Central bank discount rate
Central bank discount rate
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. |
Citation
"Central Bank Discount Rate." World Factbook, Relief Central, relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook-2014/563828/0/Central_bank_discount_rate. Accessed 14 December 2019.
Central bank discount rate. World Factbook. https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook-2014/563828/0/Central_bank_discount_rate. Accessed December 14, 2019.
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Central Bank Discount Rate [Internet]. In: World Factbook. [cited 2019 December 14]. Available from: https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook-2014/563828/0/Central_bank_discount_rate.
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