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Country Comparison :: Central bank discount rate Download
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 Order Listing for the Central bank discount rate field
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