The CIA World Factbook Edition 2019, the latest with this field Economy

Central bank discount rate In 12 editions of 36.

Central bank discount rate was published in 12 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2008 to 2019. The 2019 edition carries it in 174 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2019 edition: 174
the first edition with it: 2008
the latest edition with it: 2019

Published as “Central bank discount rate” (2008 to 2019).

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Africa

50 entries

Algeria

4% (31 December 2010)

4% (31 December 2009)

Angola

9% (31 December 2014)

25% (31 December 2010)

Benin

4.25% (31 December 2010)

4.25% (31 December 2009)

Botswana

5.5% (31 December 2016)

6% (31 December 2015)

Burkina Faso

4.25% (31 December 2010)

4.25% (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)

Cameroon

4.25% (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)

Comoros

1.93% (31 December 2010)

2.21% (31 December 2009)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

20% (31 December 2017)

20% (31 December 2011)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

4.25% (31 December 2009)

4.75% (31 December 2008)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

4.25% (31 December 2010)

4.25% (31 December 2009)

Egypt

19.25% (9 July 2017)

15.25% (3 November 2016)

Equatorial Guinea

8.5% (31 December 2010)

4.25% (31 December 2009)

Eswatini

7.25% (31 December 2016)

6.5% (31 December 2015)

Ethiopia

Gabon

3% (31 December 2010)

4.25% (31 December 2009)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

9% (31 December 2009)

11% (31 December 2008)

Ghana

20% (31 December 2017)

25.5% (31 December 2016)

Guinea

22.25% (31 December 2005)

Guinea-Bissau

4.25% (31 December 2009)

4.75% (31 December 2008)

Kenya

10% (1 January 2017)

11.5% (1 January 2016)

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)

Madagascar

9.5% (31 December 2017)

8.3% (31 December 2016)

Malawi

16% (31 December 2017 est.)

24% (31 December 2016 est.)

Mali

16% (31 December 2010)

4.25% (31 December 2009)

Mauritania

9% (31 December 2009)

12% (31 December 2007)

Mauritius

9% (31 December 2010)

Morocco

6.5% (31 December 2010)

3.31% (31 December 2009)

Mozambique

19% (4 November 2017)

23.25% (31 December 2016)

Namibia

7% (12 April 2017)

6.5% (31 December 2015)

Niger

4.25% (31 December 2015)

4.25% (31 December 2014)

Nigeria

4.25% (31 December 2010)

6% (31 December 2009)

Rwanda

7.75% (31 December 2010)

11.25% (31 December 2008)

Sao Tome and Principe

16% (31 December 2009)

28% (31 December 2008)

Senegal

0.25% (31 December 2010)

4.25% (31 December 2009)

Seychelles

11.17% (31 December 2010)

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

5.75% (31 December 2014)

7% (31 December 2009)

Tanzania

8.25% (31 December 2010)

3.7% (31 December 2009)

Togo

2.5% (31 December 2010)

4.25% (31 December 2009)

Tunisia

5.75% (31 December 2010)

Uganda

9% (February 2018)

9.5% (December 2017)

Zambia

9.1% (31 December 2012)

19% (31 December 2011)

Zimbabwe

7.17% (31 December 2010)

975% (31 December 2007)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

Iceland

5.4% (31 January 2012)

5.75% (31 December 2010)

Asia

20 entries

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

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

Bangladesh

5% (11 December 2017)

5% (30 October 2015)

Bhutan

6% (2017 est.)

note: this is the policy rate of Bhutan's central bank

China

2.25% (5 December 2017 est.)

2.25% (31 December 2016 est.)

Georgia

7% (23 September 2015)

6.5% (7)

note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy rate of the National Bank of Georgia

India

6% (31 December 2017)

6.25% (31 December 2016)

note: this is the Indian central bank's policy rate - the repurchase rate

Japan

0.3% (31 December 2015)

0.3% (31 December 2014)

Kazakhstan

11% (10 April 2017)

12% (9 January 2017)

Korea, South now South Korea

1.5% (31 December 2017 est.)

1.25% (31 December 2016 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

5% (31 December 2016)

8% (31 December 2015)

Maldives

7% (30 September 2017)

7% (30 September 2016)

Mongolia

11% (25 December 2017)

14% (19 December 2016)

Nepal

7% (30 July 2017)

7% (30 July 2016)

Pakistan

5.75% (15 November 2016)

6% (15 November 2015)

Russia

10% (31 December 2016 est.)

11% (3 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

Sri Lanka

7.25% (30 November 2017)

6% (31 December 2015)

Tajikistan

16% (20 March 2017)

6.5% (31 December 2012)

Turkmenistan

5% (31 December 2014)

5% (31 December 2013)

Uzbekistan

9% (2016)

9% (2015)

Central America and the Caribbean

20 entries

Anguilla

6.5% (31 December 2010)

6.5% (31 December 2009)

Antigua and Barbuda

6.5% (31 December 2010)

6.5% (31 December 2009)

Aruba

1% (31 December 2010)

3% (31 December 2009)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

4.5% (1 January 2014)

4.5% (31 December 2012)

Barbados

7% (2017)

7% (31 December 2016)

Belize

9.58% (1 November 2017)

9.14% (1 November 2016)

Costa Rica

3.5% (31 December 2016 est.)

