Central bank discount rate (%)

Definition Field Listing Rank Order

Others A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Others

European Union: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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
Taiwan: 1.88% (31 December 2012)
1.88% (31 December 2011)

A

Albania: $NA (31 December 2013 est.)
4% (31 December 2012 est.)
Algeria: 4% (31 December 2010 est.)
4% (31 December 2009 est.)
Angola: $NA (31 December 2010 est.)
30% (31 December 2009 est.)
Anguilla: 6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: 6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Argentina: NA%
Armenia: $NA (11 January 2012)
7.25% (2 December 2008)
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy instrument of the Armenian National Bank
Aruba: 1% (31 December 2010 est.)
3% (31 December 2009 est.)
Australia: 3% (February 2013 est.)
4.35% (31 December 2010 est.)
note: this is the Reserve Bank of Australia's "cash rate target," or policy rate
Azerbaijan: 5% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.25% (31 December 2011 est.)
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key policy rate for the National Bank of Azerbaijan

B

Bahamas, The: 4.5% (1 January 2014 est.)
4.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
Bangladesh: 5% (31 December 2010 est.)
5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Barbados: 7% (31 December 2010 est.)
7% (31 December 2009 est.)
Belarus: 10.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
13.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Belgium: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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 est.)
12% (31 December 2009 est.)
Benin: 4.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Bhutan: NA%
Bolivia: 4.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
4% (31 december 2012 est.)
Botswana: 9.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
10% (31 December 2009 est.)
Brazil: 10% (31 December 2013 est.)
11% (31 December 2011 est.)
Bulgaria: $NA (31 December 2012 est.)
0.22% (31 December 2011 est.)
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 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Burma: 9.95% (31 December 2010 est.)
12% (31 December 2009 est.)
Burundi: 11.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
10% (31 December 2009 est.)

C

Cabo Verde: 7.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
7.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Cambodia: NA% (31 December 2012)
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Cameroon: 4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Canada: 1% (31 December 2010 est.)
0.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
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 est.)
0.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
China: 2.25% (31 December 2013 est.)
2.25% (31 December 2012 est.)
Colombia: 4.75% (31 December 2011)
5% (31 December 2010)
Comoros: 1.93% (31 December 2010 est.)
2.21% (31 December 2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 4% (31 December 2012 est.)
20% (31 December 2011 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: 4.25% (31 December 2009)
4.75% (31 December 2008)
Costa Rica: $NA (31 December 2010 est.)
23% (31 December 2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: 4.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Croatia: 7% (31 December 2013 est.)
7% (31 December 2012 est.)
Cuba: NA%
Cyprus: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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
Czech Republic: 0.05% (31 December 2013 est.)
0.05% (31 December 2012)
note: this is the two-week repo, the main rate CNB uses

D

Denmark: 0.75% (31 December 2011 est.)
0.75% (31 December 2010 est.)
Dominica: 6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)

E

Ecuador: 8.17% (31 December 2011)
8.68% (31 December 2010)
Egypt: 8.75% (5 December 2013 est.)
8.68% (31 December 2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: 8.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Ethiopia: NA%

F

Fiji: 1.75% (31 December 2010 est.)
3% (31 December 2009 est.)
Finland: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.75% (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

G

Gabon: 3% (31 December 2010 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
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: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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: 18% (31 December 2009)
17% (31 December 2008)
Greece: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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
Grenada: 6.5% (31 December 2009)
6.5% (31 December 2008)
Guatemala: 6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
Guinea: NA% (31 December 2010 est.)
22.25% (31 December 2005)
Guinea-Bissau: 4.25% (31 December 2009)
4.75% (31 December 2008)
Guyana: 5.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2010 est.)

H

Honduras: 6.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
NA% (31 December 2009 est.)
Hong Kong: 0.5% (31 December 2013)
0.5% (31 December 2012)
Hungary: 5.75% (19 December 2012)
7% (31 December 2011)

I

Iceland: 5.4% (31 January 2012 est.)
5.75% (31 December 2010 est.)
India: 7.75% (31 December 2013 est.)
8% (31 December 2010 est.)
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: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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
Israel: 1% (31 December 2013 est.)
1.75% (31 December 2012 est.)
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

J

Jamaica: 2% (31 December 2010 est.)
NA% (31 December 2009 est.)
Japan: 0.1% (31 December 2012)
0.3% (31 December 2009)
Jordan: 0.3% (31 December 2010 est.)
$NA (31 December 2009 est.)

