Central bank discount rate

Albania	1.25% (31 December 2016) 1.75% (31 December 2015)
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	6.5% (14 December 2016) 10.5% (10 February 2015) 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	15% (10 March 2017) 15% (14 September 2016) 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% (30 October 2016) 5% (30 October 2015)
Barbados	7% (31 December 2010) 7% (31 December 2009)
Belarus	14% (19 April 2017) 15% (15 March 2017)
Belgium	0.25% (31 December 2016) 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	9.86% (1 September 2016) 10.01% (31 December 2015)
Benin	4.25% (31 December 2010) 4.25% (31 December 2009)
Bhutan	NA%
Bolivia	1.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
Botswana	5.5% (31 December 2016) 6% (31 December 2015)
Brazil	13.75% (31 December 2016 est.) 14.25% (31 December 2015)
Bulgaria	0% (31 December 2016) 0.01% (31 December 2015) 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)
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)
Cape Verde	7.5% (31 December 2010) 7.5% (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	3.35% (31 December 2015) 3% (31 December 2014)
China	2.25% (31 December 2016 est.) 2.25% (31 December 2015 est.)
Colombia	7.5% (31 December 2016) 6.5% (31 December 2014)
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	3.5% (31 December 2016 est.) 21.5% (31 December 2010)
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	0.25% (31 December 2016) 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
Denmark	0.05% (2016) 0.05% (2015)
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% (31 December 2016 est.) 0.05% (31 December 2015 est.)
Ethiopia	NA%
European Union	0.25% (31 December 2016 est.) 0.3% (31 December 2015 est.) 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	0.25% (31 December 2016) 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% (31 December 2016) 0.05% (31 December 2015) 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	6.5% (7 Setpember 2016) 7% (23 September 2015) note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy rate of the National Bank of Georgia
Germany	0.25% (31 December 2016) 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	25.5% (31 December 2016) 26% (31 December 2015)
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
Greenland	NA%
Grenada	6.5% (31 December 2009) 6.5% (31 December 2008)
Guatemala	7.53% (31 December 2015 est.) 6.5% (31 December 2010)
Guinea	22.25% (31 December 2005)
Guinea-Bissau	4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)
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	0.9% (31 December 2016) 1.35% (31 December 2015)
Iceland	5.4% (31 January 2012) 5.75% (31 December 2010)
India	6.25% (31 December 2016) 7.75% (31 December 2014) 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% (2016) 6% (2015)
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	3.75% (31 December 2015) 0.3% (31 December 2010)
Kazakhstan	11% (10 April 2017) 12% (9 January 2017)
Kenya	11.5% (20 January 2016) 7% (31 December 2010)
Korea, South	1.25% (31 December 2016 est.) 1.5% (31 December 2015 est.)
Kuwait	2.5% (31 December 2016) 1.25% (31 December 2010)
Kyrgyzstan	5% (31 December 2016) 8% (31 December 2015)
Laos	4.3% (31 December 2010) 4% (31 December 2009)
Latvia	0% (31 December 2016 est.) 0.05% (31 December 2015 est.)
Lebanon	3.5% (31 December 2010) 10% (31 December 2009)
Lesotho	6.75% (2 February 2016) 6.25% (31 December 2015)
Liberia	3.2% (2016)
Libya	9.52% (31 December 2010) 3% (31 December 2009)
Lithuania	0% (31 December 2016 est.) 0.05% (31 December 2015 est.)
Luxembourg	0.25% (31 December 2016) 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 March 2017) 3.75% (31 December 2016) note: series discontinued in January 2010; the discount rate has been replaced by a referent rate for calculating the penalty rate
Madagascar	8.3% (31 December 2016) 8.7% (31 December 2015)
Malawi	24% (25 November 2016) 27% (July 2016)
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	-0.35% (31 December 2016 est.) -0.2% (31 December 2015) 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	6.25% (28 February 2017) 5.25% (28 February 2016)
Moldova	9% (31 December 2016) 19.5% (31 December 2015) 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	7% (12 April 2017) 6.5% (31 December 2015)
Nepal	7% (30 October 2016) 7% (30 October 2015)
Netherlands	0% (31 December 2016) 0.05% (31 December 2015) 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)
Niger	4.25% (31 December 2015) 4.25% (31 December 2014)
Nigeria	4.25% (31 December 2010) 6% (31 December 2009)
Norway	6.25% (31 December 2010) 1.75% (31 December 2009)
Oman	2% (31 December 2010) 0.05% (31 December 2009)
Pakistan	5.75% (15 November 2016) 6% (15 November 2015)
Papua New Guinea	14% (31 December 2010) 6.92% (31 December 2009)
Paraguay	5.5% (31 December 2012) 6% (31 December 2011)
Peru	4.25% (31 December 2016 est.) 5.05% (31 December 2012)
Philippines	3.56% (31 December 2016) 6.19% (31 December 2015)
Poland	1.5% (31 December 2016) 2% (31 December 2015)
Portugal	0% (2016) 0.05% (2015) 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	10% (31 December 2016 est.) 11% (03 August 2015) 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	4% (31 December 2016) 7.5% (12 March 2015)
Seychelles	11.17% (31 December 2010)
Sierra Leone	NA%
Singapore	1.17% (2016 est.) 1.21% (2015 est.)
Slovakia	0% (31 December 2016 est.) 0.05% (31 December 2015 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% (16 March 2016) 0.05% (4 Sept 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
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	7% (30 September 2016) 6% (31 December 2015)
Suriname	10% (2013) 9% (2012)
Swaziland	7.25% (31 December 2016) 6.5% (31 December 2015)
Sweden	"-0.5% (31 December 2016) -0.35% (31 December 2015) 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 2016) 0.75% (31 December 2009)
Syria	0.75% (31 December 2016) 5% (31 December 2015)
Taiwan	1.38% (31 December 2016) 1.63% (31 December 2015)
Tajikistan	16% (20 March 2017) 6.5% (31 December 2012)
Tanzania	8.25% (31 December 2010) 3.7% (31 December 2009)
Thailand	1.5% (31 December 2016) 1.5% (31 December 2015)
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	0.25% (31 December 2016) 0.5% (31 December 2015)
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
Uzbekistan	9% (2016) 9% (2015)
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)

Source: CIA Factbook