21.5% (31 December 2010)

Cuba

Curacao

NA% (31 December 2010)

Dominica

6.5% (31 December 2010)

6.5% (31 December 2009)

Grenada

6.5% (31 December 2009)

6.5% (31 December 2008)

Guatemala

7.53% (31 December 2015 est.)

6.5% (31 December 2010)

Honduras

6.25% (31 December 2010)

Jamaica

3.25% (31 December 2017)

3% (31 December 2016)

Montserrat

10.99% (31 December 2010)

6.5% (31 December 2009)

Nicaragua

3% (31 December 2010)

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)

Trinidad and Tobago

6.75% (4 March 2016 est.)

6.75% (31 December 2015 est.)

Europe

36 entries

Albania

1.25% (31 December 2017)

1.25% (31 December 2016)

Austria

0% (31 December 2017)

0% (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

Belarus

14% (19 April 2017)

15% (15 March 2017)

Belgium

0% (31 December 2017)

0% (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

Bulgaria

0% (31 December 2017)

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

Croatia

3% (31 December 2017)

3.5% (31 December 2016)

Czechia

0.05% (31 December 2017)

0.05% (31 December 2016)

note: this is the two-week repo, the main rate CNB uses

Denmark

0% (31 December 2017)

0% (31 December 2016)

Estonia

0% (31 December 2017 est.)

0% (31 December 2016 est.)

European Union

0% (31 December 2017 est.)

0% (31 December 2016 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

Finland

1.25% (31 December 2017)

0% (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

Germany

0% (31 December 2017)

0% (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

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

Hungary

0.9% (31 December 2017)

0.9% (31 December 2016)

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

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

Latvia

0% (31 December 2017 est.)

0.05% (31 December 2015 est.)

Lithuania

0% (31 December 2017 est.)

0.05% (31 December 2015 est.)

Luxembourg

0% (31 December 2017)

0% (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

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

Moldova

6.5% (31 December 2017)

9% (31 December 2016)

note: this is the basic rate on short-term operations

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

North 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

Norway

6.25% (31 December 2010)

1.75% (31 December 2009)

Poland

1.5% (31 December 2017)

1.5% (31 December 2016)

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

Romania

1.75% (31 December 2017)

1.75% (31 December 2016)

Serbia

3.5% (9 October 2017)

4% (31 December 2016)

Slovakia

0% (31 December 2017 est.)

0% (31 December 2016 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% (31 December 2017)

0% (16 March 2016)

note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area

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

Sweden

-0.5% (31 December 2017)

-0.5% (31 December 2016)

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)

Ukraine

22% (23 December 2015)

7.5% (31 January 2012)

United Kingdom

0.25% (31 December 2016)

0.5% (31 December 2015)

Middle East

15 entries

Bahrain

1.75% (18 December 2017)

0.5% (31 December 2010)

Cyprus

0% (31 December 2017)

0% (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

Iran

Iraq

6% (2016)

6% (2015)

Israel

0.1% (15 December 2015)

0.25% (31 December 2014)

Jordan

3.75% (31 December 2015)

0.3% (31 December 2010)

Kuwait

2.75% (18 December 2017)

2.5% (31 December 2016)

Lebanon

10% (31 December 2017)

10% (31 December 2016)

Oman

2% (31 December 2010)

0.05% (31 December 2009)

Qatar

5% (16 March 2017)

4.5% (31 December 2012)

Saudi Arabia

2.5% (31 December 2008)

Syria

0.75% (31 December 2017)

5% (31 December 2016)

Turkey now Turkiye

5.25% (31 December 2011)

15% (22 December 2009)

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

North America

3 entries

Canada

1% (31 December 2010)

0.25% (31 December 2009)

Mexico

7.25% (31 December 2017)

5.75% (31 December 2016)

United States

0.5% (31 December 2010)

0.5% (31 December 2009)

Oceania

5 entries

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

Fiji

1.75% (31 December 2010)

3% (31 December 2009)

New Zealand

1.75% (31 December 2017)

1.75% (31 December 2016)

Papua New Guinea

14% (31 December 2010)

6.92% (31 December 2009)

Vanuatu

20% (31 December 2010)

6% (31 December 2009)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

Bolivia

2.5% (31 December 2017 est.)

2.5% (31 December 2016 est.)

Brazil

7% (31 December 2017 est.)

13.75% (31 December 2016)

Chile

3.35% (31 December 2015)

3% (31 December 2014)

Colombia

4.75% (12 December 2017)

7.5% (31 December 2016)

Ecuador

8.17% (31 December 2011)

8.68% (31 December 2010)

Guyana

5.5% (31 December 2011)

4.25% (31 December 2010)

Paraguay

5.5% (31 December 2012)

6% (31 December 2011)

Peru

4.25% (31 December 2016 est.)

5.05% (31 December 2012)

Suriname

10% (2013)

9% (2012)

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

Venezuela

29.5% (2015)

Southeast Asia

11 entries

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

9.95% (31 December 2010)

12% (31 December 2009)

Cambodia

NA% (31 December 2012)

5.25% (31 December 2007)

Hong Kong

1.75% (31 December 2017)

1% (31 December 2016)

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

1.17% (2016 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2019, “Central bank discount rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/central-bank-discount-rate.

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Entries with Central bank discount rate in each edition

Africa

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

Cote d&#39;Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

Gambia, The now The Gambia

Arctic Region

Asia

Korea, South now South Korea

Central America and the Caribbean

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

Europe

Middle East

Turkey now Turkiye

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire