Central bank discount rate

Central bank discount rate compares the annualized interest rate a country's central bank charges commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds.

Rank	Country	(%)	Date of Information
1	Zimbabwe	975.00	31 December 2007
2	Angola	30.00	31 December 2009 est.
3	Venezuela	29.50	31 December 2009
4	Sao Tome and Principe	28.00	31 December 2008
5	Costa Rica	23.00	31 December 2009 est.
6	Guinea	22.25	31 December 2005
7	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	20.00	31 December 2011 est.
8	Ghana	17.00	31 December 2008
9	Turkey	15.00	22 December 2009
10	Malawi	15.00	31 December 2008
11	Vietnam	15.00	31 December 2011
12	Zambia	14.49	31 December 2008
13	Pakistan	14.00	31 December 2010 est.
14	Belarus	13.50	31 December 2009 est.
15	Mongolia	12.25	31 December 2011 est.
16	Belize	12.00	31 December 2009 est.
17	Burma	12.00	31 December 2009 est.
18	Mauritania	12.00	31 December 2007
19	Namibia	12.00	31 December 2010 est.
20	Ukraine	11.97	31 December 2010 est.
21	Serbia	11.75	6 February 2013
22	Rwanda	11.25	31 December 2008
23	Gambia, The	11.00	31 December 2008
24	Brazil	11.00	31 December 2011 est.
25	Lesotho	10.00	31 December 2010 est.
26	Lebanon	10.00	31 December 2009 est.
27	Botswana	10.00	31 December 2009 est.
28	Burundi	10.00	31 December 2009 est.
29	Uganda	9.65	31 December 2009 est.
30	Uruguay	8.75	31 December 2011
31	Egypt	8.68	31 December 2010 est.
32	Ecuador	8.68	31 December 2010
33	Russia	8.00	31 December 2011
34	India	8.00	31 December 2010 est.
35	Sri Lanka	7.50	19 December 2012 est.
36	Cabo Verde	7.50	31 December 2009 est.
37	Kazakhstan	7.50	31 December 2011 est.
38	Trinidad and Tobago	7.25	31 December 2009 est.
39	Armenia	7.25	2 December 2008
40	Barbados	7.00	31 December 2009 est.
41	Hungary	7.00	31 December 2011
42	Croatia	7.00	31 December 2012 est.
43	South Africa	7.00	31 December 2009
44	Maldives	6.96	31 December 2011 est.
45	Papua New Guinea	6.92	31 December 2009 est.
46	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.50	31 December 2009 est.
47	Grenada	6.50	31 December 2008
48	Montserrat	6.50	31 December 2009 est.
49	Saint Lucia	6.50	31 December 2009 est.
50	Tajikistan	6.50	31 December 2012 est.
51	Dominica	6.50	31 December 2009 est.
52	Swaziland	6.50	31 December 2009 est.
53	Antigua and Barbuda	6.50	31 December 2009 est.
54	Nepal	6.50	31 December 2009 est.
55	Anguilla	6.50	31 December 2009 est.
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.50	31 December 2008
57	Indonesia	6.46	31 December 2009
58	Vanuatu	6.00	31 December 2009 est.
59	Nigeria	6.00	31 December 2009 est.
60	Iraq	6.00	December 2011
61	Paraguay	6.00	31 December 2011 est.
62	Iceland	5.75	31 December 2010 est.
63	Philippines	5.60	31 December 2011 est.
64	Cambodia	5.25	31 December 2007
65	Azerbaijan	5.25	31 December 2011 est.
66	Romania	5.25	31 December 2012
67	Georgia	5.25	31 December 2012
68	Peru	5.05	31 December 2011
69	Bangladesh	5.00	31 December 2009 est.
70	New Zealand	5.00	31 December 2008
71	Syria	5.00	31 December 2012 est.
72	Colombia	5.00	31 December 2010
73	Qatar	4.93	31 December 2011 est.
74	Niger	4.75	31 December 2008
75	Congo, Republic of the	4.75	31 December 2008
76	Chad	4.75	31 December 2008
77	Guinea-Bissau	4.75	31 December 2008
78	Central African Republic	4.75	31 December 2008
79	Moldova	4.50	31 December 2012
80	Bahamas, The	4.50	31 December 2012 est.
81	Mexico	4.50	31 December 2011 est.
82	Australia	4.35	31 December 2010 est.
83	Burkina Faso	4.25	31 December 2009 est.
84	Equatorial Guinea	4.25	31 December 2009 est.
85	Mali	4.25	31 December 2009 est.
86	Gabon	4.25	31 December 2009 est.
87	Guyana	4.25	31 December 2010 est.
88	Cote d'Ivoire	4.25	31 December 2009 est.
89	Senegal	4.25	31 December 2009 est.
90	Togo	4.25	31 December 2009 est.
91	Benin	4.25	31 December 2009 est.
92	Poland	4.00	31 December 2010 est.
93	Algeria	4.00	31 December 2009 est.
94	Laos	4.00	31 December 2009
95	Bolivia	4.00	31 december 2012 est.
96	Albania	4.00	31 December 2012 est.
97	Macedonia	3.75	31 December 2012 est.
98	Tanzania	3.70	31 December 2009 est.
99	Latvia	3.50	31 December 2010 est.
100	Morocco	3.31	31 December 2009 est.
101	Mozambique	3.25	31 December 2010 est.
102	Thailand	3.25	31 December 2011 est.
103	Aruba	3.00	31 December 2009 est.
104	Libya	3.00	31 December 2009 est.
105	Fiji	3.00	31 December 2009 est.
106	Kuwait	3.00	31 December 2009 est.
107	Malaysia	2.83	31 December 2010
108	Korea, South	2.75	31 December 2012
109	Kyrgyzstan	2.50	31 December 2010 est.
110	China	2.25	31 December 2012 est.
111	Comoros	2.21	31 December 2009 est.
112	Lithuania	2.06	31 December 2009 est.
113	Taiwan	1.88	31 December 2011
114	France	1.75	31 December 2010
115	Norway	1.75	31 December 2009 est.
116	Slovakia	1.75	31 December 2010 est.
117	Israel	1.75	31 December 2012 est.
118	Netherlands	1.50	31 December 2010
119	Malta	1.50	31 December 2010
120	Luxembourg	1.50	31 December 2010
121	Greece	1.50	31 December 2010
122	Germany	1.50	31 December 2010
123	Finland	1.50	31 December 2010
124	Ireland	1.50	31 December 2010
125	European Union	1.50	31 December 2012
126	Cyprus	1.50	31 December 2010
127	Belgium	1.50	31 December 2010
128	Spain	1.50	31 December 2010
129	Slovenia	1.50	31 December 2012
130	Portugal	1.50	31 December 2010
131	Italy	0.75	31 December 2012
132	Switzerland	0.75	31 December 2009 est.
133	Denmark	0.75	31 December 2010 est.
134	United Kingdom	0.50	2012 est.
135	Chile	0.50	31 December 2009 est.
136	Hong Kong	0.50	31 December 2012
137	United States	0.50	31 December 2009
138	Sweden	0.50	31 December 2009 est.
139	Japan	0.30	31 December 2009
140	Canada	0.25	31 December 2009 est.
141	Bulgaria	0.22	31 December 2011 est.
142	Czech Republic	0.05	31 December 2012
143	Oman	0.05	31 December 2009 est.