada
0.25
31 December 2009 est.
143 Oman
0.05
31 December 2009 est.
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