K

Kazakhstan: 5.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
7.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
Kenya: 7% (31 December 2010 est.)
NA% (31 December 2009 est.)
Korea, South: 2.5% (31 December 2013)
2.75% (31 December 2012)
Kuwait: 1.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
3% (31 December 2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan: 13.73% (22 December 2011 est.)
2.5% (31 December 2010 est.)

L

Laos: 4.3% (31 December 2010)
4% (31 December 2009)
Latvia: 3.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
3.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
Lebanon: 3.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
10% (31 December 2009 est.)
Lesotho: 9.36% (31 December 2012 est.)
10% (31 December 2010 est.)
Libya: 9.52% (31 December 2010 est.)
3% (31 December 2009 est.)
Lithuania: 3% (31 December 2010 est.)
2.06% (31 December 2009 est.)
Luxembourg: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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

M

Macedonia: 3.25% (31 December 2013 est.)
3.75% (31 December 2012 est.)
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 est.)
NA% (31 December 2009 est.)
Malawi: 15% (31 December 2009)
15% (31 December 2008)
Malaysia: 3% (31 December 2011)
2.83% (31 December 2010)
Maldives: 7% (31 December 2012 est.)
6.96% (31 December 2011 est.)
Mali: 16% (31 December 2010 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Malta: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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
Mauritania: 9% (31 December 2009 est.)
12% (31 December 2007)
Mauritius: 9% (31 December 2010 est.)
Mexico: 4.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
Moldova: 3.5% (31 December 2013)
4.5% (31 December 2012)
note: this is the basic rate on short-term operations
Mongolia: 13.25% (31 December 2012)
12.25% (31 December 2011 est.)
Montserrat: 10.99% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Morocco: 6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
3.31% (31 December 2009 est.)
Mozambique: 9.5% (17 January 2013 est.)
3.25% (31 December 2010 est.)

N

Namibia: 5.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
12% (31 December 2010 est.)
Nepal: 6% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Netherlands: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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 est.)
Niger: 4.25% (31 December 2009)
4.75% (31 December 2008)
Nigeria: 4.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
6% (31 December 2009 est.)
Norway: 6.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
1.75% (31 December 2009 est.)

O

Oman: 2% (31 December 2010 est.)
0.05% (31 December 2009 est.)

P

Pakistan: 12% (31 January 2012 est.)
14% (31 December 2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 14% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.92% (31 December 2009 est.)
Paraguay: 5.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
6% (31 December 2011 est.)
Peru: 5.05% (31 December 2012)
5.05% (31 December 2011)
Philippines: 5.3% (31 December 2012 est.)
5.6% (31 December 2011 est.)
Poland: 4.25% (31 December 2012 est.)
4% (31 December 2010 est.)
Portugal: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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

Q

Qatar: 4.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
4.93% (31 December 2011 est.)

R

Romania: 4% (31 December 2013)
5.25% (31 December 2012)
Russia: 8.25% (31 December 2012 est.)
8% (31 December 2011)
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 est.)
11.25% (31 December 2008)

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis: 6.5% (31 December 2009)
6.5% (31 December 2008)
Saint Lucia: 6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
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 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Serbia: 9.5% (18 March 2014)
11.75% (6 February 2013)
Seychelles: 11.17% (31 December 2010 est.)
Sierra Leone: NA%
Slovakia: 1.75% (31 December 2011 est.)
1.75% (31 December 2010 est.)
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: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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
Somalia: NA%
South Africa: 5% (31 December 2012)
7% (31 December 2009)
Spain: 0.75% (31 December 2013)
1.5% (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
Sri Lanka: 6.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
7.5% (19 December 2012 est.)
Swaziland: 6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Sweden: 5.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
0.5% (31 December 2009 est.)
Switzerland: 0.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
0.75% (31 December 2009 est.)
Syria: 0.75% (31 December 2013 est.)
5% (31 December 2012 est.)

T

Tajikistan: 4.8% (31 December 2013 est.)
6.5% (31 December 2012 est.)
Tanzania: 8.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
3.7% (31 December 2009 est.)
Thailand: 2.25% (31 December 2013 est.)
3.25% (31 December 2011 est.)
Togo: 2.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
4.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: 4.25% (31 December 2010 est.)
7.25% (31 December 2009 est.)
Tunisia: 5.75% (31 December 2010 est.)
Turkey: 5.25% (31 December 2011)
15% (22 December 2009)

U

Uganda: 14% (31 December 2010 est.)
9.65% (31 December 2009 est.)
Ukraine: 7.5% (31 January 2012 est.)
11.97% (31 December 2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates: NA%
United Kingdom: 0.5% (31 December 2013 est.)
0.5% (2012 est.)
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