List of central banks

This is a list of central banks.

• A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
• Partially recognised states
• Countries without central banks

Central banks by country

A

•  Afghanistan – Central Bank of Afghanistan (Da Afghanistan Bank)
•  Albania – Bank of Albania (Banka e Shqipërisë)
•  Algeria – Bank of Algeria (بنك الجزائر)
•  Angola – Central Bank of Angola (Banco Nacional de Angola)
•  Anguilla – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
•  Antigua and Barbuda – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
•  Argentina – Central Bank of Argentina (Banco Central de la República Argentina)
•  Armenia – Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Կենտրոնական Բանկ, Hayastani Kentronakan Bank)
•  Aruba – Central Bank of Aruba (Centrale Bank van Aruba)^[1]
•  Australia – Reserve Bank of Australia
•  Azerbaijan – Central Bank of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Mərkəzi Bankı)

B

•  Bahamas – Central Bank of The Bahamas
•  Bahrain – Central Bank of Bahrain (مصرف البحرين المركزي)
•  Bangladesh – Bangladesh Bank (বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক)
•  Barbados – Central Bank of Barbados
•  Belarus – National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (Нацыянальны банк Рэспублікі Беларусь)
•  Belgium – see: European Union
•  Belize – Central Bank of Belize
•  Benin – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
•  Bermuda – Bermuda Monetary Authority
•  Bhutan – Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
•  Bolivia – Central Bank of Bolivia (Banco Central de Bolivia)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Centralna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine)
•  Botswana – Bank of Botswana
•  Brazil – Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil)
•  Brunei – Brunei Currency and Monetary Board/Monetary Authority of Brunei Darussalam (Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam)
•  Bulgaria – Bulgarian National Bank (Българска народна банка)
•  Burkina Faso – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
•  Burundi – Bank of the Republic of Burundi (Banque de la République du Burundi)

C

•  Cambodia – National Bank of Cambodia (ធនាគារជាតិ នៃ កម្ពុជា)
•  Cameroon – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
•  Canada – Bank of Canada (Banque du Canada)
•  Cape Verde – Bank of Cape Verde (Banco de Cabo Verde)
•  Cayman Islands – Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
•  Central African Republic – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
• CFP franc – Overseas Issuing Institute (Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer)
  •  French Polynesia
  •  New Caledonia
  •  Wallis and Futuna
•  Chad – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
•  Chile – Central Bank of Chile (Banco Central de Chile)
• China
  •  China (Mainland) – People's Bank of China (中国人民銀行)
  • – see also: Hong Kong, Macau
•  Colombia – Bank of the Republic (Banco de la República)
•  Comoros – Central Bank of the Comoros (Banque Centrale des Comores)
•  Congo, Democratic Republic of – Central Bank of the Congo (Banque Centrale du Congo)
•  Congo, Republic of – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
•  Costa Rica – Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
•  Cote d'Ivoire – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
•  Croatia – see: European Union
•  Cuba – Central Bank of Cuba (Banco Central de Cuba)
•  Curaçao – Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Centrale bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten)
•  Cyprus – see: European Union^[2]
•  Czech Republic – see: European Union

D

•  Denmark – see: European Union
•  Djibouti – Central Bank of Djibouti (Banque Centrale de Djibouti)
•  Dominica – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
•  Dominican Republic – Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (Banco Central de la República Dominicana)

