This entry provides the annualized interest rate a country's central bank charges commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	Zimbabwe	975.00		31 Dec 2007
2	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	70.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
3	.	Venezuela	33.50		31 Dec 2008
4	.	Angola	30.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
5	.	Sao Tome and Principe	28.00		31 Dec 2008
6	.	Costa Rica	23.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
7	.	Guinea	22.25		31 Dec 2005
8	.	Paraguay	20.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
9	.	Uruguay	20.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
10	.	Ghana	17.00		31 Dec 2008
11	.	Maldives	16.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
12	.	Kyrgyzstan	15.11		31 Dec 2009 est.
13	.	Sri Lanka	15.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
14	.	Turkey	15.00		22 Dec 2009
15	.	Malawi	15.00		31 Dec 2008
16	.	Iceland	14.55		31 Dec 2009 est.
17	.	Zambia	14.49		31 Dec 2008
18	.	Belarus	13.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
19	.	Pakistan	12.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
20	.	Serbia	12.00		17 Jan 2011
21	.	Belize	12.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
22	.	Burma	12.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
23	.	Mauritania	12.00		31 Dec 2007
24	.	South Africa	11.50		31 Dec 2008
25	.	Rwanda	11.25		31 Dec 2008
26	.	Gambia, The	11.00		31 Dec 2008
27	.	Mongolia	10.82		31 Dec 2009 est.
28	.	Brazil	10.75		31 Dec 2010 est.
29	.	Lesotho	10.66		31 Dec 2009 est.
30	.	Ukraine	10.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
31	.	Burundi	10.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
32	.	Botswana	10.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
33	.	Lebanon	10.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
34	.	Mozambique	9.95		31 Dec 2009 est.
35	.	Uganda	9.65		31 Dec 2009 est.
36	.	Ecuador	9.19		31 Dec 2009
37	.	Croatia	9.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
38	.	Russia	8.75		31 Dec 2009 est.
39	.	Egypt	8.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
40	.	Tajikistan	8.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
41	.	Vietnam	8.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
42	.	Cape Verde	7.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
43	.	Trinidad and Tobago	7.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
44	.	Armenia	7.25		2 Dec 2008
45	.	Namibia	7.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
46	.	Kazakhstan	7.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
47	.	Barbados	7.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
48	.	Papua New Guinea	6.92		31 Dec 2009 est.
49	.	Guyana	6.75		31 Dec 2009 est.
50	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.50		31 Dec 2008
51	.	Saint Lucia	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
52	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
53	.	Swaziland	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
54	.	Dominica	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
55	.	Montserrat	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
56	.	Nepal	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
57	.	Grenada	6.50		31 Dec 2008
58	.	Iraq	6.50		31 Dec 2010 est.
59	.	Macedonia	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
60	.	Antigua and Barbuda	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
61	.	Anguilla	6.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
62	.	Indonesia	6.46		31 Dec 2009
63	.	Nigeria	6.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
64	.	Vanuatu	6.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
65	.	India	6.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
66	.	Latvia	6.00		31 Dec 2008
67	.	Hungary	5.75		31 Dec 2010
68	.	Qatar	5.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
69	.	Cambodia	5.25		31 Dec 2007
70	.	Bahamas, The	5.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
71	.	Albania	5.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
72	.	New Zealand	5.00		31 Dec 2008
73	.	Syria	5.00		31 Dec 2010 est.
74	.	Colombia	5.00		31 Dec 2010 est.
75	.	Bangladesh	5.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
76	.	Niger	4.75		31 Dec 2008
77	.	Central African Republic	4.75		31 Dec 2008
78	.	Chad	4.75		31 Dec 2008
79	.	Congo, Republic of the	4.75		31 Dec 2008
80	.	Guinea-Bissau	4.75		31 Dec 2008
81	.	Jordan	4.75		31 Dec 2009 est.
82	.	Mexico	4.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
83	.	Senegal	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
84	.	Togo	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
85	.	Cameroon	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
86	.	Burkina Faso	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
87	.	Benin	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
88	.	Cote d'Ivoire	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
89	.	Gabon	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
90	.	Equatorial Guinea	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
91	.	Mali	4.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
92	.	Laos	4.00		31 Dec 2009
93	.	Algeria	4.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
94	.	Tanzania	3.70		31 Dec 2009 est.
95	.	Philippines	3.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
96	.	Poland	3.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
97	.	Morocco	3.31		31 Dec 2009 est.
98	.	Australia	3.28		31 Dec 2009 est.
99	.	Bolivia	3.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
100	.	Fiji	3.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
101	.	Libya	3.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
102	.	Kuwait	3.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
103	.	Aruba	3.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
104	.	China	2.79		31 Dec 2009 est.
