Banking - by country
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Country
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Venezuela
29.5
18
Angola
25
15
Costa Rica
21.5
18.21
Vanuatu
20
6.7
Belize
18
11.8
Ghana
18
27
São Tomé and Principe
16
26
Mali
16
9.3
Malawi
15
29.5
Papua New Guinea
14
10.6
Uganda
14
23.7
Kyrgyz Republic
13.73
25
Mongolia
13.25
17.5
Pakistan
12
11.5
Burundi
11.25
13.7
Seychelles
11.17
12.4
Belarus
10.5
10
Brazil
10
26.9
Myanmar
9.95
13
Libya
9.52
6
Serbia
9.5
13.85
Mozambique
9.5
15.6
Botswana
9.5
10
Lesotho
9.36
10
Uruguay
9
11.3
The Gambia
9
30.5
Vietnam
9
10.5
Mauritius
9
0
Mauritania
9
18
Egypt
8.75
11
Equatorial Guinea
8.5
15
Zambia
8.39
10.4
Russia
8.25
9.3
Tanzania
8.25
13.6
Ecuador
8.17
8.7
Armenia
8
16.5
Rwanda
7.75
16.3
Ukraine
7.5
16
Cape Verde
7.5
10.1
Zimbabwe
7.17
30
Croatia
7
9
Kenya
7
17.1
Barbados
7
8.5
Maldives
7
10.5
Dominica
6.5
9.1
Antigua and Barbuda
6.5
10.3
Guatemala
6.5
13.4
Swaziland
6.5
8.5
Grenada
6.5
9.4
Morocco
6.5
6.3
St. Kitts and Nevis
6.5
8.9
St. Lucia
6.5
9.3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
6.5
9.4
Sri Lanka
6.5
9.88
Indonesia
6.37
12.1
Norway
6.25
0
Honduras
6.25
17.8
Nepal
6
9
Iraq
6
6
Tunisia
5.75
7.31
Hungary
5.75
6.5
Guyana
5.5
13.8
Paraguay
5.5
28.9
India
5.5
10.6
Namibia
5.5
9.25
Sweden
5.5
3.3
Kazakhstan
5.5
0
Iceland
5.4
9.3
Philippines
5.3
5.8
Turkey
5.25
18.5
Peru
5.05
20.3
Bangladesh
5
13
Albania
5
9.52
South Africa
5
8.5
Madagascar
5
44
Azerbaijan
5
17
Tajikistan
4.8
22
Colombia
4.75
11
Bolivia
4.5
11.41
The Bahamas
4.5
4.75
Qatar
4.5
5.3
Mexico
4.5
4.7
Lao PDR
4.3
23.2
Burkina Faso
4.25
0
Chad
4.25
15.5
Congo
4.25
14.8
Guinea-Bissau
4.25
15
Trinidad and Tobago
4.25
7.5
Côte d'Ivoire
4.25
3.8
Poland
4.25
6.9
Niger
4.25
4
Nigeria
4.25
15.5
Benin
4.25
0
Central African Republic
4.25
15
Algeria
4
8
Romania
4
0
Dem. Rep. Congo
4
18.6
Georgia
3.75
20.7
Moldova
3.5
12.26
Lebanon
3.5
7.5
Latvia
3.5
5
Macedonia
3.25
6.4
Chile
3.12
9.5
Gabon
3
15
Lithuania
3
4.5
Nicaragua
3
12
Australia
3
6.2
Malaysia
3
4.5
New Zealand
2.5
5.7
Saudi Arabia
2.5
6.7
Togo
2.5
0
Korea
2.5
4.7
China
2.25
5.73
Thailand
2.25
6.9
Oman
2
5.8
Jamaica
2
17
Comoros
1.93
9
Fiji
1.75
6.2
Slovak Republic
1.75
3.3
Kuwait
1.25
4.9
Aruba
1
10.5
Canada
1
3
Israel
1
3.8
Ireland
0.75
3.2
Denmark
0.75
3.6
Germany
0.75
2.8
Cyprus
0.75
7
Portugal
0.75
6
Netherlands
0.75
2.3
Finland
0.75
2
Belgium
0.75
3.5
Luxembourg
0.75
2.283
Malta
0.75
0.25
Syrian Arab Republic
0.75
10.5
Slovenia
0.75
5.7
Greece
0.75
7.1
France
0.75
3.1
Spain
0.75
8
United States
0.5
3.3
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.5
5
Bahrain
0.5
6.8
Switzerland
0.5
2.7
United Kingdom
0.5
4.4
Jordan
0.3
8.9
Italy
0.25
5.2
Senegal
0.25
13.8
Japan
0.1
1.5
Czech Republic
0.05
5.1
Bulgaria
0.03
9.1
United Arab Emirates
0
5.2
Guinea
0
26
Iran
0
12
Somalia
0
Singapore
0
5.38
Sierra Leone
0
20.5
Cambodia
0
13
Cameroon
0
14
Yemen
22
Turkmenistan
17.5
Argentina
16.4
Afghanistan
15
Cayman Islands
14.5
Curaçao
14.5
Micronesia
14.35
Bhutan
14
Liberia
14
Dominican Republic
13.6
Timor-Leste
12.3
Suriname
12
Ethiopia
12
Solomon Islands
11.2
Djibouti
11
Tonga
10.9
Samoa
10.2
Sudan
9.7
Montenegro
9.69
Haiti
9.2
West Bank and Gaza
7.19
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.73
San Marino
5.92
El Salvador
5.6
Estonia
5.5
Brunei
5.5
Macao SAR, China
5.25
Puerto Rico
3.25
Austria
2.2
Panama
0
Kosovo
0
Datasource: CIA - The World Factbook