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  Rank Order - Central bank discount rate


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Central bank discount rate
(%)
Date of Information
1
Zimbabwe 975.00 31 December 2007
2
Venezuela 28.50 31 December 2007
3
Sao Tome and Principe 28.00 31 December 2007
4
Turkey 25.00 31 December 2007
5
Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005
6
Iraq 20.00 31 December 2007
7
Paraguay 20.00 31 December 2007
8
Angola 19.57 31 December 2007
9
Brazil 17.85 31 December 2007
10
Costa Rica 17.00 31 December 2007
11
Tanzania 16.40 31 December 2007
12
Iceland 15.25 31 December 2007
13
Sri Lanka 15.00 31 December 2007
14
Tajikistan 15.00 31 December 2007
15
Malawi 15.00 31 December 2007
16
Uganda 14.68 31 December 2007
17
Botswana 14.50 31 December 2007
18
Ghana 13.50 31 December 2007
19
Azerbaijan 13.00 31 December 2007
20
Lesotho 12.82 31 December 2007
21
Laos 12.67 31 December 2007
22
Maldives 12.50 31 December 2007
23
Rwanda 12.50 31 December 2007
24
Barbados 12.00 31 December 2007
25
Burma 12.00 31 December 2007
26
Belize 12.00 31 December 2007
27
Lebanon 12.00 31 December 2007
28
Zambia 11.73 31 December 2007
29
Colombia 11.50 31 December 2007
30
Kazakhstan 11.00 31 December 2007
31
South Africa 11.00 31 December 2007
32
Swaziland 11.00 31 December 2007
33
Ecuador 10.72 31 December 2007
34
Namibia 10.50 31 December 2007
35
Burundi 10.12 31 December 2007
36
Belarus 10.00 31 December 2007
37
Trinidad and Tobago 10.00 31 December 2007
38
Uruguay 10.00 31 December 2007
39
Russia 10.00 31 December 2007
40
Gambia, The 10.00 31 December 2007
41
Pakistan 10.00 31 December 2007
42
Mozambique 9.95 31 December 2007
43
Mongolia 9.87 31 December 2007
44
Serbia 9.57 31 December 2007
45
Nigeria 9.50 31 December 2007
46
Fiji 9.25 31 December 2007
47
Egypt 9.00 31 December 2007
48
Croatia 9.00 31 December 2007
49
Cape Verde 8.50 31 December 2007
50
New Zealand 8.25 31 December 2007
51
Indonesia 8.00 31 December 2007
52
Ukraine 8.00 31 December 2007
53
Hungary 7.50 31 December 2007
54
Papua New Guinea 7.38 31 December 2007
55
Jordan 7.00 31 December 2007
56
Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2007
57
Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2007
58
Vietnam 6.50 31 December 2007
59
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2007
60
Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2007
61
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2007
62
Macedonia 6.50 31 December 2007
63
Montserrat 6.50 31 December 2007
64
Guyana 6.50 31 December 2007
65
Grenada 6.50 31 December 2007
66
Dominica 6.50 31 December 2007
67
Bolivia 6.50 31 December 2007
68
Albania 6.25 31 December 2007
69
Norway 6.25 31 December 2007
70
Nepal 6.25 31 December 2007
71
Kuwait 6.25 31 December 2007
72
Chile 6.00 31 December 2007
73
Vanuatu 6.00 31 December 2007
74
Latvia 6.00 31 December 2007
75
India 6.00 31 December 2007
76
Hong Kong 5.75 31 December 2007
77
Peru 5.75 31 December 2007
78
Comoros 5.36 31 December 2007
79
Bahamas, The 5.25 31 December 2007
80
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.25 31 December 2007
81
Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007
82
Chad 5.25 31 December 2007
83
Gabon 5.25 31 December 2007
84
Equatorial Guinea 5.25 31 December 2007
85
Central African Republic 5.25 31 December 2007
86
Seychelles 5.13 31 December 2007
87
Aruba 5.00 31 December 2007
88
Poland 5.00 31 December 2007
89
European Union 5.00 31 December 2007
90
Cyprus 5.00 31 December 2007
91
Bangladesh 5.00 31 December 2007
92
Lithuania 4.85 31 December 2007
93
United States 4.83 31 December 2007
94
Bulgaria 4.58 31 December 2007
95
Canada 4.50 31 December 2007
96
Philippines 4.28 31 December 2007
97
Benin 4.25 31 December 2007
98
Slovakia 4.25 31 December 2007
99
Mali 4.25 31 December 2007
100
Senegal 4.25 31 December 2007
101
Burkina Faso 4.25 31 December 2007
102
Togo 4.25 31 December 2007
103
Guinea-Bissau 4.25 31 December 2007
104
Niger 4.25 31 December 2007
105
Cote d'Ivoire 4.25 31 December 2007
106
Algeria 4.00 31 December 2007
107
Israel 4.00 31 December 2007
108
Libya 4.00 31 December 2007
109
Denmark 4.00 31 December 2007
110
Thailand 3.75 31 December 2007
111
Czech Republic 3.50 31 December 2007
112
Sweden 3.50 31 December 2007
113
China 3.33 31 December 2007
114
Korea, South 3.25 31 December 2007
115
Morocco 3.25 31 December 2007
116
Switzerland 2.05 31 December 2007
117
Oman 1.98 31 December 2007
118
Japan 0.75 31 December 2007

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