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.
Country or currency union | Central bank interest rate (%) | Change | 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) |
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Afghanistan | 6.00 | 3.00 | 24 July 2021 [3] | 3.38 | 2.62 |
Albania | 3.25 | 0.25 | 1 November 2023 [4] | 1.78 | 1.47 |
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 | 80.00 | 20.00 | 11 March 2024 [7] | 40.85 | 39.15 |
Armenia | 8.50 | 0.25 | 12 March 2024 [8] | 2.62 | 5.88 |
Australia | 4.35 | 0.25 | 8 November 2023 [9] | 1.78 | 2.57 |
Azerbaijan | 7.50 | 0.25 | 28 March 2024 [10] | 5.02 | 2.48 |
Bahamas | 4.00 | 0.50 | 22 December 2016 [11] | 1.86 | 2.14 |
Bahrain | 6.25 | 0.25 | 26 July 2023 [12] | 0.63 | 5.62 |
Bangladesh | 6.50 | 0.50 | 1 July 2023 [13] | 5.58 | 0.92 |
Barbados | 2.00 | 5.00 | 1 April 2020 [14] | 3.51 | -1.51 |
Belarus | 9.75 | 0.25 | 31 May 2023 [15] | 6.25 | 3.50 |
Bolivia | 2.77 | 0.33 | 1 July 2023 [16] | 1.83 | 0.94 |
Botswana | 2.40 | 0.25 | 7 December 2023 [17] | 3.40 | -1.00 |
Brazil | 10.75 | 0.50 | 20 March 2024 [18] | 4.35 | 6.40 |
Bulgaria | 3.80 | 0.16 | 1 December 2023 [19] | 1.92 | 1.88 |
Canada | 5.00 | 0.25 | 12 July 2023 [20] | 1.94 | 3.06 |
Cape Verde | 1.25 | 0.25 | 31 October 2023 [21] | 1.05 | 0.20 |
Central African States | 5.00 | 0.50 | 27 March 2023 [22] | ||
Chile | 7.25 | 1.00 | 31 January 2024 [23] | 2.80 | 4.45 |
China | 3.45 | 0.10 | 21 August 2023 [24] | 2.00 | 1.45 |
Colombia | 12.25 | 1.00 | 22 March 2024 [25] | 3.36 | 8.89 |
Costa Rica | 5.25 | 0.50 | 22 March 2024 [26] | 1.60 | 3.65 |
DR Congo | 25.00 | 14.00 | 8 August 2023 [27] | 18.09 | 6.91 |
Curacao | 5.50 | 0.75 | 10 March 2023 [28] | ||
Czech Republic | 5.75 | 0.50 | 21 March 2024 [29] | 2.67 | 3.08 |
Denmark | 3.60 | 0.25 | 15 September 2023 [30] | 0.85 | 2.75 |
Dominican Republic | 7.00 | 0.25 | 30 November 2023 [31] | 4.05 | 2.95 |
Eastern Caribbean | 3.00 | 1.00 | 28 January 2024 [32] | ||
Egypt | 27.25 | 6.00 | 6 March 2024 [33] | 13.69 | 13.56 |
Eswatini | 7.50 | 0.25 | 21 July 2023 [34] | 4.36 | 3.14 |
Eurozone | 4.50 | 0.25 | 20 September 2023 [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 | 8.25 | 0.75 | 15 March 2024 [38] | 5.59 | 2.66 |
Ghana | 29.00 | 1.00 | 29 January 2024 [39] | 9.70 | 19.30 |
Guatemala | 5.00 | 0.25 | 26 April 2023 [40] | 3.97 | 1.03 |
Honduras | 3.00 | 0.75 | 27 November 2020 [41] | 4.14 | -1.14 |
Hong Kong | 5.75 | 0.25 | 27 July 2023 [42] | 1.79 | 3.96 |
Hungary | 8.25 | 0.75 | 27 March 2024 [43] | 3.30 | 4.95 |
Iceland | 9.25 | 0.50 | 23 August 2023 [44] | 2.91 | 6.34 |
India | 6.50 | 0.25 | 8 February 2023 [45] | 4.70 | 1.80 |
Indonesia | 6.00 | 0.25 | 19 October 2023 [46] | 2.70 | 3.30 |
Iran | 23.00 | 31 January 2023 [47] | 30.05 | -7.05 | |
Israel | 4.50 | 0.25 | 1 January 2024 [48] | 0.55 | 3.95 |
Jamaica | 7.00 | 0.50 | 18 November 2022 [49] | 4.57 | 2.43 |
Japan | 0.10 | 0.20 | 21 March 2024 [50] | 0.35 | -0.25 |
Jordan | 7.50 | 0.50 | 30 July 2023 [51] | 2.16 | 5.34 |
Kazakhstan | 14.75 | 0.50 | 23 February 2024 [52] | 6.61 | 8.14 |
Kenya | 13.00 | 0.50 | 6 February 2024 [53] | 5.81 | 7.19 |
Kuwait | 4.25 | 0.25 | 26 July 2023 [54] | 1.69 | 2.56 |
Kyrgyzstan | 13.00 | 1.00 | 29 November 2022 [55] | 5.03 | 7.97 |
Lebanon | 20.00 | 10.00 | April 2023 [56] | 39.55 | -19.55 |
Lesotho | 7.75 | 0.25 | 29 May 2023 [57] | 5.04 | 2.71 |
Malawi | 26.00 | 2.00 | 1 February 2024 [58] | 9.65 | 16.35 |
