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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 Venezuela
33.50
31 December 2008
4 Angola
30.00
31 December 2009 est.
5 Sao Tome and Principe
28.00
31 December 2008
6 Turkey
25.00
31 December 2008
7 Costa Rica
23.00
31 December 2009 est.
8 Guinea
22.25
31 December 2005
9 Paraguay
20.00
31 December 2009 est.
10 Uruguay
20.00
31 December 2009 est.
11 Ghana
17.00
31 December 2008
12 Maldives
16.00
31 December 2009 est.
13 Kyrgyzstan
15.11
31 December 2009 est.
14 Sri Lanka
15.00
31 December 2009 est.
15 Malawi
15.00
31 December 2008
16 Iceland
14.55
31 December 2009 est.
17 Zambia
14.49
31 December 2008
18 Belarus
13.50
31 December 2009 est.
19 Pakistan
12.50
31 December 2009 est.
20 Burma
12.00
31 December 2009 est.
21 Belize
12.00
31 December 2009 est.
22 Mauritania
12.00
31 December 2007
23 South Africa
11.50
31 December 2008
24 Rwanda
11.25
31 December 2008
25 Gambia, The
11.00
31 December 2008
26 Mongolia
10.82
31 December 2009 est.
27 Lesotho
10.66
31 December 2009 est.
28 Ukraine
10.25
31 December 2009 est.
29 Burundi
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
30 Lebanon
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
31 Botswana
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
32 Mozambique
9.95
31 December 2009 est.
33 Serbia
9.92
31 December 2009 est.
34 Uganda
9.65
31 December 2009 est.
35 Ecuador
9.19
31 December 2009
36 Croatia
9.00
31 December 2009 est.
37 Iraq
8.83
31 December 2009 est.
38 Brazil
8.75
31 December 2009 est.
39 Russia
8.75
31 December 2009 est.
40 Egypt
8.50
31 December 2009 est.
41 Vietnam
8.00
31 December 2009 est.
42 Tajikistan
8.00
31 December 2009 est.
43 Cape Verde
7.50
31 December 2009 est.
44 Trinidad and Tobago
7.25
31 December 2009 est.
45 Armenia
7.25
2 December 2008
46 Barbados
7.00
31 December 2009 est.
47 Kazakhstan
7.00
31 December 2009 est.
48 Namibia
7.00
31 December 2009 est.
49 Papua New Guinea
6.92
31 December 2009 est.
50 Guyana
6.75
31 December 2009 est.
51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
52 Swaziland
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
53 Antigua and Barbuda
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
54 Saint Lucia
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
55 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.50
31 December 2008
56 Montserrat
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
57 Grenada
6.50
31 December 2008
58 Anguilla
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
59 Nepal
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
60 Macedonia
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
61 Dominica
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
62 Indonesia
6.46
31 December 2009
63 Hungary
6.25
31 December 2009
64 India
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
65 Latvia
6.00
31 December 2008
66 Nigeria
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
67 Vanuatu
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
68 Colombia
5.50
31 December 2009 est.
69 Qatar
5.50
31 December 2009 est.
70 Bahamas, The
5.25
31 December 2009 est.
71 Albania
5.25
31 December 2009 est.
72 Cambodia
5.25
31 December 2007
73 Syria
5.00
31 December 2009 est.
74 Bangladesh
5.00
31 December 2009 est.
75 New Zealand
5.00
31 December 2008
76 Guinea-Bissau
4.75
31 December 2008
77 Chad
4.75
31 December 2008
78 Central African Republic
4.75
31 December 2008
79 Niger
4.75
31 December 2008
80 Jordan
4.75
31 December 2009 est.
81 Congo, Republic of the
4.75
31 December 2008
82 Mexico
4.50
31 December 2009 est.
83 Mali
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
84 Senegal
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
85 Benin
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
86 Equatorial Guinea
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
87 Togo
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
88 Gabon
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
89 Cameroon
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
90 Cote d'Ivoire
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 Tanzania
3.70
31 December 2009 est.
95 Poland
3.50
31 December 2009 est.
96 Philippines
3.50
31 December 2009 est.
97 Morocco
3.31
31 December 2009 est.
98 Australia
3.28
31 December 2009 est.
99 Bolivia
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
100 Kuwait
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
101 Libya
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
102 Aruba
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
103 Fiji
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
104 China
2.79
31 December 2009 est.
105 Comoros
2.21
31 December 2009 est.
106 Lithuania
2.06
31 December 2009 est.
107 Peru
2.05
31 December 2009 est.
108 Malaysia
2.00
31 December 2009 est.
109 Azerbaijan
2.00
31 December 2009 est.
110 Luxembourg
1.75
31 December 2009
111 Slovakia
1.75
31 December 2009
112 Korea, South
1.75
31 December 2008
113 Italy
1.75
31 December 2009
114 Greece
1.75
31 December 2009
115 Germany
1.75
31 December 2009
116 France
1.75
31 December 2009
117 Finland
1.75
31 December 2009
118 Ireland
1.75
31 December 2009
119 Norway
1.75
31 December 2009 est.
120 Cyprus
1.75
31 December 2009
121 Belgium
1.75
31 December 2009
122 Thailand
1.75
31 December 2009 est.
123 Spain
1.75
31 December 2009
124 Slovenia
1.75
31 December 2009
125 Portugal
1.75
31 December 2009
126 European Union
1.75
31 December 2009
127 Netherlands
1.75
31 December 2009
128 Malta
1.75
31 December 2009
129 Taiwan
1.25
February 2009
130 Israel
1.01
31 December 2009 est.
131 Denmark
1.00
31 December 2009 est.
132 Czech Republic
1.00
31 December 2009 est.
133 Switzerland
0.75
31 December 2009 est.
134 Bulgaria
0.55
31 December 2009 est.
135 Bahrain
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
136 United Kingdom
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
137 Chile
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
138 Hong Kong
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
139 United States
0.50
31 December 2009
140 Sweden
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
141 Japan
0.30
31 December 2008
142 Singapore
0.27
31 December 2009 est.
143 Canada
0.25
31 December 2009 est.
144 Oman
0.05
31 December 2009 est.
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