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Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2008)

Congo, Republic of the total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2003)

Cook Islands total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2005)

Costa Rica total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Cote d'Ivoire total: 6 years male: 10 years female: 5 years (2000)

Croatia total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2007)

Cuba total: 18 years male: 16 years female: 19 years (2009)

Cyprus total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008)

Czech Republic total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)

Denmark total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2007)

Djibouti total: 5 years male: 5 years female: 4 years (2007)

Dominica total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008)

Dominican Republic total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 13 years (2004)

Ecuador total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008)

Egypt total: 11 years (2004)

El Salvador total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2008)

Equatorial Guinea total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2000)

Eritrea total: 6 years male: 7 years female: 5 years (2004)

Estonia total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2008)

Ethiopia total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 8 years (2008)

Fiji total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)

Finland total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2008)

France total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2008)

Gabon total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 12 years (1999)

Gambia, The total: 9 years male: 7 years female: 7 years (2004)

Gaza Strip total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Georgia total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2008)

Germany total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2006)

Ghana total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2007)

Greece total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2007)

Grenada total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2005)

Guatemala total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007)

Guinea total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 7 years (2008)

Guinea-Bissau total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 5 years (2006)

Guyana total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2008)

Honduras total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2008)

Hong Kong total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2006)

Hungary total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)

Iceland total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 20 years (2008)

India total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2007)

Indonesia total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2008)

Iran total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2008)

Iraq total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2005)

Ireland total: 18 years male: 18 years female: 18 years (2008)

Israel total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)

Italy total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2007)

Jamaica total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)

Japan total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2008)

Jordan total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2008)

Kazakhstan total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2009)

Kenya total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2005)

Kiribati total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)

Korea, South total: 17 years male: 18 years female: 16 years (2008)

Kuwait total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)

Kyrgyzstan total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008)

Laos total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2008)

Latvia total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2008)

Lebanon total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2009)

Lesotho total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2006)

Liberia total: 11 years male: 13 years female: 9 years (2000)

Libya total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2003)

Liechtenstein total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 14 years (2008)

Lithuania total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2008)

Luxembourg total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2006)

Macau total: 14 years male: 15 years female: 14 years (2008)

Macedonia total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2007)

Madagascar total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2008)

Malawi total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2007)

Malaysia total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2007)

Maldives total: 12 years male: 13 years female: 12 years (2006)

Mali total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2009)

Malta total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2007)

Marshall Islands total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2003)

Mauritania total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2007)

Mauritius total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)

Mexico total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008)

Moldova total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2008)

Mongolia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)

Montserrat total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2007)

Morocco total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 9 years (2006)

Mozambique total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2005)

Namibia total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2008)

Nauru total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 9 years (2006)

Nepal total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003)

Netherlands total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2008)

New Zealand total: 19 years male: 19 years female: 20 years (2008)

Nicaragua total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2003)

Niger total: 5 years male: 5 years female: 4 years (2009)

Nigeria total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2005)

Niue total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Norway total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2008)

Oman total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2008)

Pakistan total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 6 years (2008)

Palau total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2001)

Panama total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2007)

Paraguay total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2007)

Peru total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Philippines total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2008)

Poland total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2007)

Portugal total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2007)

Qatar total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 15 years (2008)

Romania total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)

Russia total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)

Rwanda total: 11 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2008)

Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)

Saint Lucia total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 14 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Samoa total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)

Saudi Arabia total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2008)

Senegal total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2008)

Serbia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2008)

Seychelles total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2008)

Sierra Leone total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2001)

Slovakia total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2008)

Slovenia total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 18 years (2008)

Solomon Islands total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2006)

South Africa total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)

Spain total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2008)

Sudan total: 4 years (2000)

Suriname total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 13 years (2002)

Swaziland total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2006)

Sweden total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2008)

Switzerland total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 15 years (2008)

Tajikistan total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2008)

Tanzania total: 5 years male: 5 years female: 5 years (1999)

Thailand total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2009)

Timor-Leste total: 11 years (2002)

Togo total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2007)

Tokelau total: 11 years male: 10 years female: 11 years (2004)

Tonga total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2005)

Tunisia total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)

Turkey total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2008)

Turks and Caicos Islands total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2005)

Tuvalu total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2001)

Uganda total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2008)

Ukraine total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)

United Arab Emirates total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003)

United Kingdom total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2008)

United States total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2008)

Uruguay total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2007)

Uzbekistan total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2008)

Vanuatu total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2004)

Venezuela total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2008)

Vietnam total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2001)

West Bank total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Yemen total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2005)

Zambia total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2000)

Zimbabwe total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2003)

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Field Listing :: Education expenditures

This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP. Country Comparison to the World Country

Education expenditures(% of GDP)

