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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 |
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