Country | CENTRAL BANK DISCOUNT RATE(%) |
Albania |
2.25% (31 December 2014)
3% (31 December 2013)
|
Algeria |
4% (31 December 2010)
4% (31 December 2009)
|
Angola |
9% (31 December 2014)
25% (31 December 2010)
|
Anguilla |
6.5% (31 December 2010)
6.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
6.5% (31 December 2010)
6.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Argentina |
NA%
|
Armenia |
10.5% (10 February 2015)
8% (11 January 2012)
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy instrument of the Armenian National Bank
|
Aruba |
1% (31 December 2010)
3% (31 December 2009)
|
Australia |
3% (28 February 2013)
4.35% (31 December 2010)
note: this is the Reserve Bank of Australia's "cash rate target," or policy rate
|
Azerbaijan |
5% (31 December 2012)
5.25% (31 December 2011)
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key policy rate for the National Bank of Azerbaijan
|
Bahamas, The |
4.5% (1 January 2014)
4.5% (31 December 2012)
|
Bangladesh |
5% (31 December 2010)
5% (31 December 2009)
|
Barbados |
7% (31 December 2010)
7% (31 December 2009)
|
Belarus |
20% (13 August 2014)
10.5% (31 December 2010)
|
Belgium |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2010)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Belize |
18% (31 December 2010)
12% (31 December 2009)
|
Benin |
4.25% (31 December 2010)
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Bhutan |
NA%
|
Bolivia |
4.5% (31 December 2013)
4% (31 december 2012)
|
Botswana |
6% (31 December 2015)
7.5% (31 December 2014)
|
Brazil |
10% (31 December 2013)
11% (31 December 2011)
|
Bulgaria |
0.01% (31 December 2015)
0.03% (31 December 2014)
note: Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has had no independent monetary policy since the introduction of the Currency Board regime in 1997; this is BNB's base interest rate
|
Burkina Faso |
4.25% (31 December 2010)
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Burma |
9.95% (31 December 2010)
12% (31 December 2009)
|
Burundi |
11.25% (31 December 2010)
10% (31 December 2009)
|
Cabo Verde |
7.5% (31 December 2010)
7.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Cambodia |
NA% (31 December 2012)
5.25% (31 December 2007)
|
Cameroon |
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Canada |
1% (31 December 2010)
0.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Central African Republic |
4.25% (31 December 2009)
4.75% (31 December 2008)
|
Chad |
4.25% (31 December 2009)
4.75% (31 December 2008)
|
Chile |
3.12% (31 December 2010)
0.5% (31 December 2009)
|
China |
2.25% (31 December 2014 est.)
2.25% (31 December 2013 est.)
|
Colombia |
5.75% (18 December 2015)
4.75% (31 December 2011)
|
Comoros |
1.93% (31 December 2010)
2.21% (31 December 2009)
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
4% (31 December 2012)
20% (31 December 2011)
|
Congo, Republic of the |
4.25% (31 December 2009)
4.75% (31 December 2008)
|
Costa Rica |
21.5% (31 December 2010)
23% (31 December 2009)
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
4.25% (31 December 2010)
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Croatia |
7% (31 December 2013)
7% (31 December 2012)
|
Cuba |
NA%
|
Cyprus |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2010)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Czechia |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.05% (31 December 2012)
note: this is the two-week repo, the main rate CNB uses
|
Denmark |
0.75% (31 December 2011)
0.75% (31 December 2010)
|
Dominica |
6.5% (31 December 2010)
6.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Ecuador |
8.17% (31 December 2011)
8.68% (31 December 2010)
|
Egypt |
9.75% (30 October 2014)
8.75% (5 December 2013)
|
Equatorial Guinea |
8.5% (31 December 2010)
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Estonia |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2012)
|
Ethiopia |
NA%
|
European Union |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2012)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Fiji |
1.75% (31 December 2010)
3% (31 December 2009)
|
Finland |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2010)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
France |
0.05% (31 December 2014)
0.25% (31 December 2013)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Gabon |
3% (31 December 2010)
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Gambia, The |
9% (31 December 2009)
11% (31 December 2008)
|
Georgia |
3.75% (15 January 2013)
5.25% (31 December 2012)
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy rate of the National Bank of Georgia
|
Germany |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2010)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Ghana |
