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 | Venezuela | 29.50 | 2015 |
2 | Guinea | 22.25 | 31 December 2005 |
3 | Ukraine | 22.00 | 23 December 2015 |
4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20.00 | 31 December 2017 |
5 | Ghana | 20.00 | 31 December 2017 |
6 | Vanuatu | 20.00 | 31 December 2010 |
7 | Egypt | 19.25 | 9 July 2017 |
8 | Mozambique | 19.00 | 4 November 2017 |
9 | Malawi | 16.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
10 | Mali | 16.00 | 31 December 2010 |
11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.00 | 31 December 2009 |
12 | Tajikistan | 16.00 | 20 March 2017 |
13 | Azerbaijan | 15.00 | 10 March 2017 |
14 | Belarus | 14.00 | 19 April 2017 |
15 | Papua New Guinea | 14.00 | 31 December 2010 |
16 | Burundi | 11.25 | 31 December 2010 |
17 | Seychelles | 11.17 | 31 December 2010 |
18 | Kazakhstan | 11.00 | 10 April 2017 |
19 | Mongolia | 11.00 | 25 December 2017 |
20 | Montserrat | 10.99 | 31 December 2010 |
21 | Kenya | 10.00 | 1 January 2017 |
22 | Lebanon | 10.00 | 31 December 2017 |
23 | Russia | 10.00 | 31 December 2016 est. |
24 | Suriname | 10.00 | 2013 |
25 | Burma | 9.95 | 31 December 2010 |
26 | Belize | 9.58 | 1 November 2017 |
27 | Libya | 9.52 | 31 December 2010 |
28 | Madagascar | 9.50 | 31 December 2017 |
29 | Zambia | 9.10 | 31 December 2012 |
30 | Angola | 9.00 | 31 December 2014 |
31 | Gambia, The | 9.00 | 31 December 2009 |
32 | Mauritania | 9.00 | 31 December 2009 |
33 | Mauritius | 9.00 | 31 December 2010 |
34 | Uganda | 9.00 | February 2018 |
35 | Uruguay | 9.00 | 31 December 2012 |
36 | Uzbekistan | 9.00 | 2016 |
37 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.50 | 31 December 2010 |
38 | Tanzania | 8.25 | 31 December 2010 |
39 | Ecuador | 8.17 | 31 December 2011 |
40 | Rwanda | 7.75 | 31 December 2010 |
41 | Guatemala | 7.53 | 31 December 2015 est. |
42 | Cabo Verde | 7.50 | 31 December 2010 |
43 | Eswatini | 7.25 | 31 December 2016 |
44 | Mexico | 7.25 | 31 December 2017 |
45 | Sri Lanka | 7.25 | 30 November 2017 |
46 | Zimbabwe | 7.17 | 31 December 2010 |
47 | Barbados | 7.00 | 2017 |
48 | Brazil | 7.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
49 | Georgia | 7.00 | 23 September 2015 |
50 | Maldives | 7.00 | 30 September 2017 |
51 | Namibia | 7.00 | 12 April 2017 |
52 | Nepal | 7.00 | 30 July 2017 |
53 | Lesotho | 6.75 | 2 February 2016 |
54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.75 | 4 March 2016 est. |
55 | Anguilla | 6.50 | 31 December 2010 |
56 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.50 | 31 December 2010 |
57 | Armenia | 6.50 | 14 December 2016 |
58 | Dominica | 6.50 | 31 December 2010 |
59 | Grenada | 6.50 | 31 December 2009 |
60 | Moldova | 6.50 | 31 December 2017 |
61 | Morocco | 6.50 | 31 December 2010 |
62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.50 | 31 December 2009 |
63 | Saint Lucia | 6.50 | 31 December 2010 |
64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.50 | 31 December 2010 |
65 | Indonesia | 6.37 | 31 December 2010 |
66 | Honduras | 6.25 | 31 December 2010 |
67 | Norway | 6.25 | 31 December 2010 |
68 | Bhutan | 6.00 | 2017 est. |
69 | India | 6.00 | 31 December 2017 |
70 | Iraq | 6.00 | 2016 |
71 | Pakistan | 5.75 | 15 November 2016 |
72 | South Africa | 5.75 | 31 December 2014 |
73 | Tunisia | 5.75 | 31 December 2010 |
74 | Botswana | 5.50 | 31 December 2016 |
75 | Guyana | 5.50 | 31 December 2011 |
76 | Paraguay | 5.50 | 31 December 2012 |
77 | Iceland | 5.40 | 31 January 2012 |
78 | Cambodia | 5.25 | 31 December 2007 |
79 | Turkey | 5.25 | 31 December 2011 |
80 | Bangladesh | 5.00 | 11 December 2017 |
81 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.00 | 31 December 2016 |
82 | Qatar | 5.00 | 16 March 2017 |
83 | Turkmenistan | 5.00 | 31 December 2014 |
84 | Colombia | 4.75 | 12 December 2017 |
85 | Bahamas, The | 4.50 | 1 January 2014 |
86 | Laos | 4.30 | 31 December 2010 |
87 | Benin | 4.25 | 31 December 2010 |
88 | Burkina Faso | 4.25 | 31 December 2010 |
89 | Cameroon | 4.25 | 31 December 2009 |
90 | Central African Republic | 4.25 | 31 December 2009 |
91 | Chad | 4.25 | 31 December 2009 |
