Country Comparison :: Central bank discount rate 1 Venezuela 29.50 2015 2 Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005 3 Ukraine 22.00 23 December 2015 4 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20.00 31 December 2017 5 Ghana 20.00 31 December 2017 6 Vanuatu 20.00 31 December 2010 7 Egypt 19.25 9 July 2017 8 Mozambique 19.00 4 November 2017 9 Malawi 16.00 31 December 2017 est. 10 Mali 16.00 31 December 2010 11 Sao Tome and Principe 16.00 31 December 2009 12 Tajikistan 16.00 20 March 2017 13 Azerbaijan 15.00 10 March 2017 14 Belarus 14.00 19 April 2017 15 Papua New Guinea 14.00 31 December 2010 16 Burundi 11.25 31 December 2010 17 Seychelles 11.17 31 December 2010 18 Kazakhstan 11.00 10 April 2017 19 Mongolia 11.00 25 December 2017 20 Montserrat 10.99 31 December 2010 21 Kenya 10.00 1 January 2017 22 Lebanon 10.00 31 December 2017 23 Russia 10.00 31 December 2016 est. 24 Suriname 10.00 2013 25 Burma 9.95 31 December 2010 26 Belize 9.58 1 November 2017 27 Libya 9.52 31 December 2010 28 Madagascar 9.50 31 December 2017 29 Zambia 9.10 31 December 2012 30 Angola 9.00 31 December 2014 31 Gambia, The 9.00 31 December 2009 32 Mauritania 9.00 31 December 2009 33 Mauritius 9.00 31 December 2010 34 Uganda 9.00 February 2018 35 Uruguay 9.00 31 December 2012 36 Uzbekistan 9.00 2016 37 Equatorial Guinea 8.50 31 December 2010 38 Tanzania 8.25 31 December 2010 39 Ecuador 8.17 31 December 2011 40 Rwanda 7.75 31 December 2010 41 Guatemala 7.53 31 December 2015 est. 42 Cabo Verde 7.50 31 December 2010 43 Eswatini 7.25 31 December 2016 44 Mexico 7.25 31 December 2017 45 Sri Lanka 7.25 30 November 2017 46 Zimbabwe 7.17 31 December 2010 47 Barbados 7.00 2017 48 Brazil 7.00 31 December 2017 est. 49 Georgia 7.00 23 September 2015 50 Maldives 7.00 30 September 2017 51 Namibia 7.00 12 April 2017 52 Nepal 7.00 30 July 2017 53 Lesotho 6.75 2 February 2016 54 Trinidad and Tobago 6.75 4 March 2016 est. 55 Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2010 56 Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2010 57 Armenia 6.50 14 December 2016 58 Dominica 6.50 31 December 2010 59 Grenada 6.50 31 December 2009 60 Moldova 6.50 31 December 2017 61 Morocco 6.50 31 December 2010 62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2009 63 Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2010 64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2010 65 Indonesia 6.37 31 December 2010 66 Honduras 6.25 31 December 2010 67 Norway 6.25 31 December 2010 68 Bhutan 6.00 2017 est. 69 India 6.00 31 December 2017 70 Iraq 6.00 2016 71 Pakistan 5.75 15 November 2016 72 South Africa 5.75 31 December 2014 73 Tunisia 5.75 31 December 2010 74 Botswana 5.50 31 December 2016 75 Guyana 5.50 31 December 2011 76 Paraguay 5.50 31 December 2012 77 Iceland 5.40 31 January 2012 78 Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007 79 Turkey 5.25 31 December 2011 80 Bangladesh 5.00 11 December 2017 81 Kyrgyzstan 5.00 31 December 2016 82 Qatar 5.00 16 March 2017 83 Turkmenistan 5.00 31 December 2014 84 Colombia 4.75 12 December 2017 85 Bahamas, The 4.50 1 January 2014 86 Laos 4.30 31 December 2010 87 Benin 4.25 31 December 2010 88 Burkina Faso 4.25 31 December 2010 89 Cameroon 4.25 31 December 2009 90 Central African Republic 4.25 31 December 2009 91 Chad 4.25 31 December 2009 92 Congo, Republic of the 4.25 31 December 2009 93 Cote d'Ivoire 4.25 31 December 2010 94 Guinea-Bissau 4.25 31 December 2009 95 Niger 4.25 31 December 2015 96 Nigeria 4.25 31 December 2010 97 Peru 4.25 31 December 2016 est. 98 Vietnam 4.25 7 October 2017 99 Algeria 4.00 31 December 2010 100 Jordan 3.75 31 December 2015 101 Philippines 3.56 31 December 2017 102 Costa Rica 3.50 31 December 2016 est. 103 Serbia 3.50 9 October 2017 104 Chile 3.35 31 December 2015 105 Jamaica 3.25 31 December 2017 106 Macedonia 3.25 31 March 2017 107 Liberia 3.20 2016 108 Australia 3.00 28 February 2013 109 Croatia 3.00 31 December 2017 110 Gabon 3.00 31 December 2010 111 Malaysia 3.00 31 December 2011 112 Nicaragua 3.00 31 December 2010 113 Kuwait 2.75 18 December 2017 114 Bolivia 2.50 31 December 2017 est. 115 Saudi Arabia 2.50 31 December 2008 116 Togo 2.50 31 December 2010 117 China 2.25 5 December 2017 est. 118 Singapore 2.15 2017 est. 119 Oman 2.00 31 December 2010 120 Comoros 1.93 31 December 2010 121 Bahrain 1.75 18 December 2017 122 Fiji 1.75 31 December 2010 123 Hong Kong 1.75 31 December 2017 124 New Zealand 1.75 31 December 2017 125 Romania 1.75 31 December 2017 126 Korea, South 1.50 31 December 2017 est. 127 Poland 1.50 31 December 2017 128 Thailand 1.50 31 December 2016 129 Taiwan 1.38 31 December 2016 130 Albania 1.25 31 December 2017 131 Finland 1.25 31 December 2017 132 Aruba 1.00 31 December 2010 133 Canada 1.00 31 December 2010 134 Hungary 0.90 31 December 2017 135 Syria 0.75 31 December 2017 136 Switzerland 0.50 31 December 2016 137 United States 0.50 31 December 2010 138 Japan 0.30 31 December 2015 139 Italy 0.25 31 December 2013 140 Senegal 0.25 31 December 2010 141 United Kingdom 0.25 31 December 2016 142 Israel 0.10 15 December 2015 143 Czechia 0.05 31 December 2017 144 Greece 0.05 31 March 2016 145 Ireland 0.05 31 December 2015 146 Spain 0.05 10 September 2014 147 Austria 0.00 31 December 2017 148 Belgium 0.00 31 December 2017 149 Bulgaria 0.00 31 December 2017 150 Cyprus 0.00 31 December 2017 151 Denmark 0.00 31 December 2017 152 Estonia 0.00 31 December 2017 est. 153 France 0.00 31 December 2016 154 Germany 0.00 31 December 2017 155 Latvia 0.00 31 December 2017 est. 156 Lithuania 0.00 31 December 2017 est. 157 Luxembourg 0.00 31 December 2017 158 Netherlands 0.00 31 December 2016 159 Portugal 0.00 2016 160 Slovakia 0.00 31 December 2017 est. 161 Slovenia 0.00 31 December 2017 162 Malta -0.35 31 December 2016 est. 163 Sweden -0.50 31 December 2017