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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 Venezuela
28.50
31 December 2007
3 Sao Tome and Principe
28.00
31 December 2007
4 Turkey
25.00
31 December 2008
5 Guinea
22.25
31 December 2005
6 Iceland
22.00
31 December 2008
7 Brazil
20.48
31 December 2008
8 Iraq
20.00
31 December 2007
9 Paraguay
20.00
31 December 2007
10 Angola
19.57
31 December 2007
11 Serbia
17.75
31 December 2008
12 Costa Rica
17.00
31 December 2007
13 Tanzania
16.40
31 December 2007
14 Malawi
15.00
31 December 2007
15 Tajikistan
15.00
31 December 2007
16 Mongolia
14.78
31 December 2008
17 Uganda
14.68
31 December 2007
18 Botswana
14.50
31 December 2007
19 Ghana
13.50
31 December 2007
20 Lesotho
12.82
31 December 2007
21 Maldives
12.50
31 December 2007
22 Rwanda
12.50
31 December 2007
23 Barbados
12.00
31 December 2007
24 Ukraine
12.00
31 December 2008
25 Belize
12.00
31 December 2007
26 Mauritania
12.00
31 December 2007
27 Lebanon
12.00
31 December 2008
28 Burma
12.00
31 December 2007
29 Zambia
11.73
31 December 2007
30 Colombia
11.50
31 December 2008
31 Egypt
11.50
31 December 2008
32 South Africa
11.00
31 December 2007
33 Swaziland
11.00
31 December 2007
34 Sri Lanka
10.50
31 December 2008
35 Namibia
10.50
31 December 2007
36 Kazakhstan
10.50
31 December 2008
37 Vietnam
10.25
31 December 2008
38 Burundi
10.12
31 December 2007
39 Belarus
10.00
31 December 2007
40 Gambia, The
10.00
31 December 2007
41 Trinidad and Tobago
10.00
31 December 2007
42 Uruguay
10.00
31 December 2007
43 Russia
10.00
31 December 2007
44 Pakistan
10.00
31 December 2007
45 Hungary
10.00
31 December 2008
46 Mozambique
9.95
31 December 2007
47 Nigeria
9.50
31 December 2007
48 Fiji
9.25
31 December 2007
49 Croatia
9.00
31 December 2008
50 Cape Verde
8.50
31 December 2007
51 New Zealand
8.25
31 December 2007
52 Azerbaijan
8.00
31 December 2008
53 Indonesia
8.00
31 December 2007
54 Laos
7.67
31 December 2008
55 Papua New Guinea
7.38
31 December 2007
56 Peru
7.25
31 December 2008
57 Jordan
7.00
31 December 2007
58 Antigua and Barbuda
6.50
31 December 2007
59 Bolivia
6.50
31 December 2007
60 Anguilla
6.50
31 December 2007
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.50
31 December 2007
62 Saint Lucia
6.50
31 December 2007
63 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.50
31 December 2007
64 Nepal
6.50
31 December 2008
65 Macedonia
6.50
31 December 2008
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 Albania
6.25
31 December 2007
71 Norway
6.25
31 December 2007
72 Chile
6.00
31 December 2007
73 Latvia
6.00
31 December 2007
74 Vanuatu
6.00
31 December 2007
75 India
6.00
31 December 2008
76 Philippines
6.00
31 December 2008
77 Bulgaria
5.77
31 December 2008
78 Qatar
5.50
31 December 2008
79 Comoros
5.36
31 December 2007
80 Bahamas, The
5.25
31 December 2007
81 Equatorial Guinea
5.25
31 December 2007
82 Gabon
5.25
31 December 2007
83 Central African Republic
5.25
31 December 2007
84 Cameroon
5.25
31 December 2007
85 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
5.25
31 December 2007
86 Congo, Republic of the
5.25
31 December 2007
87 Chad
5.25
31 December 2007
88 Cambodia
5.25
31 December 2007
89 Seychelles
5.13
31 December 2007
90 Aruba
5.00
31 December 2007
91 Slovenia
5.00
31 December 2007
92 Portugal
5.00
31 December 2007
93 Poland
5.00
31 December 2007
94 Netherlands
5.00
31 December 2007
95 Malta
5.00
31 December 2008
96 Luxembourg
5.00
31 December 2007
97 Italy
5.00
31 December 2007
98 Greece
5.00
31 December 2007
99 France
5.00
31 December 2007
100 Syria
5.00
31 December 2007
101 Spain
5.00
31 December 2007
102 Finland
5.00
31 December 2007
103 Ireland
5.00
31 December 2007
104 European Union
5.00
31 December 2007
105 Cyprus
5.00
31 December 2007
106 Belgium
5.00
31 December 2007
107 Bangladesh
5.00
31 December 2008
108 Lithuania
4.73
31 December 2008
109 Canada
4.50
31 December 2007
110 Australia
4.25
3 December 2008
111 Benin
4.25
31 December 2007
112 Cote d'Ivoire
4.25
31 December 2007
113 Slovakia
4.25
31 December 2007
114 Niger
4.25
31 December 2007
115 Senegal
4.25
31 December 2007
116 Burkina Faso
4.25
31 December 2007
117 Togo
4.25
31 December 2007
118 Guinea-Bissau
4.25
31 December 2007
119 Mali
4.25
31 December 2007
120 Algeria
4.00
31 December 2007
121 Libya
4.00
31 December 2007
122 Denmark
3.75
31 December 2008
123 Kuwait
3.75
31 December 2008
124 Sweden
3.50
31 December 2007
125 China
3.33
31 December 2007
126 Morocco
3.32
31 December 2008
127 Korea, South
3.25
31 December 2007
128 Thailand
3.25
31 December 2008
129 Germany
3.00
31 December 2008
130 Czech Republic
2.25
31 December 2008
131 Israel
2.25
31 December 2008
132 Switzerland
2.05
31 December 2007
133 Oman
1.98
31 December 2007
134 United States
0.86
31 December 2008
135 Japan
0.75
31 December 2007
136 Hong Kong
0.50
31 December 2008
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