Malaysia | 3.00 | 0.25 | 3 May 2023 [59] | 1.36 | 1.64 |
Mauritius | 4.50 | 0.50 | 14 December 2022 [60] | 3.01 | 1.49 |
Mexico | 11.00 | 0.25 | 22 March 2024 [61] | 4.67 | 6.33 |
Moldova | 3.75 | 0.50 | 21 March 2024 [62] | 4.34 | -0.59 |
Mongolia | 12.00 | 1.00 | 16 December 2022 [63] | 5.50 | 6.50 |
Morocco | 3.00 | 0.50 | 23 March 2023 [64] | 0.92 | 2.08 |
Mozambique | 15.75 | 0.75 | 27 March 2024 [65] | 6.22 | 9.53 |
Namibia | 7.75 | 0.50 | 14 June 2023 [66] | 4.08 | 3.67 |
New Zealand | 5.50 | 0.25 | 24 May 2023 [67] | 1.95 | 3.55 |
Nicaragua | 7.00 | 0.50 | 15 December 2022 [68] | 4.40 | 2.60 |
Nigeria | 24.75 | 2.00 | 27 February 2024 [69] | 14.03 | 10.72 |
North Macedonia | 6.30 | 0.15 | 20 August 2023 [70] | 1.58 | 4.72 |
Norway | 4.50 | 0.25 | 15 December 2023 [71] | 2.14 | 2.36 |
Oman | 6.00 | 0.25 | July 26, 2023 [12] | 0.94 | 5.06 |
Pakistan | 22.00 | 1.00 | 27 June 2023 [72] | 6.89 | 15.11 |
Papua New Guinea | 3.00 | 0.50 | September 2023 [73] | 4.46 | -1.46 |
Paraguay | 6.00 | 0.25 | 21 March 2024 [74] | 3.12 | 2.88 |
Peru | 6.25 | 0.25 | 8 February 2024 [75] | 2.25 | 4.00 |
Philippines | 6.50 | 0.25 | 27 October 2023 [76] | 3.50 | 3.00 |
Poland | 5.75 | 0.25 | 5 October 2023 [77] | 2.74 | 3.01 |
Qatar | 6.00 | 0.25 | 26 July 2023 [78] | -0.04 | 6.04 |
Romania | 7.00 | 0.25 | 11 January 2023 [79] | 3.35 | 3.65 |
Russia | 16.00 | 1.00 | 15 December 2023 [80] | 4.07 | 11.93 |
Rwanda | 7.50 | 0.50 | 17 August 2023 [81] | 3.75 | 3.75 |
Samoa | 0.20 | 0.02 | 18 August 2023 [82] | 1.13 | -0.93 |
Saudi Arabia | 6.00 | 0.25 | 26 July 2023 [12] | 1.24 | 4.76 |
Serbia | 6.50 | 0.25 | 8 June 2023 [83] | 2.31 | 4.19 |
Seychelles | 2.00 | 1.00 | 5 July 2021 [84] | 3.91 | -1.91 |
Sierra Leone | 19.25 | 0.50 | 10 July 2023 [85] | 14.77 | 4.48 |
Sint Maarten | 5.50 | 0.75 | 10 March 2023 [86] | ||
South Africa | 8.25 | 0.50 | 26 May 2023 [87] | 4.34 | 3.91 |
South Korea | 3.50 | 0.25 | 13 January 2023 [88] | 1.31 | 2.19 |
South Sudan | 15.00 | 3.00 | 22 March 2023 [89] | 73.91 | -58.91 |
Sri Lanka | 8.50 | 0.50 | 26 March 2024 [90] | 4.97 | 3.53 |
Sudan | 100.90 | ||||
Suriname | 10.00 | 1.00 | September 18, 2013 [91] | 24.53 | -14.53 |
Sweden | 4.00 | 0.25 | 27 September 2023 [92] | 1.66 | 2.34 |
Switzerland | 1.50 | 0.25 | 22 March 2024 [93] | 0.31 | 1.19 |
Taiwan | 1.875 | 0.125 | 24 March 2023 [94] | 0.91 | 0.965 |
Tajikistan | 9.50 | 0.50 | 12 February 2024 [95] | 7.10 | 2.40 |
Thailand | 2.50 | 0.25 | 27 September 2023 [96] | 0.49 | 2.01 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3.50 | 1.50 | 17 March 2020 [97] | 1.11 | 2.39 |
Tunisia | 8.00 | 0.75 | 2 January 2023 [98] | 6.14 | 1.86 |
Turkey | 50.00 | 5.00 | 21 March 2024 [99] | 14.38 | 35.62 |
Uganda | 10.00 | 0.50 | 6 March 2024 [100] | 3.11 | 6.89 |
Ukraine | 14.50 | 0.50 | 15 March 2024 [101] | 9.11 | 5.39 |
UAE | 5.40 | 0.25 | 26 July 2023 [12] | 0.61 | 4.79 |
United Kingdom | 5.25 | 0.25 | 3 August 2023 [102] | 2.00 | 3.25 |
United States | 5.50 | 0.50 | 26 July 2023 [103] | 2.46 | 3.04 |
Uruguay | 9.00 | 0.25 | 29 December 2023 [104] | 7.80 | 1.20 |
Uzbekistan | 14.00 | 1.00 | 17 March 2023 [105] | 13.95 | 0.05 |
Vietnam | 4.50 | 0.50 | 16 June 2023 [106] | 3.02 | 1.48 |
West African States | 3.50 | 0.25 | 16 December 2023 [107] | ||
Zambia | 14.75 | 0.50 | 26 February 2024 [108] | 12.25 | 2.50 |
Zimbabwe | 150.00 | 50.00 | 2 February 2023 [109] | 183.31 | -33.31 |
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