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	.	Venezuela	29.5		31 Dec 2010
2	.	Angola	25		31 Dec 2010 est.
3	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	22		31 Dec 2010 est.
4	.	Costa Rica	21.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
5	.	Vanuatu	20		31 Dec 2010 est.
6	.	Ghana	18		31 Dec 2008
7	.	Belize	18		31 Dec 2010 est.
8	.	Mali	16		31 Dec 2010 est.
9	.	Sao Tome and Principe	16		31 Dec 2008
10	.	Malawi	15		31 Dec 2008
11	.	Uganda	14		31 Dec 2010 est.
12	.	Papua New Guinea	14		31 Dec 2010 est.
13	.	Kyrgyzstan	13.73		31 Dec 2010 est.
14	.	Vietnam	13		31 Dec 2010
15	.	Pakistan	12		31 Dec 2010 est.
16	.	Namibia	12		31 Dec 2010 est.
17	.	Ukraine	11.97		31 Dec 2010 est.
18	.	Burundi	11.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
19	.	Seychelles	11.17		31 Dec 2010 est
20	.	Mongolia	10.99		31 Dec 2010 est.
21	.	Montserrat	10.99		31 Dec 2010 est.
22	.	Belarus	10.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
23	.	Lesotho	10		31 Dec 2010 est.
24	.	Burma	9.95		31 Dec 2010 est.
25	.	Serbia	9.75		17 Jan 2011
26	.	Libya	9.52		31 Dec 2010 est.
27	.	Botswana	9.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
28	.	Uruguay	9		31 Dec 2011
29	.	Mauritania	9		31 Dec 2007
30	.	Mauritius	9		31 Dec 2010 est
31	.	Gambia, The	9		31 Dec 2008
32	.	Egypt	8.68		31 Dec 2010 est.
33	.	Equatorial Guinea	8.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
34	.	Zambia	8.39		31 Dec 2008
35	.	Tanzania	8.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
36	.	Russia	8.25		31 Dec 2011
37	.	Ecuador	8.17		31 Dec 2010
38	.	Armenia	8		2 Dec 2008
39	.	Rwanda	7.75		31 Dec 2008
40	.	Sri Lanka	7.5		31 Dec 2011 est.
41	.	Kazakhstan	7.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
42	.	Cape Verde	7.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
43	.	Brazil	7.25		31 Dec 2011 est.
44	.	Zimbabwe	7.17		31 Dec 2007
45	.	South Africa	7		31 Dec 2008
46	.	Croatia	7		31 Dec 2010 est.
47	.	Kenya	7		31 Dec 2010 est
48	.	Barbados	7		31 Dec 2010 est.
49	.	Maldives	6.96		31 Dec 2010 est.
50	.	Swaziland	6.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
51	.	Morocco	6.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
52	.	Dominica	6.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
53	.	Saint Lucia	6.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
54	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
55	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.5		31 Dec 2008
56	.	Georgia	6.5		25 Dec 2008
57	.	Grenada	6.5		31 Dec 2008
58	.	Guatemala	6.5		31 Dec 2010 est
59	.	Antigua and Barbuda	6.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
60	.	Anguilla	6.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
61	.	Indonesia	6.37		31 Dec 2010
62	.	Norway	6.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
63	.	Honduras	6.25		31 Dec 2010 est
64	.	Nepal	6		31 Dec 2010 est.
65	.	Iraq	6		Dec 2011
66	.	Tunisia	5.75		31 Dec 2010 est
67	.	Hungary	5.75		31 Dec 2011
68	.	Sweden	5.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
69	.	Paraguay	5.5		31 Dec 2011 est.
70	.	Guyana	5.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
71	.	India	5.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
72	.	Iceland	5.4		31 Dec 2010 est.
73	.	Turkey	5.25		22 Dec 2010
74	.	Romania	5.25		31 Dec 2011
75	.	Peru	5.05		31 Dec 2010
76	.	Tajikistan	5		31 Dec 2010 est.
77	.	Madagascar	5		31 Dec 2010 est
78	.	Albania	5		31 Dec 2010 est.
79	.	Azerbaijan	5		31 Dec 2011 est.
80	.	Bangladesh	5		31 Dec 2010 est.
81	.	Colombia	4.75		31 Dec 2010
82	.	Australia	4.35		31 Dec 2010 est.
83	.	Laos	4.3		31 Dec 2010
84	.	Trinidad and Tobago	4.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
85	.	Nigeria	4.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
86	.	Niger	4.25		31 Dec 2008
87	.	Cote d'Ivoire	4.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
88	.	Congo, Republic of the	4.25		31 Dec 2008
89	.	Burkina Faso	4.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
90	.	Chad	4.25		31 Dec 2008
91	.	Central African Republic	4.25		31 Dec 2008
92	.	Guinea-Bissau	4.25		31 Dec 2008
93	.	Benin	4.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
94	.	Poland	4		31 Dec 2010 est.
95	.	Macedonia	4		31 Dec 2010 est.
96	.	Algeria	4		31 Dec 2010 est.
97	.	Bolivia	4		31 Dec 2010 est.
98	.	Bahamas, The	4		31 Dec 2010 est.
99	.	Philippines	3.8		31 Dec 2010 est.
100	.	Qatar	3.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
101	.	Lebanon	3.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
102	.	Latvia	3.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
103	.	Thailand	3.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
104	.	Mozambique	3.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
105	.	Chile	3.12		31 Dec 2010 est.
