List of sovereign states by central bank interest rates

This is a list of countries by annualized interest rate set by the central bank for charging commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds.

List

Country or currency union	Central bank interest rate (%)	Change since most recent decision	Effective date of last change	Average inflation rate 2017–2021 (%) by WB and IMF [1] [2] as in the List	Central bank interest rate minus average inflation rate (2017–2021)
Afghanistan	6.00	3.00	24 July 2021 [3]	3.38	2.62
Albania	2.50	0.25	2 July 2025 [4]	1.78	0.72
Algeria	3.00	0.25	29 April 2020 [5]	4.14	-1.14
Angola	18.00	1.00	21 November 2023 [6]	22.64	-4.64
Argentina	29.00	3.00	31 January 2025 [7]	40.85	-11.85
Armenia	6.75	0.25	4 February 2025 [8]	2.62	4.13
Australia	3.60	0.25	13 August 2025 [9]	1.78	1.82
Azerbaijan	7.00	0.25	23 July 2025 [10]	5.02	1.98
Bahamas	4.00	0.50	22 December 2016 [11]	1.86	2.14
Bahrain	5.00	0.25	19 December 2024 [12]	0.63	4.37
Bangladesh	10.00	0.50	27 October 2024 [13]	5.58	4.42
Barbados	2.00	5.00	1 April 2020 [14]	3.51	-1.51
Belarus	9.75	0.25	23 June 2025 [15]	6.25	3.50
Bolivia	3.14	0.04	1 August 2025 [16]	1.83	1.31
Botswana	1.90	0.25	22 August 2024 [17]	3.40	-1.50
Brazil	15.00	0.25	18 June 2025 [18]	4.35	10.65
Bulgaria	2.24	0.15	1 May 2025 [19]	1.92	0.32
Canada	2.75	0.25	13 March 2025 [20]	1.94	0.81
Cape Verde	1.50	0.25	16 May 2024 [21]	1.05	0.45
Central African States	4.50	0.50	24 March 2025 [22]
Chile	4.75	0.25	30 July 2025 [23]	2.80	1.95
China	3.10	0.25	21 October 2024 [24]	2.00	1.10
Colombia	9.25	0.25	30 April 2025 [25]	3.36	5.89
Costa Rica	3.75	0.25	17 July 2025 [26]	1.60	2.15
DR Congo	25.00	14.00	8 August 2023 [27]	18.09	6.91
Curacao	4.75	0.50	29 November 2024 [28]
Czech Republic	3.50	0.25	9 May 2025 [29]	2.67	0.83
Denmark	1.60	0.25	6 June 2025 [30]	0.85	0.75
Dominican Republic	5.75	0.25	3 January 2025 [31]	4.05	1.70
Eastern Caribbean	3.00	1.00	28 January 2024 [32]
Egypt	22.00	2.00	28 August 2025 [33]	13.69	10.31
Eswatini	7.00	0.25	22 November 2024 [34]	4.36	2.64
Eurozone	2.00	0.25	11 June 2025 [35]
Fiji	0.25	0.25	18 March 2020 [36]	1.54	-1.29
Gambia	17.00	1.00	29 August 2023 [37]	6.93	10.07
Georgia	8.00	0.25	23 May 2024 [38]	5.59	2.41
Ghana	28.00	1.00	28 March 2024 [39]	9.70	18.30
Guatemala	4.50	0.25	27 November 2024 [40]	3.97	0.53
Honduras	5.75	1.75	28 October 2024 [41]	4.14	1.61
Hong Kong	4.75	0.25	19 December 2024 [42]	1.79	2.96
Hungary	6.50	0.25	25 September 2024 [43]	3.30	3.20
Iceland	7.50	0.25	21 May 2025 [44]	2.91	4.59
India	5.50	0.50	6 June 2025 [45]	4.70	0.80
Indonesia	5.00	0.25	20 August 2025 [46]	2.70	2.30
Iran	23.00	0.60	8 March 2023 [47]	30.05	-7.05
Israel	4.50	0.25	1 January 2024 [48]	0.55	3.95
Jamaica	5.75	0.25	21 May 2025 [49]	4.57	1.18
Japan	0.50	0.25	27 January 2025 [50]	0.35	0.15
Jordan	6.50	0.25	12 December 2024 [51]	2.16	4.34
Kazakhstan	16.50	1.25	11 March 2025 [52]	6.61	9.89
Kenya	9.50	0.25	12 August 2025 [53]	5.81	3.69
Kuwait	4.00	0.25	19 September 2024 [54]	1.69	2.31
Kyrgyzstan	9.25	0.25	29 July 2024 [55]	5.03	4.22