92 | Congo, Republic of the | 4.25 | 31 December 2009 |
93 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.25 | 31 December 2010 |
94 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.25 | 31 December 2009 |
95 | Niger | 4.25 | 31 December 2015 |
96 | Nigeria | 4.25 | 31 December 2010 |
97 | Peru | 4.25 | 31 December 2016 est. |
98 | Vietnam | 4.25 | 7 October 2017 |
99 | Algeria | 4.00 | 31 December 2010 |
100 | Jordan | 3.75 | 31 December 2015 |
101 | Philippines | 3.56 | 31 December 2017 |
102 | Costa Rica | 3.50 | 31 December 2016 est. |
103 | Serbia | 3.50 | 9 October 2017 |
104 | Chile | 3.35 | 31 December 2015 |
105 | Jamaica | 3.25 | 31 December 2017 |
106 | Macedonia | 3.25 | 31 March 2017 |
107 | Liberia | 3.20 | 2016 |
108 | Australia | 3.00 | 28 February 2013 |
109 | Croatia | 3.00 | 31 December 2017 |
110 | Gabon | 3.00 | 31 December 2010 |
111 | Malaysia | 3.00 | 31 December 2011 |
112 | Nicaragua | 3.00 | 31 December 2010 |
113 | Kuwait | 2.75 | 18 December 2017 |
114 | Bolivia | 2.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
115 | Saudi Arabia | 2.50 | 31 December 2008 |
116 | Togo | 2.50 | 31 December 2010 |
117 | China | 2.25 | 5 December 2017 est. |
118 | Singapore | 2.15 | 2017 est. |
119 | Oman | 2.00 | 31 December 2010 |
120 | Comoros | 1.93 | 31 December 2010 |
121 | Bahrain | 1.75 | 18 December 2017 |
122 | Fiji | 1.75 | 31 December 2010 |
123 | Hong Kong | 1.75 | 31 December 2017 |
124 | New Zealand | 1.75 | 31 December 2017 |
125 | Romania | 1.75 | 31 December 2017 |
126 | Korea, South | 1.50 | 31 December 2017 est. |
127 | Poland | 1.50 | 31 December 2017 |
128 | Thailand | 1.50 | 31 December 2016 |
129 | Taiwan | 1.38 | 31 December 2016 |
130 | Albania | 1.25 | 31 December 2017 |
131 | Finland | 1.25 | 31 December 2017 |
132 | Aruba | 1.00 | 31 December 2010 |
133 | Canada | 1.00 | 31 December 2010 |
134 | Hungary | 0.90 | 31 December 2017 |
135 | Syria | 0.75 | 31 December 2017 |
136 | Switzerland | 0.50 | 31 December 2016 |
137 | United States | 0.50 | 31 December 2010 |
138 | Japan | 0.30 | 31 December 2015 |
139 | Italy | 0.25 | 31 December 2013 |
140 | Senegal | 0.25 | 31 December 2010 |
141 | United Kingdom | 0.25 | 31 December 2016 |
142 | Israel | 0.10 | 15 December 2015 |
143 | Czechia | 0.05 | 31 December 2017 |
144 | Greece | 0.05 | 31 March 2016 |
145 | Ireland | 0.05 | 31 December 2015 |
146 | Spain | 0.05 | 10 September 2014 |
147 | Austria | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 |
148 | Belgium | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 |
149 | Bulgaria | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 |
150 | Cyprus | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 |
151 | Denmark | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 |
152 | Estonia | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
153 | France | 0.00 | 31 December 2016 |
154 | Germany | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 |
155 | Latvia | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
156 | Lithuania | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
157 | Luxembourg | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 |
158 | Netherlands | 0.00 | 31 December 2016 |
159 | Portugal | 0.00 | 2016 |
160 | Slovakia | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 est. |
161 | Slovenia | 0.00 | 31 December 2017 |
162 | Malta | -0.35 | 31 December 2016 est. |
163 | Sweden | -0.50 | 31 December 2017 |
Citation
"Central Bank Discount Rate." World Factbook, Relief Central, relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook/563791/0/Central_bank_discount_rate. Accessed 11 October 2024.
Central bank discount rate. World Factbook. https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook/563791/0/Central_bank_discount_rate. Accessed October 11, 2024.
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Central Bank Discount Rate [Internet]. In: World Factbook. [cited 2024 October 11]. Available from: https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook/563791/0/Central_bank_discount_rate.
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