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  Country Comparisons - Central bank discount rate


Rank
Country
Central bank discount rate
(%)
Date of Information
1
 Zimbabwe 975.00 31 December 2007
2
 Venezuela 28.50 31 December 2007
3
 Sao Tome and Principe 28.00 31 December 2007
4
 Turkey 25.00 31 December 2007
5
 Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005
6
 Paraguay 20.00 31 December 2007
7
 Angola 19.57 31 December 2007
8
 Brazil 17.85 31 December 2007
9
 Costa Rica 17.00 31 December 2007
10
 Tanzania 16.40 31 December 2007
11
 Iceland 15.25 31 December 2007
12
 Iraq 15.00 31 December 2008
13
 Malawi 15.00 31 December 2007
14
 Pakistan 15.00 31 November 2008
15
 Uganda 14.68 31 December 2007
16
 Botswana 14.50 31 December 2007
17
 Ghana 13.50 31 December 2007
18
 Tajikistan 13.50 30 September 2008
19
 Maldives 13.00 31 December 2008
20
 Russia 13.00 31 December 2008
21
 Lesotho 12.82 31 December 2007
22
 Laos 12.67 31 December 2007
23
 Rwanda 12.50 31 December 2007
24
 Barbados 12.00 31 December 2007
25
 Belize 12.00 31 December 2007
26
 Burma 12.00 31 December 2007
27
 Lebanon 12.00 31 December 2007
28
 Sri Lanka 11.75 12 February 2009
29
 Zambia 11.73 31 December 2007
30
 Kazakhstan 11.00 31 December 2007
31
 Swaziland 11.00 31 December 2007
32
 South Africa 11.00 31 December 2007
33
 Ecuador 10.72 31 December 2007
34
 Namibia 10.50 31 December 2007
35
 Burundi 10.12 31 December 2007
36
 Belarus 10.00 31 December 2007
37
 Uruguay 10.00 February 2009
38
 Gambia, The 10.00 31 December 2007
39
 Mozambique 9.95 31 December 2007
40
 Mongolia 9.75 31 December 2008
41
 Serbia 9.57 31 December 2007
42
 Colombia 9.50 31 December 2008
43
 Hungary 9.50 1 January 2009
44
 Nigeria 9.50 31 December 2007
45
 Fiji 9.25 31 December 2007
46
 Indonesia 9.25 31 December 2008
47
 Egypt 9.00 31 December 2007
48
 Croatia 9.00 31 December 2008
49
 Cape Verde 8.50 31 December 2007
50
 New Zealand 8.25 31 December 2007
51
 Azerbaijan 8.00 31 December 2008
52
 Ukraine 8.00 31 December 2007
53
 Georgia 8.00 25 December 2008
54
 Papua New Guinea 7.38 31 December 2007
55
 Armenia 7.25 2 December 2008
56
 Trinidad and Tobago 6.94 31 December 2008
57
 Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2007
58
 Bolivia 6.50 31 December 2007
59
 Vietnam 6.50 31 December 2007
60
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2007
61
 Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2007
62
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2007
63
 Peru 6.50 December 2008
64
 Nepal 6.50 31 December 2008
65
 Macedonia 6.50 31 December 2007
66
 Montserrat 6.50 31 December 2007
67
 Guyana 6.50 31 December 2007
68
 Grenada 6.50 31 December 2007
69
 Dominica 6.50 31 December 2007
70
 Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2007
71
 Albania 6.25 31 December 2007
72
 Jordan 6.25 31 December 2008
73
 Kuwait 6.25 31 December 2007
74
 Chile 6.00 31 December 2007
75
 Latvia 6.00 31 December 2007
76
 Philippines 6.00 31 December 2008
77
 Vanuatu 6.00 31 December 2007
78
 Bulgaria 5.77 31 December 2008
79
 India 5.50 31 January 2009
80
 Comoros 5.36 31 December 2007
81
 Bahamas, The 5.25 31 December 2007
82
 Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007
83
 Chad 5.25 31 December 2007
84
 Gabon 5.25 31 December 2007
85
 Equatorial Guinea 5.25 31 December 2007
86
 Central African Republic 5.25 31 December 2007
87
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.25 31 December 2007
88
 Seychelles 5.13 31 December 2007
89
 Aruba 5.00 31 December 2007
90
 Bangladesh 5.00 31 December 2007
91
 Cyprus 5.00 31 December 2007
92
 Poland 5.00 31 December 2007
93
 Lithuania 4.85 31 December 2007
94
 Benin 4.25 31 December 2007
95
 Burkina Faso 4.25 31 December 2007
96
 Togo 4.25 31 December 2007
97
 Senegal 4.25 31 December 2007
98
 Guinea-Bissau 4.25 31 December 2007
99
 Niger 4.25 31 December 2007
100
 Mali 4.25 31 December 2007
101
 Cote d'Ivoire 4.25 31 December 2007
102
 Algeria 4.00 31 December 2007
103
 Denmark 4.00 31 December 2007
104
 Slovakia 4.00 February 2009
105
 Israel 4.00 31 December 2007
106
 European Union 4.00 31 December 2008
107
 Libya 4.00 31 December 2007
108
 Canada 3.50 January 2009
109
 Sweden 3.50 31 December 2007
110
 Morocco 3.25 31 December 2007
111
 China 3.06 17 December 2007
112
 Korea, South 3.00 31 December 2008
113
 Norway 2.50 1st quarter 2009
114
 Saudi Arabia 2.50 31 December 2008
115
 Switzerland 2.05 31 December 2007
116
 Thailand 2.00 14 January 2009
117
 Oman 1.98 31 December 2007
118
 Taiwan 1.50 January 2009
119
 Czech Republic 1.25 31 December 2008
120
 Hong Kong 0.50 31 December 2008
121
 United States 0.50 31 March 2009
122
 Japan 0.10 19 December 2008

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

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