105	.	Comoros	2.21		31 Dec 2009 est.
106	.	Lithuania	2.06		31 Dec 2009 est.
107	.	Peru	2.05		31 Dec 2009 est.
108	.	Israel	2.02		31 Dec 2010 est.
109	.	Malaysia	2.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
110	.	Azerbaijan	2.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
111	.	Norway	1.75		31 Dec 2009 est.
112	.	Portugal	1.75		31 Dec 2009
113	.	Slovenia	1.75		31 Dec 2009
114	.	Slovakia	1.75		31 Dec 2009
115	.	Spain	1.75		31 Dec 2009
116	.	Thailand	1.75		31 Dec 2009 est.
117	.	Belgium	1.75		31 Dec 2009
118	.	Cyprus	1.75		31 Dec 2009
119	.	Greece	1.75		31 Dec 2009
120	.	Finland	1.75		31 Dec 2009
121	.	France	1.75		31 Dec 2009
122	.	European Union	1.75		31 Dec 2010
123	.	Germany	1.75		31 Dec 2009
124	.	Malta	1.75		31 Dec 2009
125	.	Netherlands	1.75		31 Dec 2009
126	.	Italy	1.75		31 Dec 2009
127	.	Ireland	1.75		31 Dec 2009
128	.	Luxembourg	1.75		31 Dec 2009
129	.	Taiwan	1.25		Feb 2009
130	.	Korea, South	1.25		31 Dec 2009
131	.	Denmark	1.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
132	.	Czech Republic	1.00		31 Dec 2009 est.
133	.	Switzerland	0.75		31 Dec 2009 est.
134	.	Bulgaria	0.55		31 Dec 2009 est.
135	.	Sweden	0.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
136	.	Chile	0.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
137	.	United Kingdom	0.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
138	.	United States	0.50		31 Dec 2009
139	.	Hong Kong	0.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
140	.	Bahrain	0.50		31 Dec 2009 est.
141	.	Japan	0.30		31 Dec 2008
142	.	Singapore	0.27		31 Dec 2009 est.
143	.	Canada	0.25		31 Dec 2009 est.
144	.	Oman	0.05		31 Dec 2009 est.
145	.	Panama	NA		NA
146	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
147	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
148	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
149	.	Romania	NA		NA
150	.	Nicaragua	NA		NA
151	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
152	.	Palau	NA		NA
153	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
154	.	Niue	NA		NA
155	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
156	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
157	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
158	.	Samoa	NA		NA
159	.	San Marino	NA		NA
160	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
161	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
162	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
163	.	Saudi Arabia	NA		NA
164	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
165	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
166	.	Sierra Leone	NA		NA
167	.	Somalia	NA		NA
168	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
169	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
170	.	Tonga	NA		NA
171	.	Suriname	NA		NA
172	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
173	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
174	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
175	.	Sudan	NA		NA
176	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
177	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
178	.	Tunisia	NA		NA
179	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
180	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
181	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
182	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
183	.	Bhutan	NA		NA
184	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
185	.	Brunei	NA		NA
186	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
187	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
188	.	Cuba	NA		NA
189	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
190	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
191	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
192	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
193	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
194	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
195	.	Dominican Republic	NA		NA
196	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
197	.	Curacao	NA		NA
198	.	Ethiopia	NA		NA
199	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
200	.	El Salvador	NA		NA
201	.	Greenland	NA		NA
202	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
203	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
204	.	Eritrea	NA		NA
205	.	Georgia	NA		NA
206	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
207	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
208	.	Estonia	NA		NA
209	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
210	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
211	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
212	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
213	.	World	NA		NA
214	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
215	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
216	.	West Bank	NA		NA
217	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
218	.	Yemen	NA		NA
219	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
220	.	United Arab Emirates	NA		NA
221	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
222	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
223	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
224	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
225	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
226	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
227	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
228	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
229	.	Monaco	NA		NA
230	.	Nauru	NA		NA
231	.	Moldova	NA		NA
232	.	Jamaica	NA		NA
233	.	Iran	NA		NA
234	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
235	.	Haiti	NA		NA
236	.	Guam	NA		NA
237	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
238	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
239	.	Guatemala	NA		NA
240	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
241	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
242	.	Honduras	NA		NA
243	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
244	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
245	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
246	.	Jersey	NA		NA
247	.	Macau	NA		NA
248	.	Kenya	NA		NA
249	.	Liberia	NA		NA
250	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
251	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
252	.	Madagascar	NA		NA
253	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
254	.	Argentina	NA		NA
255	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
256	.	Austria	NA		NA
257	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
258	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
259	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
260	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
261	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
262	.	Andorra	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Central bank discount rate(%) 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Central bank discount rate(%) 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Central bank discount rate(%) 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.