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  Rank Order - Central bank discount rate


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Central bank discount rate
(%)
Date of Information
1
 Zimbabwe 975.00 31 December 2007
2
 Venezuela 28.50 31 December 2007
3
 Sao Tome and Principe 28.00 31 December 2007
4
 Turkey 25.00 31 December 2007
5
 Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005
6
 Iraq 20.00 31 December 2007
7
 Paraguay 20.00 31 December 2007
8
 Angola 19.57 31 December 2007
9
 Brazil 17.85 31 December 2007
10
 Costa Rica 17.00 31 December 2007
11
 Tanzania 16.40 31 December 2007
12
 Iceland 15.25 31 December 2007
13
 Sri Lanka 15.00 31 December 2007
14
 Tajikistan 15.00 31 December 2007
15
 Malawi 15.00 31 December 2007
16
 Uganda 14.68 31 December 2007
17
 Botswana 14.50 31 December 2007
18
 Ghana 13.50 31 December 2007
19
 Azerbaijan 13.00 31 December 2007
20
 Lesotho 12.82 31 December 2007
21
 Laos 12.67 31 December 2007
22
 Maldives 12.50 31 December 2007
23
 Rwanda 12.50 31 December 2007
24
 Barbados 12.00 31 December 2007
25
 Burma 12.00 31 December 2007
26
 Belize 12.00 31 December 2007
27
 Lebanon 12.00 31 December 2007
28
 Zambia 11.73 31 December 2007
29
 Colombia 11.50 31 December 2007
30
 Kazakhstan 11.00 31 December 2007
31
 South Africa 11.00 31 December 2007
32
 Swaziland 11.00 31 December 2007
33
 Ecuador 10.72 31 December 2007
34
 Namibia 10.50 31 December 2007
35
 Burundi 10.12 31 December 2007
36
 Belarus 10.00 31 December 2007
37
 Trinidad and Tobago 10.00 31 December 2007
38
 Uruguay 10.00 31 December 2007
39
 Russia 10.00 31 December 2007
40
 Gambia, The 10.00 31 December 2007
41
 Pakistan 10.00 31 December 2007
42
 Mozambique 9.95 31 December 2007
43
 Mongolia 9.87 31 December 2007
44
 Serbia 9.57 31 December 2007
45
 Nigeria 9.50 31 December 2007
46
 Fiji 9.25 31 December 2007
47
 Egypt 9.00 31 December 2007
48
 Croatia 9.00 31 December 2007
49
 Cape Verde 8.50 31 December 2007
50
 New Zealand 8.25 31 December 2007
51
 Indonesia 8.00 31 December 2007
52
 Ukraine 8.00 31 December 2007
53
 Hungary 7.50 31 December 2007
54
 Papua New Guinea 7.38 31 December 2007
55
 Jordan 7.00 31 December 2007
56
 Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2007
57
 Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2007
58
 Vietnam 6.50 31 December 2007
59
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2007
60
 Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2007
61
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2007
62
 Macedonia 6.50 31 December 2007
63
 Montserrat 6.50 31 December 2007
64
 Guyana 6.50 31 December 2007
65
 Grenada 6.50 31 December 2007
66
 Dominica 6.50 31 December 2007
67
 Bolivia 6.50 31 December 2007
68
 Albania 6.25 31 December 2007
69
 Norway 6.25 31 December 2007
70
 Nepal 6.25 31 December 2007
71
 Kuwait 6.25 31 December 2007
72
 Chile 6.00 31 December 2007
73
 Vanuatu 6.00 31 December 2007
74
 Latvia 6.00 31 December 2007
75
 India 6.00 31 December 2007
76
 Hong Kong 5.75 31 December 2007
77
 Peru 5.75 31 December 2007
78
 Comoros 5.36 31 December 2007
79
 Bahamas, The 5.25 31 December 2007
80
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.25 31 December 2007
81
 Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007
82
 Chad 5.25 31 December 2007
83
 Gabon 5.25 31 December 2007
84
 Equatorial Guinea 5.25 31 December 2007
85
 Central African Republic 5.25 31 December 2007
86
 Seychelles 5.13 31 December 2007
87
 Aruba 5.00 31 December 2007
88
 Poland 5.00 31 December 2007
89
 European Union 5.00 31 December 2007
90
 Cyprus 5.00 31 December 2007
91
 Bangladesh 5.00 31 December 2007
92
 Lithuania 4.85 31 December 2007
93
 United States 4.83 31 December 2007
94
 Bulgaria 4.58 31 December 2007
95
 Canada 4.50 31 December 2007
96
 Philippines 4.28 31 December 2007
97
 Benin 4.25 31 December 2007
98
 Slovakia 4.25 31 December 2007
99
 Mali 4.25 31 December 2007
100
 Senegal 4.25 31 December 2007
101
 Burkina Faso 4.25 31 December 2007
102
 Togo 4.25 31 December 2007
103
 Guinea-Bissau 4.25 31 December 2007
104
 Niger 4.25 31 December 2007
105
 Cote d'Ivoire 4.25 31 December 2007
106
 Algeria 4.00 31 December 2007
107
 Israel 4.00 31 December 2007
108
 Libya 4.00 31 December 2007
109
 Denmark 4.00 31 December 2007
110
 Thailand 3.75 31 December 2007
111
 Czech Republic 3.50 31 December 2007
112
 Sweden 3.50 31 December 2007
113
 China 3.33 31 December 2007
114
 Korea, South 3.25 31 December 2007
115
 Morocco 3.25 31 December 2007
116
 Switzerland 2.05 31 December 2007
117
 Oman 1.98 31 December 2007
118
 Japan 0.75 31 December 2007

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