21% (31 December 2014)
16% (31 December 2013)
|
Greece |
0.05% (31 March 2016)
0.15% (11 June 2014)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Grenada |
6.5% (31 December 2009)
6.5% (31 December 2008)
|
Guatemala |
6.5% (31 December 2010)
|
Guinea-Bissau |
4.25% (31 December 2009)
4.75% (31 December 2008)
|
Guinea |
NA% (31 December 2010)
22.25% (31 December 2005)
|
Guyana |
5.5% (31 December 2011)
4.25% (31 December 2010)
|
Honduras |
6.25% (31 December 2010)
|
Hong Kong |
0.5% (31 December 2013)
0.5% (31 December 2012)
|
Hungary |
1.35% (22 July 2015)
2.1% (23 July 2014)
|
Iceland |
5.4% (31 January 2012)
5.75% (31 December 2010)
|
India |
7.75% (31 December 2014)
7.75% (31 December 2013)
note: this is the Indian central bank's policy rate - the repurchase rate
|
Indonesia |
6.37% (31 December 2010)
6.46% (31 December 2009)
note: this figure represents the 3-month SBI rate; the Bank of Indonesia has not employed the one-month SBI since September 2010
|
Iran |
NA%
|
Iraq |
6% (December 2012)
6% (December 2011)
|
Ireland |
0.05% (31 December 2015)
0.15% (31 August 2014)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Israel |
0.1% (15 December 2015)
0.25% (31 December 2014)
|
Italy |
0.25% (31 December 2013)
0.75% (31 December 2012)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Jamaica |
2% (31 December 2010)
|
Japan |
0.3% (31 December 2015)
0.3% (31 December 2014)
|
Jordan |
0.3% (31 December 2010)
4.75% (31 December 2009)
|
Kazakhstan |
16% (31 December 2015)
5.5% (31 December 2014)
|
Kenya |
11.5% (20 January 2016)
7% (31 December 2010)
|
Korea, South |
1.5% (31 December 2015)
2% (31 December 2014)
|
Kuwait |
1.25% (31 December 2010)
3% (31 December 2009)
|
Kyrgyzstan |
13.73% (22 December 2011)
2.5% (31 December 2010)
|
Laos |
4.3% (31 December 2010)
4% (31 December 2009)
|
Latvia |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2012)
|
Lebanon |
3.5% (31 December 2010)
10% (31 December 2009)
|
Lesotho |
6.75% (2 February 2016)
6.25% (31 December 2015)
|
Libya |
9.52% (31 December 2010)
3% (31 December 2009)
|
Lithuania |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2012)
|
Luxembourg |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2010)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Macedonia |
3.25% (31 December 2014)
3.25% (31 December 2013)
note: series discontinued in January 2010; the discount rate has been replaced by a referent rate for calculating the penalty rate
|
Madagascar |
5% (31 December 2010)
|
Malawi |
15% (31 December 2009)
15% (31 December 2008)
|
Malaysia |
3% (31 December 2011)
2.83% (31 December 2010)
|
Maldives |
7% (31 December 2013)
6.96% (31 December 2011)
|
Mali |
16% (31 December 2010)
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Malta |
-0.21% (31 December 2015)
-0.09% (31 December 2013)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Mauritania |
9% (31 December 2009)
12% (31 December 2007)
|
Mauritius |
9% (31 December 2010)
|
Mexico |
4.5% (31 December 2012)
4.5% (31 December 2011)
|
Moldova |
19.5% (31 December 2015)
6.5% (31 December 2014)
note: this is the basic rate on short-term operations
|
Mongolia |
12% (14 January 2016)
13% (15 January 2015)
|
Montserrat |
10.99% (31 December 2010)
6.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Morocco |
6.5% (31 December 2010)
3.31% (31 December 2009)
|
Mozambique |
9.5% (17 January 2013)
3.25% (31 December 2010)
|
Namibia |
6.75% (17 February 2016)
6.5% (31 December 2015)
|
Nepal |
8% (31 July 2015)
8% (31 July 2014)
|
Netherlands |
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.3% (31 December 2010)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
New Zealand |
2.5% (31 December 2009)
5% (31 December 2008)
|
Nicaragua |
3% (31 December 2010)
|
Nigeria |
4.25% (31 December 2010)
6% (31 December 2009)
|
Niger |
4.25% (31 December 2009)
4.75% (31 December 2008)
|
Norway |
6.25% (31 December 2010)
1.75% (31 December 2009)
|
Oman |
2% (31 December 2010)
0.05% (31 December 2009)
|
Pakistan |
6% (15 November 2015)
9.5% (18 December 2014)
|
Papua New Guinea |
14% (31 December 2010)
6.92% (31 December 2009)
|
Paraguay |
5.5% (31 December 2012)
6% (31 December 2011)
|
Peru |
5.05% (31 December 2012)
5.05% (31 December 2011)
|
Philippines |
6.13% (31 December 2015)
6.13% (31 December 2014)
|
Poland |
2.5% (31 December 2014)
1.5% (31 December 2013)
|
Portugal |
0.05% (31 December 2014)
0.25% (31 December 2013)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Qatar |
4.5% (31 December 2012)
4.93% (31 December 2011)
|
Romania |
1.75% (31 December 2015)
2.75% (31 December 2014)
|
Russia |
11% (31 December 2015 est.)
