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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 Paraguay
20.00
31 December 2007
11 Uruguay
20.00
31 December 2008
12 Angola
19.57
31 December 2008
13 Uganda
19.42
31 December 2008
14 Serbia
17.75
31 December 2008
15 Ghana
17.00
31 December 2008
16 Iraq
16.75
31 December 2008
17 Tanzania
15.99
31 December 2008
18 Kyrgyzstan
15.11
31 December 2008
19 Botswana
15.00
31 December 2008
20 Pakistan
15.00
31 December 2008
21 Malawi
15.00
31 December 2008
22 Mongolia
14.78
31 December 2008
23 Zambia
14.49
31 December 2008
24 Lesotho
14.05
31 December 2008
25 Tajikistan
13.50
31 December 2008
26 Bolivia
13.00
31 December 2008
27 Maldives
13.00
31 December 2008
28 Russia
13.00
31 December 2008
29 Rwanda
12.50
31 December 2007
30 Belarus
12.00
31 December 2008
31 Belize
12.00
31 December 2008
32 Ukraine
12.00
31 December 2008
33 Mauritania
12.00
31 December 2007
34 Burma
12.00
31 December 2008
35 Lebanon
12.00
31 December 2008
36 Egypt
11.50
31 December 2008
37 South Africa
11.50
31 December 2008
38 Gambia, The
11.00
31 December 2008
39 Swaziland
11.00
31 December 2008
40 Indonesia
10.83
31 December 2008
41 Trinidad and Tobago
10.75
31 December 2008
42 Kazakhstan
10.50
31 December 2008
43 Vietnam
10.25
31 December 2008
44 Burundi
10.08
31 December 2008
45 Barbados
10.00
31 December 2008
46 Hungary
10.00
31 December 2008
47 Namibia
10.00
31 December 2008
48 Mozambique
9.95
31 December 2008
49 Nigeria
9.75
31 December 2008
50 Ecuador
9.14
31 December 2008
51 Croatia
9.00
31 December 2008
52 Chile
8.25
31 December 2008
53 Azerbaijan
8.00
31 December 2008
54 Cape Verde
7.50
31 December 2008
55 Sri Lanka
7.50
31 December 2009
56 Armenia
7.25
2 December 2008
57 Peru
7.25
31 December 2008
58 Papua New Guinea
7.00
31 December 2008
59 Guyana
6.75
31 December 2008
60 Anguilla
6.50
31 December 2008
61 Dominica
6.50
31 December 2008
62 Macedonia
6.50
31 December 2008
63 Saint Lucia
6.50
31 December 2008
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.50
31 December 2008
65 Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.50
31 December 2008
66 Nepal
6.50
31 December 2009
67 Montserrat
6.50
31 December 2008
68 Grenada
6.50
31 December 2008
69 Antigua and Barbuda
6.50
31 December 2008
70 Fiji
6.32
31 December 2008
71 Albania
6.25
31 December 2008
72 Norway
6.25
31 December 2007
73 Jordan
6.25
31 December 2008
74 India
6.00
31 December 2008
75 Latvia
6.00
31 December 2008
76 Philippines
6.00
31 December 2008
77 Vanuatu
6.00
31 December 2008
78 Bulgaria
5.77
31 December 2008
79 Colombia
5.50
31 December 2009
80 Qatar
5.50
31 December 2008
81 Comoros
5.36
31 December 2008
82 Bahamas, The
5.25
31 December 2008
83 Cambodia
5.25
31 December 2007
84 Seychelles
5.13
31 December 2007
85 Aruba
5.00
31 December 2008
86 Bangladesh
5.00
31 December 2008
87 Libya
5.00
31 December 2008
88 Syria
5.00
31 December 2008
89 Poland
5.00
31 December 2008
90 New Zealand
5.00
31 December 2008
91 Benin
4.75
31 December 2008
92 Central African Republic
4.75
31 December 2008
93 Chad
4.75
31 December 2008
94 Togo
4.75
31 December 2008
95 Senegal
4.75
31 December 2008
96 Niger
4.75
31 December 2008
97 Mali
4.75
31 December 2008
98 Guinea-Bissau
4.75
31 December 2008
99 Gabon
4.75
31 December 2008
100 Equatorial Guinea
4.75
31 December 2008
101 Cote d'Ivoire
4.75
31 December 2008
102 Congo, Republic of the
4.75
31 December 2008
103 Burkina Faso
4.75
31 December 2008
104 Cameroon
4.75
31 December 2008
105 Lithuania
4.73
31 December 2008
106 Australia
4.25
3 December 2008
107 Algeria
4.00
31 December 2008
108 Laos
4.00
31 December 2009
109 Kuwait
3.75
31 December 2008
110 Denmark
3.50
31 December 2008
111 Sweden
3.50
31 December 2007
112 Morocco
3.32
31 December 2008
113 Belgium
3.00
31 December 2008
114 Finland
3.00
31 December 2008
115 Cyprus
3.00
31 December 2008
116 France
3.00
31 December 2008
117 Greece
3.00
31 December 2008
118 Ireland
3.00
31 December 2008
119 Italy
3.00
31 December 2008
120 Germany
3.00
31 December 2008
121 European Union
3.00
31 December 2008
122 Spain
3.00
31 December 2008
123 Slovenia
3.00
31 December 2008
124 Slovakia
3.00
31 December 2008
125 Portugal
3.00
31 December 2008
126 Netherlands
3.00
31 December 2008
127 Malta
3.00
31 December 2008
128 Luxembourg
3.00
31 December 2008
129 China
2.79
31 December 2008
130 Israel
2.50
31 December 2008
131 Czech Republic
2.25
31 December 2008
132 Canada
1.75
31 December 2008
133 Korea, South
1.75
31 December 2008
134 Thailand
1.25
31 December 2009
135 Oman
0.91
31 December 2008
136 United Kingdom
0.86
31 December 2008
137 United States
0.86
31 December 2008
138 Hong Kong
0.50
31 December 2008
139 Japan
0.30
31 December 2008
140 Switzerland
0.05
31 December 2008
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