Afghanistan NA

Albania 2.9% of GDP (2002)

Algeria 4.3% of GDP (2008)

American Samoa NA

Andorra 3.2% of GDP (2008)

Angola 2.6% of GDP (2006)

Anguilla 3.5% of GDP (2008)

Antigua and Barbuda 3.9% of GDP (2002)

Argentina 4.9% of GDP (2007)

Armenia 3% of GDP (2007)

Aruba 4.9% of GDP (2007)

Australia 4.7% of GDP (2007)

Austria 5.4% of GDP (2007)

Azerbaijan 1.9% of GDP (2008)

Bahamas, The 3.6% of GDP (2000)

Bahrain 2.9% of GDP (2008)

Bangladesh 2.4% of GDP (2008)

Barbados 6.7% of GDP (2008)

Belarus 5.2% of GDP (2007)

Belgium 6.1% of GDP (2007)

Belize 5.1% of GDP (2007)

Benin 3.6% of GDP (2007)

Bermuda 1.2% of GDP (2006)

Bhutan 5.1% of GDP (2008)

Bolivia 6.3% of GDP (2006)

Bosnia and Herzegovina NA

Botswana 8.1% of GDP (2007)

Brazil 5.2% of GDP (2007)

British Virgin Islands 3.2% of GDP (2007)

Brunei 3.7% of GDP (2000)

Bulgaria 4.1% of GDP (2007)

Burkina Faso 4.6% of GDP (2007)

Burma 1.2% of GDP (2001)

Burundi 7.2% of GDP (2008)

Cambodia 1.6% of GDP (2007)

Cameroon 2.9% of GDP (2008)

Canada 4.9% of GDP (2007)

Cape Verde 5.7% of GDP (2008)

Cayman Islands 2.6% of GDP (2006)

Central African Republic 1.3% of GDP (2007)

Chad 1.9% of GDP (2005)

Chile 3.4% of GDP (2007)

China 1.9% of GDP (1999)

Colombia 3.9% of GDP (2008)

Comoros 7.6% of GDP (2008)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA

Congo, Republic of the 1.9% of GDP (2005)

Cook Islands 0.2% of GDP (2001)

Costa Rica 5% of GDP (2008)

Cote d'Ivoire 4.6% of GDP (2008)

Croatia 3.9% of GDP (2004)

Cuba 13.6% of GDP (2008)

Cyprus 7.1% of GDP (2007)

Czech Republic 4.6% of GDP (2006)

Denmark 7.9% of GDP (2006)

Djibouti 8.7% of GDP (2007)

Dominica 4.8% of GDP (2008)

Dominican Republic 2.2% of GDP (2007)

Ecuador 1% of GDP (2001)

Egypt 3.8% of GDP (2008)

El Salvador 3.6% of GDP (2008)

Equatorial Guinea 0.6% of GDP (2003)

Eritrea 2% of GDP (2006)

Estonia 5% of GDP (2007)

Ethiopia 5.5% of GDP (2007)

Fiji 6.2% of GDP (2004)

Finland 5.4% of GDP (2007)

France 5.6% of GDP (2006)

French Polynesia NA

Gabon 3.8% of GDP (2000)

Gambia, The 2% of GDP (2004)

Gaza Strip NA

Georgia 2.9% of GDP (2008)

Germany 4.4% of GDP (2006)

Ghana 5.4% of GDP (2005)

Gibraltar NA

Greece 4% of GDP (2005)

Greenland NA

Grenada 5.2% of GDP (2003)

Guam NA

Guatemala 3.2% of GDP (2008)

Guernsey NA

Guinea 1.7% of GDP (2008)

Guinea-Bissau 5.2% of GDP (1999)

Guyana 6.1% of GDP (2007)

Haiti 1.4% of GDP (1991)

Honduras 3.8% of GDP (1991)

Hong Kong 3.3% of GDP (2008)

Hungary 5.4% of GDP (2006)

Iceland 7.5% of GDP (2007)

India 3.2% of GDP (2006)

Indonesia 3.5% of GDP (2007)

Iran 4.8% of GDP (2008)

Iraq NA

Ireland 4.9% of GDP (2007)

Isle of Man NA

Israel 6.4% of GDP (2007)

Italy 4.3% of GDP (2007)

Jamaica 6.2% of GDP (2008)

Japan 3.7% of GDP (2007)

Jersey NA

Jordan 4.9% of GDP (1999)

Kazakhstan 2.8% of GDP (2007)

Kenya 7% of GDP (2006)

Kiribati 17.8% of GDP (2002)

Korea, North NA

Korea, South 4.2% of GDP (2007)

Kuwait 3.8% of GDP (2006)

Kyrgyzstan 6.6% of GDP (2007)

