Central bank interest rates, June, 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[4]
=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	2 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	6 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	9 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	8 March 2013
=77	Central African States	3.25	31 December 2007
=77	Poland	3.25	6 March 2013
=79	Australia	3.00	3 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	8 January 2009
=88	Turkey	1.50	17 December 2010
=91	Canada	1.00	8 September 2010
=91	Sweden	1.00	18 December 2012
=93	European Union	0.50	2 May 2013
=93	United Kingdom	0.50	5 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	5 October 2010
100	Czech Republic	0.05	1 November 2012
101	Bulgaria	0.03	3 December 2012
102	Oman	0.00	25 November 2012