| 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) |