Laos 2.3% of GDP (2008)

Latvia 5% of GDP (2007)

Lebanon 2% of GDP (2008)

Lesotho 12.4% of GDP (2008)

Liberia 2.7% of GDP (2008)

Libya 2.7% of GDP (1999)

Liechtenstein NA

Lithuania 4.7% of GDP (2007)

Luxembourg 3.7% of GDP (2001)

Macau 2.2% of GDP (2008)

Macedonia 3.5% of GDP (2002)

Madagascar 2.9% of GDP (2008)

Malawi 4.2% of GDP (2003)

Malaysia 4.5% of GDP (2007)

Maldives 8.1% of GDP (2008)

Mali 3.8% of GDP (2008)

Malta 4.8% of GDP (2004)

Marshall Islands 12.3% of GDP (2004)

Mauritania 4.4% of GDP (2008)

Mauritius 3.4% of GDP (2009)

Mayotte NA

Mexico 4.8% of GDP (2007)

Micronesia, Federated States of 7.3% of GDP (2000)

Moldova 8.2% of GDP (2008)

Monaco 4.4% of GDP (2004)

Mongolia 5.1% of GDP (2007)

Montenegro NA

Montserrat 3.3% of GDP (2004)

Morocco 5.7% of GDP (2008)

Mozambique 5% of GDP (2006)

Namibia 6.9% of GDP (2008)

Nauru NA

Nepal 3.8% of GDP (2008)

Netherlands 5.5% of GDP (2006)

New Zealand 6.2% of GDP (2007)

Nicaragua 3.1% of GDP (2003)

Niger 3.7% of GDP (2008)

Nigeria 0.9% of GDP (1991)

Niue NA

Norfolk Island NA

Northern Mariana Islands NA

Norway 6.7% of GDP (2007)

Oman 4% of GDP (2006)

Pakistan 2.9% of GDP (2008)

Palau 10.3% of GDP (2002)

Panama 3.8% of GDP (2008)

Papua New Guinea NA

Paraguay 4% of GDP (2008)

Peru 2.7% of GDP (2008)

Philippines 2.6% of GDP (2007)

Poland 4.9% of GDP (2007)

Portugal 4.4% of GDP (2008)

Puerto Rico NA

Qatar 3.3% of GDP (2005)

Romania 4.4% of GDP (2007)

Russia 3.9% of GDP (2006)

Rwanda 4.1% of GDP (2008)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.9% of GDP (2005)

Saint Lucia 6.3% of GDP (2008)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7% of GDP (2007)

Samoa 5.4% of GDP (2008)

San Marino NA

Sao Tome and Principe NA

Saudi Arabia 5.7% of GDP (2008)

Senegal 5.1% of GDP (2008)

Serbia 4.5% of GDP (2007)

Seychelles 5% of GDP (2006)

Sierra Leone 3.8% of GDP (2005)

Singapore 3.2% of GDP (2009)

Slovakia 3.6% of GDP (2007)

Slovenia 5.2% of GDP (2007)

Solomon Islands 2.2% of GDP (1999)

Somalia NA

South Africa 5.4% of GDP (2009)

Spain 4.4% of GDP (2007)

Sri Lanka NA

Sudan 6% of GDP (1991)

Suriname NA

Swaziland 7.9% of GDP (2008)

Sweden 6.7% of GDP (2007)

Switzerland 5.3% of GDP (2007)

Syria 4.9% of GDP (2007)

Taiwan NA

Tajikistan 3.5% of GDP (2008)

Tanzania 6.8% of GDP (2008)

Thailand 4.9% of GDP (2008)

Timor-Leste 7.1% of GDP (2008)

Togo 3.7% of GDP (2007)

Tokelau NA

Tonga 4.7% of GDP (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago 4.2% of GDP (2002)

Tunisia 7.2% of GDP (2007)

Turkey 2.9% of GDP (2006)

Turkmenistan 3.9% of GDP (1991)

Turks and Caicos Islands NA

Tuvalu NA

Uganda 3.3% of GDP (2009)

Ukraine 5.3% of GDP (2007)

United Arab Emirates 0.9% of GDP (2008)

United Kingdom 5.6% of GDP (2007)

United States 5.5% of GDP (2007)

Uruguay 2.9% of GDP (2006)

Uzbekistan 9.4% of GDP (1991)

Vanuatu 6.9% of GDP (2008)

Venezuela 3.7% of GDP (2007)

Vietnam 5.3% of GDP (2008)

Virgin Islands NA

West Bank NA

Yemen 5.2% of GDP (2008)

Zambia 1.4% of GDP (2008)

Zimbabwe 4.6% of GDP (2000)

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Field Listing :: Central bank discount rate

This entry provides the annualized interest rate a country's central bank charges commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds. Country Comparison to the World Country

