Country Comparison :: Central bank discount rate
This entry provides 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
3
Angola
30.00
31 December 2009 est.
7
Guinea
22.25
31 December 2005
8
Uruguay
20.00
31 December 2009 est.
10
Ghana
17.00
31 December 2008
12
Malawi
15.00
31 December 2008
13
Turkey
15.00
22 December 2009
14
Zambia
14.49
31 December 2008
16
Belarus
13.50
31 December 2009 est.
17
Burma
12.00
31 December 2009 est.
19
Serbia
12.00
17 January 2011
20
Belize
12.00
31 December 2009 est.
22
Rwanda
11.25
31 December 2008
25
Brazil
10.75
31 December 2010 est.
26
Lesotho
10.66
31 December 2009 est.
27
Ukraine
10.25
31 December 2009 est.
28
Lebanon
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
29
Burundi
10.00
31 December 2009 est.
32
Uganda
9.65
31 December 2009 est.
33
Croatia
9.00
31 December 2010 est.
34
Russia
8.75
31 December 2009 est.
36
Egypt
8.50
31 December 2009 est.
45
Namibia
7.00
31 December 2009 est.
47
Iraq
6.50
31 December 2010 est.
58
Nepal
6.50
31 December 2009 est.
60
Vanuatu
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
61
India
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
62
Nigeria
6.00
31 December 2009 est.
64
Iceland
5.75
31 December 2010 est.
65
Qatar
5.50
31 December 2009 est.
66
Albania
5.25
31 December 2009 est.
69
Syria
5.00
31 December 2010 est.
73
Niger
4.75
31 December 2008
74
Chad
4.75
31 December 2008
77
Jordan
4.75
31 December 2009 est.
79
Mexico
4.50
31 December 2009 est.
80
Senegal
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
81
Guyana
4.25
31 December 2010 est.
82
Gabon
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
86
Benin
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
88
Togo
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
89
Mali
4.25
31 December 2009 est.
91
Laos
4.00
31 December 2009
92
Algeria
4.00
31 December 2009 est.
93
Peru
3.80
31 December 2010
95
Latvia
3.50
31 December 2010 est.
97
Poland
3.50
31 December 2009 est.
98
Morocco
3.31
31 December 2009 est.
100
China
3.25
31 December 2010 est.
101
Bolivia
3.00
31 December 2010 est.
102
Libya
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
103
Kuwait
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
104
Aruba
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
105
Fiji
3.00
31 December 2009 est.
108
Comoros
2.21
31 December 2009 est.
110
Israel
2.02
31 December 2010 est.
113
France
1.75
31 December 2010
117
Norway
1.75
31 December 2009 est.
119
Malta
1.75
31 December 2010
120
Greece
1.75
31 December 2010
122
Cyprus
1.75
31 December 2010
123
Italy
1.75
31 December 2010
127
Spain
1.75
31 December 2010
134
Denmark
0.75
31 December 2010 est.
136
Sweden
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
138
Chile
0.50
31 December 2009 est.
141
Japan
0.30
31 December 2008
142
Canada
0.25
31 December 2009 est.
143
Oman
0.05
31 December 2009 est.