106	.	Lithuania	3		31 Dec 2010 est.
107	.	Malaysia	3		31 Dec 2010
108	.	Nicaragua	3		31 Dec 2010 est
109	.	Gabon	3		31 Dec 2010 est.
110	.	Israel	2.75		31 Dec 2010 est.
111	.	Togo	2.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
112	.	New Zealand	2.5		31 Dec 2008
113	.	Saudi Arabia	2.5		31 Dec 200
114	.	China	2.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
115	.	Oman	2		31 Dec 2010 est.
116	.	Jamaica	2		31 Dec 2010 est
117	.	Comoros	1.93		31 Dec 2010 est.
118	.	Slovakia	1.75		31 Dec 2010 est.
119	.	Malta	1.75		31 Dec 2010
120	.	Fiji	1.75		31 Dec 2010 est.
121	.	Taiwan	1.625		Feb 2009
122	.	Slovenia	1.5		31 Dec 2011
123	.	Spain	1.5		31 Dec 2010
124	.	Portugal	1.5		31 Dec 2010
125	.	Luxembourg	1.5		31 Dec 2010
126	.	Netherlands	1.5		31 Dec 2010
127	.	Cyprus	1.5		31 Dec 2010
128	.	Ireland	1.5		31 Dec 2010
129	.	Korea, South	1.5		31 Dec 2010
130	.	Italy	1.5		31 Dec 2010
131	.	Germany	1.5		31 Dec 2010
132	.	France	1.5		31 Dec 2010
133	.	Finland	1.5		31 Dec 2010
134	.	European Union	1.5		31 Dec 2011
135	.	Greece	1.5		31 Dec 2010
136	.	Belgium	1.5		31 Dec 2010
137	.	Kuwait	1.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
138	.	Canada	1		31 Dec 2010 est.
139	.	Aruba	1		31 Dec 2010 est.
140	.	Syria	0.75		31 Dec 2011 est.
141	.	Czech Republic	0.75		31 Dec 2010
142	.	Denmark	0.75		31 Dec 2010 est.
143	.	Switzerland	0.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
144	.	United States	0.5		31 Dec 2010
145	.	United Kingdom	0.5		31 Dec 2010 est.
146	.	Hong Kong	0.5		31 Dec 2010
147	.	Japan	0.3		31 Dec 2008
148	.	Jordan	0.3		31 Dec 2010 est.
149	.	Senegal	0.25		31 Dec 2010 est.
150	.	Bulgaria	0.03		31 Dec 2011 est.
151	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
152	.	Southern Ocean	NA		NA
153	.	Suriname	NA		NA
154	.	Sudan	NA		NA
155	.	Solomon Islands	NA		NA
156	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
157	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
158	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
159	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
160	.	Tuvalu	NA		NA
161	.	Timor-Leste	NA		NA
162	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
163	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
164	.	Tonga	NA		NA
165	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
166	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
167	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
168	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
169	.	West Bank	NA		NA
170	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
171	.	World	NA		NA
172	.	Uzbekistan	NA		NA
173	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
174	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
175	.	Niue	NA		NA
176	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
177	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
178	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
179	.	Panama	NA		NA
180	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
181	.	Palau	NA		NA
182	.	Pacific Ocean	NA		NA
183	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
184	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
185	.	Macau	NA		NA
186	.	Liberia	NA		NA
187	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
188	.	Montenegro	NA		NA
189	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
190	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
191	.	Nauru	NA		NA
192	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
193	.	Monaco	NA		NA
194	.	Moldova	NA		NA
195	.	El Salvador	NA		NA
196	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
197	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
198	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
199	.	Dominican Republic	NA		NA
200	.	Curacao	NA		NA
201	.	Djibouti	NA		NA
202	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
203	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
204	.	Singapore	NA		NA
205	.	San Marino	NA		NA
206	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
207	.	Samoa	NA		NA
208	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
209	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
210	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
211	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
212	.	Jersey	NA		NA
213	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
214	.	Korea, North	NA		NA
215	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
216	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
217	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
218	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
219	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
220	.	Estonia	NA		NA
221	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
222	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
223	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
224	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
225	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
226	.	Eritrea	NA		NA
227	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
228	.	Haiti	NA		NA
229	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
230	.	Greenland	NA		NA
231	.	Indian Ocean	NA		NA
232	.	Guam	NA		NA
233	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
234	.	Austria	NA		NA
235	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
236	.	Atlantic Ocean	NA		NA
237	.	Andorra	NA		NA
238	.	Afghanistan	NA		NA
239	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
240	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
241	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
242	.	Arctic Ocean	NA		NA
243	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
244	.	Brunei	NA		NA
245	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
246	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
247	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
248	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA		NA
249	.	Bahrain	NA		NA
250	.	Somalia	NA		NA
251	.	United Arab Emirates	NA		NA
252	.	Yemen	NA		NA
253	.	Mexico	NA		31 Dec 2010 est.
254	.	Cuba	NA		NA
255	.	Sierra Leone	NA		NA
256	.	Cameroon	NA		31 Dec 2010 est.
257	.	Cambodia	NA		31 Dec 2007
258	.	Ethiopia	NA		NA
259	.	Iran	NA		NA
260	.	Guinea	NA		31 Dec 2005
261	.	Argentina	NA		NA
262	.	Bhutan	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Central bank discount rate(%) 2013 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2013. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Central bank discount rate(%) 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Central bank discount rate(%) 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.