Central bank discount rate(%)

Albania 5.25% (31 December 2009) 6.25% (31 December 2008)

Algeria 4% (31 December 2009) 4% (31 December 2008)

Angola 30% (31 December 2009) 19.57% (31 December 2008)

Anguilla 6.5% (31 December 2009) 6.5% (31 December 2008)

Antigua and Barbuda 6.5% (31 December 2009) 6.5% (31 December 2008)

Argentina NA%

Armenia NA% (31 December 2009) 7.25% (2 December 2008) note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy instrument of the Armenian National Bank

Aruba 3% (31 December 2009) 5% (31 December 2008)

Australia 4% (31 March 2010) 4.25% (3 December 2008) note: this is the Reserve Bank of Australia's "cash rate target," or policy rate

Azerbaijan 2% (31 December 2009) 8% (31 December 2008) note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key policy rate for the National Bank of Azerbaijan

Bahamas, The 5.25% (31 December 2009) 5.25% (31 December 2008)

Bangladesh 5% (31 October 2010) 5% (31 December 2008)

Barbados 7% (31 December 2009) 10% (31 December 2008)

Belarus 13.5% (31 December 2009) 12% (31 December 2008)

Belgium 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) 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 12% (31 December 2009) 12% (31 December 2008)

Benin 4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)

Bhutan NA%

Bolivia 3% (31 October 2010) 13% (31 December 2008)

Botswana 10% (31 December 2009) 15% (31 December 2008)

Brazil 15.17% (31 December 2009) 20.48% (31 December 2008)

Bulgaria 0.55% (31 December 2009) 5.77% (31 December 2008)

Burkina Faso 4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)

Burma 12% (31 December 2009) 12% (31 December 2008)

Burundi 10% (31 December 2009) 10.08% (31 December 2008)

Cambodia NA% (31 December 2008) 5.25% (31 December 2007)

Cameroon 4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)

Canada 0.5% (31 December 2009) 1.75% (31 December 2008)

Cape Verde 7.5% (31 December 2009) 7.5% (31 December 2008)

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 0.5% (31 December 2009) 8.25% (31 December 2008)

China 2.79% (31 December 2009) 2.79% (31 December 2008)

Colombia 3% (October 2010) 5.5% (31 December 2009)

Comoros 2.21% (31 December 2009) 5.36% (31 December 2008)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70% (31 December 2009) 40% (31 December 2008)

Congo, Republic of the 4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)

Costa Rica 23% (31 December 2009) 25% (31 December 2008)

Cote d'Ivoire 4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)

Croatia 9% (31 December 2009) 9% (31 December 2008)

Cuba NA%

Cyprus 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area

Czech Republic 1% (31 December 2009) 2.25% (31 December 2008)

Denmark 1% (31 December 2009) 3.5% (31 December 2008)

Dominica 6.5% (31 December 2009) 6.5% (31 December 2008)

Ecuador 9.19% (31 December 2009) 9.14% (31 December 2008)

Egypt 8.5% (31 December 2009) 11.5% (31 December 2008)

Equatorial Guinea 4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)

Ethiopia NA%

European Union 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) 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 3% (31 December 2009) 6.32% (31 December 2008)

Finland 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) 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 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) 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 4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)

Gambia, The 9% (31 December 2009) 11% (31 December 2008)

Georgia 8% (25 December 2008) NA% (31 December 2007) note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy rate of the Georgian National Bank

Germany 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) 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 18% (31 December 2009) 17% (31 December 2008)

Greece 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area

Grenada 6.5% (31 December 2009) 6.5% (31 December 2008)

Guatemala NA% (31 December 2009) NA% (31 December 2008)

Guinea NA% (31 December 2009) 22.25% (31 December 2005)

Guinea-Bissau 4.25% (31 December 2009) 4.75% (31 December 2008)

Guyana 6.75% (31 December 2009) 6.75% (31 December 2008)

Honduras NA% (31 December 2009) NA% (31 December 2008)

Hong Kong 0.5% (31 December 2009) 0.5% (31 December 2008)

Hungary 6.25% (31 December 2009) 10% (31 December 2008)

Iceland 14.55% (31 December 2009) 22% (31 December 2008)

India 6% (31 December 2009) 6% (31 December 2008)

Indonesia 6.46% (31 December 2009) 10.83% (31 December 2008)

Iran NA% (31 December 2009) NA% (31 December 2008)

Iraq 8.83% (31 December 2009) 16.75% (31 December 2008)

Ireland 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) 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 1% (31 December 2009) 2.5% (31 December 2008)

Italy 1.75% (31 December 2009) 3% (31 December 2008) 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 NA% (31 December 2009) NA% (31 December 2008)