Lebanon	20.00	10.00	April 2023 [56]	39.55	-19.55
Lesotho	6.75	0.25	5 August 2025 [57]	5.04	1.71
Macau	4.75	0.25	19 December 2024 [58]
Malawi	26.00	2.00	1 February 2024 [59]	9.65	16.35
Malaysia	2.75	0.25	9 July 2025 [60]	1.36	1.39
Mauritius	4.50	0.50	4 February 2025 [61]	3.01	1.49
Mexico	7.75	0.25	7 August 2025 [62]	4.67	3.08
Moldova	6.25	0.25	7 August 2025 [63]	4.34	1.91
Mongolia	12.00	2.00	10 March 2025 [64]	5.50	6.50
Morocco	2.25	0.25	18 March 2025 [65]	0.92	1.33
Mozambique	10.25	0.75	31 July 2025 [66]	6.22	4.03
Namibia	6.75	0.25	12 February 2025 [67]	4.08	2.67
New Zealand	3.00	0.25	20 August 2025 [68]	1.95	1.05
Nicaragua	6.50	0.25	15 November 2024 [69]	4.40	2.10
Nigeria	27.50	0.25	27 November 2024 [70]	14.03	13.47
North Macedonia	5.35	0.20	5 February 2025 [71]	1.58	3.77
Norway	4.25	0.25	20 June 2025 [72]	2.14	2.11
Oman	5.00	0.25	18 December 2024 [73]	0.94	4.06
Pakistan	11.00	1.00	6 May 2025 [74]	6.89	4.11
Papua New Guinea	4.00	1.00	20 September 2024 [75]	4.46	-0.46
Paraguay	6.00	0.25	21 March 2024 [76]	3.12	2.88
Peru	4.50	0.25	8 May 2025 [77]	2.25	2.25
Philippines	5.25	0.25	20 June 2025 [78]	3.50	1.75
Poland	5.00	0.25	3 July 2025 [79]	2.74	2.26
Qatar	4.85	0.30	22 December 2024 [80]	-0.04	4.89
Romania	6.50	0.25	8 August 2024 [81]	3.35	3.15
Russia	18.00	2.00	25 July 2025 [82]	4.07	13.93
Rwanda	6.75	0.25	21 August 2025 [83]	3.75	3.00
Samoa	0.37	0.09	18 July 2024 [84]	1.13	-0.93
Saudi Arabia	5.00	0.25	18 December 2024 [85]	1.24	3.76
Serbia	5.75	0.25	12 September 2024 [86]	2.31	3.44
Seychelles	1.75	0.25	26 March 2024 [87]	3.91	-2.16
Sierra Leone	24.75	0.50	30 September 2024 [88]	14.77	9.98
Sint Maarten	4.75	0.50	29 November 2024 [89]
South Africa	7.00	0.25	1 August 2025 [90]	4.34	2.66
South Korea	2.50	0.25	29 May 2025 [91]	1.31	1.19
South Sudan	15.00	3.00	22 March 2023 [92]	73.91	-58.91
Sri Lanka	7.75	0.25	22 May 2025 [93]	4.97	2.78
Sudan				100.90
Suriname	10.00	1.00	18 September 2013 [94]	24.53	-14.53
Sweden	2.00	0.25	25 June 2025 [95]	1.66	0.34
Switzerland	0.00	0.25	20 June 2025 [96]	0.31	-0.31
Taiwan	2.00	0.125	22 March 2024 [97]	0.91	1.09
Tajikistan	7.75	0.50	4 August 2025 [98]	7.10	0.65
Tanzania	6.00	0.50	4 April 2024 [99]
Thailand	1.50	0.25	13 August 2025 [100]	0.49	1.01
Trinidad and Tobago	3.50	1.50	17 March 2020 [101]	1.11	2.39
Tunisia	7.50	0.50	27 March 2025 [102]	6.14	1.36
Turkey	43.00	3.00	25 July 2025 [103]	14.38	28.62
Uganda	9.75	0.25	7 October 2024 [104]	3.11	6.64
Ukraine	15.50	1.00	7 March 2025 [105]	9.11	6.39
UAE	4.40	0.25	19 December 2024 [106]	0.61	3.79
United Kingdom	4.00	0.25	7 August 2025 [107]	2.00	2.00
United States	4.50	0.25	19 December 2024 [108]	2.46	2.04
Uruguay	8.75	0.50	19 August 2025 [109]	7.80	0.95
Uzbekistan	14.00	0.50	24 March 2025 [110]	13.95	0.05
Vietnam	4.50	0.50	16 June 2023 [111]	3.02	1.48
West African States	3.25	0.25	16 June 2025 [112]
Zambia	14.50	0.50	15 February 2025 [113]	12.25	2.25
Zimbabwe	35.00	15.00	27 September 2024 [114]	183.31	-148.31

See also

• Consumer price index by country
• List of countries by inflation rate

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