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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
40.00
31 December 2008
3 Venezuela
33.50
31 December 2008
4 Sao Tome and Principe
28.00
31 December 2008
5 Costa Rica
25.00
31 December 2008
6 Turkey
25.00
31 December 2008
7 Guinea
22.25
31 December 2005
8 Iceland
22.00
31 December 2008
9 Brazil
20.48
31 December 2008
10 Uruguay
20.00
31 December 2009
11 Paraguay
20.00
31 December 2007
12 Angola
19.57
31 December 2008
13 Uganda
19.42
31 December 2008
14 Ghana
17.00
31 December 2008
15 Iraq
16.75
31 December 2008
16 Tanzania
15.99
31 December 2008
17 Kyrgyzstan
15.11
31 December 2008
18 Botswana
15.00
31 December 2008
19 Malawi
15.00
31 December 2008
20 Sri Lanka
15.00
31 December 2008
21 Pakistan
15.00
31 December 2008
22 Zambia
14.49
31 December 2008
23 Lesotho
14.05
31 December 2008
24 Tajikistan
13.50
31 December 2008
25 Russia
13.00
31 December 2008
26 Maldives
13.00
31 December 2008
27 Rwanda
12.50
31 December 2007
28 Mauritania
12.00
31 December 2007
29 Burma
12.00
31 December 2008
30 Belize
12.00
31 December 2008
31 Belarus
12.00
31 December 2008
32 Ukraine
12.00
31 December 2008
33 Lebanon
12.00
31 December 2008
34 Egypt
11.50
31 December 2008
35 South Africa
11.50
31 December 2008
36 Swaziland
11.00
31 December 2008
37 Gambia, The
11.00
31 December 2008
38 Mongolia
10.82
31 December 2009
39 Trinidad and Tobago
10.75
31 December 2008
40 Kazakhstan
10.50
31 December 2008
41 Burundi
10.08
31 December 2008
42 Namibia
10.00
31 December 2008
43 Barbados
10.00
31 December 2008
44 Mozambique
9.95
31 December 2008
45 Serbia
9.92
31 December 2009
46 Nigeria
9.75
31 December 2008
47 Ecuador
9.19
31 December 2009
48 Croatia
9.00
31 December 2008
49 Chile
8.25
31 December 2008
50 Azerbaijan
8.00
31 December 2008
51 Cape Verde
7.50
31 December 2008
52 Armenia
7.25
2 December 2008
53 Papua New Guinea
7.00
31 December 2008
54 Guyana
6.75
31 December 2008
55 Macedonia
6.50
31 December 2008
56 Montserrat
6.50
31 December 2008
57 Grenada
6.50
31 December 2008
58 Dominica
6.50
31 December 2008
59 Anguilla
6.50
31 December 2008
60 Antigua and Barbuda
6.50
31 December 2008
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.50
31 December 2008
62 Saint Lucia
6.50
31 December 2008
63 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.50
31 December 2008
64 Nepal
6.50
31 December 2009
65 Indonesia
6.46
31 December 2009
66 Fiji
6.32
31 December 2008
67 Jordan
6.25
31 December 2008
68 Hungary
6.25
31 December 2009
69 Norway
6.25
31 December 2007
70 Latvia
6.00
31 December 2008
71 Vanuatu
6.00
31 December 2008
72 Vietnam
6.00
31 December 2009
73 India
6.00
31 December 2008
74 Colombia
5.50
31 December 2009
75 Qatar
5.50
31 December 2008
76 Comoros
5.36
31 December 2008
77 Albania
5.25
31 December 2009
78 Bahamas, The
5.25
31 December 2008
79 Cambodia
5.25
31 December 2007
80 Seychelles
5.13
31 December 2007
81 Bangladesh
5.00
31 December 2008
82 Syria
5.00
31 December 2008
83 New Zealand
5.00
31 December 2008
84 Aruba
5.00
31 December 2008
85 Libya
5.00
31 December 2008
86 Equatorial Guinea
4.75
31 December 2008
87 Mali
4.75
31 December 2008
88 Niger
4.75
31 December 2008
89 Guinea-Bissau
4.75
31 December 2008
90 Central African Republic
4.75
31 December 2008
91 Cameroon
4.75
31 December 2008
92 Senegal
4.75
31 December 2008
93 Congo, Republic of the
4.75
31 December 2008
94 Chad
4.75
31 December 2008
95 Benin
4.75
31 December 2008
96 Togo
4.75
31 December 2008
97 Cote d'Ivoire
4.75
31 December 2008
98 Burkina Faso
4.75
31 December 2008
99 Gabon
4.75
31 December 2008
100 Lithuania
4.73
31 December 2008
101 Australia
4.25
3 December 2008
102 Algeria
4.00
31 December 2008
103 Laos
4.00
31 December 2009
104 Kuwait
3.75
31 December 2008
105 Philippines
3.50
31 December 2009
106 Sweden
3.50
31 December 2007
107 Morocco
3.32
31 December 2008
108 Slovakia
3.00
31 December 2008
109 Bolivia
3.00
31 December 2009
110 China
2.79
31 December 2008
111 Israel
2.50
31 December 2008
112 Peru
2.05
31 December 2009
113 European Union
1.75
31 December 2009
114 Poland
1.75
31 December 2009
115 Portugal
1.75
31 December 2009
116 Denmark
1.75
31 December 2009
117 Cyprus
1.75
31 December 2009
118 Slovenia
1.75
31 December 2009
119 Spain
1.75
31 December 2009
120 Netherlands
1.75
31 December 2009
121 Ireland
1.75
31 December 2009
122 Malta
1.75
31 December 2009
123 Finland
1.75
31 December 2009
124 Luxembourg
1.75
31 December 2009
125 France
1.75
31 December 2009
126 Korea, South
1.75
31 December 2008
127 Greece
1.75
31 December 2009
128 Italy
1.75
31 December 2009
129 Germany
1.75
31 December 2009
130 Belgium
1.75
31 December 2009
131 Thailand
1.25
31 December 2009
132 Taiwan
1.25
February 2009
133 Czech Republic
1.00
31 December 2009
134 Malaysia
1.00
31 December 2009
135 Oman
0.91
31 December 2008
136 United States
0.86
31 December 2008
137 United Kingdom
0.86
31 December 2008
138 Hong Kong
0.50
31 December 2009
139 Canada
0.50
31 December 2009
140 Japan
0.30
31 December 2008
141 Switzerland
0.05
31 December 2009
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