17% (31 December 2014)
note: this is the so-called refinancing rate, but in Russia banks do not get refinancing at this rate; this is a reference rate used primarily for fiscal purposes
|
Rwanda |
7.75% (31 December 2010)
11.25% (31 December 2008)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
6.5% (31 December 2009)
6.5% (31 December 2008)
|
Saint Lucia |
6.5% (31 December 2010)
6.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
6.5% (31 December 2010)
6.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
16% (31 December 2009)
28% (31 December 2008)
|
Saudi Arabia |
2.5% (31 December 2008)
|
Senegal |
0.25% (31 December 2010)
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Serbia |
9.5% (18 March 2014)
11.75% (6 February 2013)
|
Seychelles |
11.17% (31 December 2010)
|
Sierra Leone |
NA%
|
Singapore |
0.25% (2014)
0.07% (2013)
|
Slovakia |
0.05% (9 December 2015)
0.05% (10 September 2014)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the euro area; Slovakia became a member of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) on 1 January 2009
|
Slovenia |
0.3% (10 September 2014)
0.75% (31 December 2013)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Somalia |
NA%
|
South Africa |
5.75% (31 December 2014)
7% (31 December 2009)
|
Spain |
0.05% (10 September 2014)
0.25% (13 November 2013)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
|
Sri Lanka |
6% (31 December 2015)
6.5% (31 December 2013)
|
Suriname |
10% (2013)
9% (2012)
|
Swaziland |
6.5% (31 December 2010)
6.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Sweden |
0% (31 December 2014)
1% (31 December 2013)
note:: the Discount rate was abolished in 2002, and replaced by a "Reference rate" with no bearing on monetary policy; the rate quoted here is the Reference rate
|
Switzerland |
0.5% (31 December 2010)
0.75% (31 December 2009)
|
Syria |
0.75% (31 December 2015)
5% (31 December 2014)
|
Taiwan |
1.63% (31 December 2015)
1.88% (31 December 2014)
|
Tajikistan |
4.8% (31 December 2013)
6.5% (31 December 2012)
|
Tanzania |
8.25% (31 December 2010)
3.7% (31 December 2009)
|
Thailand |
2% (31 December 2014)
2.25% (31 December 2013)
|
Togo |
2.5% (31 December 2010)
4.25% (31 December 2009)
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
6.75% (04 March 2016 est.)
6.75% (31 December 2015 est.)
|
Tunisia |
5.75% (31 December 2010)
|
Turkey |
5.25% (31 December 2011)
15% (22 December 2009)
|
Turkmenistan |
5% (31 December 2014)
5% (31 December 2013)
|
Uganda |
14% (December 2014)
17% (30 March 2016)
|
Ukraine |
22% (23 December 2015)
7.5% (31 January 2012)
|
United Arab Emirates |
NA%
|
United Kingdom |
0.5% (31 December 2014)
0.5% (31 December 2013)
|
United States |
0.5% (31 December 2010)
0.5% (31 December 2009)
|
Uruguay |
9% (31 December 2012)
8.75% (31 December 2011)
note: Uruguay's central bank uses the benchmark interest rate, rather than the discount rate, to conduct monetary policy; the rates shown here are the benchmark rates
|
Vanuatu |
20% (31 December 2010)
6% (31 December 2009)
|
Venezuela |
29.5% (2015)
|
Vietnam |
9% (31 December 2012)
15% (31 December 2011)
|
Yemen |
NA%
|
Zambia |
9.1% (31 December 2012)
19% (31 December 2011)
|
Zimbabwe |
7.17% (31 December 2010)
975% (31 December 2007)
|