List of countries by central bank interest rates
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This is a list of countries by annualized interest rate set by the central bank for charging commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds. The data is taken from CIA World Factbook , world interest rates and Forex Motion
| Rank | Country | Central bank discount rate (%) | Date of information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zimbabwe |
975.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 2 |  Venezuela |
28.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 3 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
28.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 4 |  Turkey |
6.75 | 31 December 2010 |
| 5 |  Guinea |
22.25 | 31 December 2005 |
| 6 |  Paraguay |
20.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 7 |  Angola |
19.57 | 31 December 2007 |
| 8 |  Costa Rica |
17.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 9 |  Tanzania |
16.40 | 31 December 2007 |
| 10 |  Iceland |
15.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 11 |  Iraq |
15.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| 12 |  Malawi |
15.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 13 |  Pakistan |
15.00 | 31 November 2008 |
| 14 |  Uganda |
14.68 | 31 December 2007 |
| 15 |  Botswana |
14.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 16 |  Ghana |
13.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 17 |  Tajikistan |
13.50 | 30 September 2008 |
| 18 |  Maldives |
13.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| 19 |  Russia |
8.75 | 14 February 2010 |
| 20 |  Lesotho |
12.82 | 31 December 2007 |
| 21 |  Laos |
12.67 | 31 December 2007 |
| 22 |  Rwanda |
12.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 23 |  Barbados |
12.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 24 |  Belize |
12.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 25 |  Myanmar |
12.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 25 |  Lebanon |
12.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 27 |  Sri Lanka |
11.75 | 12 February 2009 |
| 28 |  Zambia |
11.73 | 31 December 2007 |
| 39 |  Kazakhstan |
11.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 30 |  Swaziland |
11.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 31 |  South Africa |
11.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 32 |  Ecuador |
10.72 | 31 December 2007 |
| 33 |  Namibia |
10.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 34 |  Burundi |
10.12 | 31 December 2007 |
| 35 |  Belarus |
10.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 36 |  Uruguay |
10.00 | February 2009 |
| 37 |  The Gambia |
10.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 38 |  Mozambique |
9.95 | 31 December 2007 |
| 39 |  Mongolia |
9.75 | 31 December 2008 |
| 40 |  Serbia |
9.57 | 31 December 2007 |
| 41 |  Colombia |
9.50 | 31 December 2008 |
| 42 |  Hungary |
9.50 | 1 January 2009 |
| 43 |  Nigeria |
9.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 44 |  Fiji |
9.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 45 |  Brazil |
8.75 | 22 July 2009 |
| 46 |  Indonesia |
7.00 | 4 June 2009 |
| 47 |  Egypt |
9.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 48 |  Independent State of Croatia |
9.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| 49 |  Cape Verde |
8.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 50 |  New Zealand |
8.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 51 |  Azerbaijan |
8.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| 52 |  Ukraine |
8.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 53 |  Georgia (country) |
8.00 | 25 December 2008 |
| 54 |  Papua New Guinea |
7.38 | 31 December 2007 |
| 55 |  Armenia |
7.25 | 2 December 2008 |
| 56 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
6.94 | 31 December 2008 |
| 57 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 58 |  Bolivia |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 59 |  Vietnam |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 60 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 61 |  Saint Lucia |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 62 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 63 |  Peru |
6.50 | December 2008 |
| 64 |  Nepal |
6.50 | 31 December 2008 |
| 65 |  Republic of Macedonia |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  Montserrat |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 66 |  Guyana |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 67 |  Grenada |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 68 |  Dominica |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  Anguilla |
6.50 | 31 December 2007 |
| 69 |  Albania |
6.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 70 |  Jordan |
6.25 | 31 December 2008 |
| 71 |  Kuwait |
6.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 72 |  Chile |
6.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 73 |  Latvia |
6.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 74 |  Philippines |
6.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| 75 |  Vanuatu |
6.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 75 |  Iran |
12.5 | 01 June 2011 |
| 76 |  India |
5.75 http://www.rbi.org.in/ | 31 August 2010 |
| 77 |  Comoros |
5.36 | 31 December 2007 |
| 78 |  The Bahamas |
5.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 79 |  Cambodia |
5.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 80 |  Chad |
5.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 81 |  Gabon |
5.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 82 |  Equatorial Guinea |
5.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 83 |  Central African Republic |
5.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 84 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
5.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 85 |  Seychelles |
5.13 | 31 December 2007 |
| — |  Aruba |
5.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 86 |  Bangladesh |
5.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 87 |  Cyprus |
5.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 88 |  Poland |
5.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 89 |  Lithuania |
4.85 | 31 December 2007 |
| 90 |  Benin |
4.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 91 |  Burkina Faso |
4.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 92 |  Togo |
4.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 93 |  Senegal |
4.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 94 |  Guinea-Bissau |
4.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 95 |  Niger |
4.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 96 |  Mali |
4.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 97 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
4.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 98 |  Algeria |
4.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 99 |  Denmark |
1.25 | 25 September 2009 |
| 100 |  Slovakia |
4.00 | February 2009 |
| — |  European Union |
1.00 | May 2009 |
| 101 |  Libya |
4.00 | 31 December 2007 |
| 102 |  Canada |
0.50 | April 2009 |
| 103 |  Sweden |
0.25 | 28 October 2009 |
| 104 |  Israel |
3.25 | May 2011 |
| 105 |  Morocco |
3.25 | 31 December 2007 |
| 106 |  Mainland China |
3.06 | 17 December 2007 |
| 107 |  South Korea |
3.00 | 31 December 2008 |
| 108 |  Norway |
1.50 | 2nd quarter 2009 |
| 109 |  Saudi Arabia |
2.50 | 31 December 2008 |
| 110 |  Switzerland |
2.05 | 31 December 2007 |
| 111 |  Thailand |
2.00 | 14 January 2009 |
| 112 |  Oman |
1.98 | 31 December 2007 |
| 113 |  Republic of China |
1.50 | January 2009 |
| 114 |  Czech Republic |
1.25 | 31 December 2008 |
| — |  Hong Kong |
0.50 | 31 December 2008 |
| 115 |  United States |
0.50 | 31 March 2009 |
| 116 |  United Kingdom |
0.50 | March 2009 |
| 117 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
0.20 | October 2011 |
| 118 |  Japan |
0.10 | 19 December 2008 |