Central bank interest rates, May, 2013

 

Rank	Country	Central bank discount rate (%)	Date of information
1	Venezuela	28.50	31 December 2007
2	Sao Tome and Principe	28.00	31 December 2007
3	Guinea	22.25	31 December 2005
4	Paraguay	20.00	31 December 2007
5	Angola	19.57	31 December 2007
6	Costa Rica	17.00	31 December 2007
7	Tanzania	16.40	31 December 2007
8	Iceland	15.25	31 December 2007
=9	Iraq	15.00	31 December 2008
=9	Malawi	15.00	31 December 2007
11	Uganda	14.68	31 December 2007
12	Botswana	14.50	31 December 2007
=13	Tajikistan	13.50	30 September 2008
=13	Ghana	13.50	31 December 2007
15	Maldives	13.00	31 December 2008
16	Lesotho	12.82	31 December 2007
17	Laos	12.67	31 December 2007
=18	Iran	12.50	1 June 2011
=18	Rwanda	12.50	31 December 2007
=20	Barbados	12.00	31 December 2007
=20	Belize	12.00	31 December 2007
=20	Burma	12.00	31 December 2007
=20	Lebanon	12.00	31 December 2007
24	Sri Lanka	11.75	12 February 2009
25	Zambia	11.73	31 December 2007
=26	Kazakhstan	11.00	31 December 2007
=26	Swaziland	11.00	31 December 2007
28	Namibia	10.50	31 December 2007
29	Burundi	10.12	31 December 2007
=30	Belarus	10.00	31 December 2007
=30	Gambia	10.00	31 December 2007
=30	Pakistan	10.00	7 October 2012
=30	Uruguay	10.00	February 2009
34	Mozambique	9.95	31 December 2007
35	Mongolia	9.75	31 December 2008
36	Serbia	9.57	31 December 2007
=37	Colombia	9.50	31 December 2008
=37	Nigeria	9.50	31 December 2007
39	Fiji	9.25	31 December 2007
=40	Croatia	9.00	31 December 2008
=40	Egypt	9.00	31 December 2007
42	Cape Verde	8.50	31 December 2007
43	Russia	8.25	14 September 2012
=44	Azerbaijan	8.00	31 December 2008
=44	Georgia	8.00	25 December 2008
=44	Ukraine	8.00	31 December 2007
=47	Brazil	7.50	17 April 2013
=47	India	7.50	19 March 2013
49	Papua New Guinea	7.38	31 December 2007
50	Armenia	7.25	02 December 2008
51	Trinidad and Tobago	6.94	31 December 2008
52	Hong Kong	6.75	31 December 2008
=53	Nepal	6.50	31 December 2008
=53	Eastern Caribbean States	6.50	31 December 2007
=53	Peru	6.50	December 2008
=53	Vietnam	6.50	31 December 2007
=57	Albania	6.25	31 December 2007
=57	Jordan	6.25	31 December 2008
=57	Kuwait	6.25	31 December 2007
=60	China	6.00	06 July 2012
=60	Latvia	6.00	31 December 2007
=60	Philippines	6.00	31 December 2008
=60	Vanuatu	6.00	31 December 2007
64	Indonesia	5.75	09 February 2012
65	Comoros	5.36	31 December 2007
=66	Cambodia	5.25	31 December 2007
=66	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.25	31 December 2007
68	Seychelles	5.13	31 December 2007
=69	Aruba	5.00	31 December 2007
=69	Chile	5.00	12 January 2012
=69	South Africa	5.00	19 July 2012
72	Hungary	4.75	23 April 2013
73	Bahamas	4.50	31 December 2007
=74	Algeria	4.00	31 December 2007
=74	Libya	4.00	31 December 2007
=74	Mexico	4.00	08 March 2013
=77	Central African States	3.25	31 December 2007
=77	Poland	3.25	06 March 2013
=79	Australia	3.00	03 December 2012
=79	Bangladesh	3.00	31 December 2007
=79	Morocco	3.00	27 March 2012
=82	South Korea	2.75	11 October 2012
=82	Thailand	2.75	24 October 2012
=82	West African States	2.75	31 December 2007
85	New Zealand	2.50	10 March 2011
86	Saudi Arabia	2.00	19 January 2009
87	Israel	1.75	24 December 2012
=88	Norway	1.50	14 March 2012
=88	Taiwan	1.50	08 January 2009
=88	Turkey	1.50	17 December 2010
=91	Canada	1.00	08 September 2010
=91	Sweden	1.00	18 December 2012
=93	European Union	0.50	02 May 2013
=93	United Kingdom	0.50	05 March 2009
95	Denmark	0.30	24 January 2013
=96	Switzerland	0.25	12 March 2009
=96	United States	0.25	16 December 2008
98	Lithuania	0.20	31 January 2013
99	Japan	0.10	05 October 2010
100	Czech Republic	0.05	01 November 2012
101	Bulgaria	0.03	03 December 2012
102	Oman	0.00	25 November 2012