Country
|
Central bank discount rate (%)
|
Afghanistan
|
NA
|
Albania
|
6.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Algeria
|
4% (31 December 2007)
|
Angola
|
19.57% (31 December 2007)
|
Anguilla
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Argentina
|
NA
|
Armenia
|
7.25%
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy instrument of the Armenian National Bank (2 December 2008)
|
Aruba
|
5% (31 December 2007)
|
Australia
|
NA
|
Azerbaijan
|
8%
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key policy rate for the National Bank of Azerbaijan (31 December 2008)
|
Bahamas, The
|
5.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Bangladesh
|
5% (31 December 2007)
|
Barbados
|
12% (31 December 2007)
|
Belarus
|
10% (31 December 2007)
|
Belize
|
12% (31 December 2007)
|
Benin
|
4.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Bolivia
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Botswana
|
14.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Brazil
|
17.85% (31 December 2007)
|
Bulgaria
|
5.77% (31 December 2008)
|
Burkina Faso
|
4.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Burma
|
12% (31 December 2007)
|
Burundi
|
10.12% (31 December 2007)
|
Cambodia
|
5.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Canada
|
3.5% (January 2009)
|
Cape Verde
|
8.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Central African Republic
|
5.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Chad
|
5.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Chile
|
6% (31 December 2007)
|
China
|
3.06% (17 December 2007)
|
Colombia
|
9.5% (31 December 2008)
|
Comoros
|
5.36% (31 December 2007)
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
5.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Costa Rica
|
17% (31 December 2007)
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
4.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Croatia
|
9% (31 December 2008)
|
Cuba
|
NA
|
Cyprus
|
5% (31 December 2007)
|
Czech Republic
|
1.25% (31 December 2008)
|
Denmark
|
4% (31 December 2007)
|
Dominica
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Ecuador
|
10.72% (31 December 2007)
|
Egypt
|
9% (31 December 2007)
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
5.25% (31 December 2007)
|
European Union
|
4%
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the eurosystem (31 December 2008)
|
Fiji
|
9.25% (31 December 2007)
|
France
|
NA
|
Gabon
|
5.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Gambia, The
|
10% (31 December 2007)
|
Georgia
|
8%
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy rate of the Georgian National Bank (25 December 2008)
|
Germany
|
NA
|
Ghana
|
13.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Greece
|
NA
|
Grenada
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Guatemala
|
NA
|
Guinea
|
22.25% (31 December 2005)
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
4.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Guyana
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Honduras
|
NA
|
Hong Kong
|
0.5% (31 December 2008)
|
Hungary
|
9.5% (1 January 2009)
|
Iceland
|
15.25% (31 December 2007)
|
India
|
5.5% (31 January 2009)
|
Indonesia
|
9.25% (31 December 2008)
|
Iraq
|
15% (31 December 2008)
|
Ireland
|
NA
|
Israel
|
4% (31 December 2007)
|
Italy
|
NA
|
Jamaica
|
NA
|
Japan
|
0.1% (19 December 2008)
|
Jordan
|
6.25% (31 December 2008)
|
Kazakhstan
|
11% (31 December 2007)
|
Korea, South
|
3% (31 December 2008)
|
Kuwait
|
6.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Laos
|
12.67% (31 December 2007)
|
Latvia
|
6% (31 December 2007)
|
Lebanon
|
12% (31 December 2007)
|
Lesotho
|
12.82% (31 December 2007)
|
Libya
|
4% (31 December 2007)
|
Lithuania
|
4.85% (31 December 2007)
|
Macedonia
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Malawi
|
15% (31 December 2007)
|
Maldives
|
13% (31 December 2008)
|
Mali
|
4.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Malta
|
NA
|
Mauritania
|
NA
|
Mexico
|
NA
|
Mongolia
|
9.75% (31 December 2008)
|
Montserrat
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Morocco
|
3.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Mozambique
|
9.95% (31 December 2007)
|
Namibia
|
10.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Nepal
|
6.5% (31 December 2008)
|
Netherlands
|
NA
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
NA
|
New Zealand
|
8.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Nicaragua
|
NA
|
Niger
|
4.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Nigeria
|
9.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Norway
|
2.5% (1st quarter 2009)
|
Oman
|
1.98% (31 December 2007)
|
Pakistan
|
15% (31 November 2008)
|
Papua New Guinea
|
7.38% (31 December 2007)
|
Paraguay
|
20% (31 December 2007)
|
Peru
|
6.5% (December 2008)
|
Philippines
|
6% (31 December 2008)
|
Poland
|
5% (31 December 2007)
|
Qatar
|
NA
|
Romania
|
NA
|
Russia
|
13% (31 December 2008)
|
Rwanda
|
12.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Saint Lucia
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
28% (31 December 2007)
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2.5% (31 December 2008)
|
Senegal
|
4.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Serbia
|
9.57% (31 December 2007)
|
Seychelles
|
5.13% (31 December 2007)
|
Sierra Leone
|
NA
|
Slovakia
|
4%
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the eurosystem; as of 1 January 2009 Slovakia became a member of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) (February 2009)
|
Slovenia
|
NA
|
South Africa
|
11% (31 December 2007)
|
Spain
|
NA
|
Sri Lanka
|
11.75% (12 February 2009)
|
Swaziland
|
11% (31 December 2007)
|
Sweden
|
3.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Switzerland
|
2.05% (31 December 2007)
|
Taiwan
|
1.5% (January 2009)
|
Tajikistan
|
13.5% (30 September 2008)
|
Tanzania
|
16.4% (31 December 2007)
|
Thailand
|
2% (14 January 2009)
|
Togo
|
4.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
6.94% (31 December 2008)
|
Turkey
|
25% (31 December 2007)
|
Uganda
|
14.68% (31 December 2007)
|
Ukraine
|
8% (31 December 2007)
|
United Arab Emirates
|
NA
|
United Kingdom
|
NA
|
United States
|
0.5% (31 March 2009)
|
Uruguay
|
10% (February 2009)
|
Vanuatu
|
6% (31 December 2007)
|
Venezuela
|
28.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Vietnam
|
6.5% (31 December 2007)
|
Yemen
|
NA
|
Zambia
|
11.73% (31 December 2007)
|
Zimbabwe
|
975% (31 December 2007)
|