E

•  East Timor – Central Bank of East Timor (Banco Central de Timor-Leste / Banku Sentrál Timor-Leste)
• Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa – Bank of Central African States (Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, BEAC)
  •  Cameroon
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Chad
  •  Congo, Republic of
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Gabon
•  Ecuador – Central Bank of Ecuador (Banco Central del Ecuador)^[3]
•  Egypt – Central Bank of Egypt (البنك المركزي المصري)
•  El Salvador – Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador (Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador)^[3]
•  Equatorial Guinea – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
•  Eritrea – Bank of Eritrea
•  Estonia – see: European Union
•  Ethiopia – National Bank of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ)
•  European Union / European System of Central Banks
  • Eurosystem – European Central Bank^[4]
    •  Austria – Austrian National Bank (Oesterreichische Nationalbank)
    •  Belgium – National Bank of Belgium (Nationale Bank van België / Banque nationale de Belgique/Belgische Nationalbank )
    •  Cyprus – Central Bank of Cyprus (Κεντρική Τράπεζα της Κύπρου / Kıbrıs Merkez Bankası)^[2]
    •  Estonia – Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank)
    •  Finland – Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki/Finlands Bank)
    •  France – Bank of France (Banque de France)^[5]
    •  Germany – German Federal Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank)
    •  Greece – Bank of Greece (Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος)
    •  Ireland – Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Banc Ceannais agus Údarás Seirbhísí Airgeadais na hÉireann)
    •  Italy – Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia)
    •  Latvia – Bank of Latvia (Latvijas Banka)
    •  Lithuania – Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos Bankas)
    •  Luxembourg – Central Bank of Luxembourg (Banque Centrale du Luxembourg)
    •  Malta – Central Bank of Malta (Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta)
    •  Netherlands – Netherlands Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank)
    •  Portugal – Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal)
    •  Slovakia – National Bank of Slovakia (Národná banka Slovenska)
    •  Slovenia – Bank of Slovenia (Banka Slovenije)
    •  Spain – Bank of Spain (Banco de España)
  • Members of the European System of Central Banks, but not of the Eurosystem:
    •  Bulgaria – Bulgarian National Bank (Българска народна банка)
    •  Croatia – Croatian National Bank (Hrvatska narodna banka)
    •  Czech Republic – Czech National Bank (Česká národní banka)
    •  Denmark – National Bank of Denmark (Danmarks Nationalbank)
    •  Hungary – Hungarian National Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)
    •  Poland – National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski)
    •  Romania – National Bank of Romania (Banca Națională a României)
    •  Sweden – Bank of Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank)^[6]
    •  United Kingdom – Bank of England

F

•  Fiji – Reserve Bank of Fiji
•  Finland – see: European Union
•  France – see: European Union
•  French Polynesia – see: CFP franc

G

•  Gabon – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
•  Gambia – Central Bank of The Gambia
•  Germany – see: European Union
•  Georgia – National Bank of Georgia (საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი)
•  Ghana – Bank of Ghana
•  Greece – see: European Union
•  Grenada – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
•  Guatemala – Bank of Guatemala (Banco de Guatemala)
•  Guinea – Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea (Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée)
•  Guinea-Bissau – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
•  Guyana – Bank of Guyana

H

•  Haiti – Bank of the Republic of Haiti (Banque de la République d'Haïti)
•  Hong Kong – Hong Kong Monetary Authority (香港金融管理局)^[7]
•  Honduras – Central Bank of Honduras (Banco Central de Honduras)
•  Hungary – see: European Union

I

•  Iceland – Central Bank of Iceland (Seðlabanki Íslands)
•  India – Reserve Bank of India (भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक)
•  Indonesia – Bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia)
•  Iran – Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (بانک مرکزی ایران)
•  Iraq – Central Bank of Iraq (البنك المركزي العراقي )
•  Ireland – see: European Union
•  Israel – Bank of Israel (בנק ישראל)
•  Italy – see: European Union

J

•  Jamaica – Bank of Jamaica
•  Japan – Bank of Japan (日本銀行)
•  Jordan – Central Bank of Jordan (البنك المركزي الاردني)

K

•  Kazakhstan – National Bank of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Ұлттық Банкі)
•  Kenya – Central Bank of Kenya (Benki Kuu ya Kenya)
•  Korea, Democratic People's Republic of – Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행)
•  Korea, Republic of – Bank of Korea (한국은행)
•  Kuwait – Central Bank of Kuwait (بنك الكويت المركزي)
•  Kyrgyzstan – National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Банкы)

L

•  Laos – Bank of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (ທະນາຄານ ແຫ່ງ ສ. ປ. ປ. ລາວ)
•  Latvia – see: European Union
•  Lebanon – Banque du Liban (مصرف لبنان)
•  Lesotho – Central Bank of Lesotho (Banka e Kholo ea Lesotho)
•  Liberia – Central Bank of Liberia
•  Libya – Central Bank of Libya (مصرف ليبيا المركزي)
•  Liechtenstein - National bank of Liechtenstein (Liechtensteinische Landesbank)
•  Lithuania – see: European Union
•  Luxembourg – see: European Union

M

•  Macau – Monetary Authority of Macao (澳門金融管理局)^[7]
•  Macedonia, Republic of – National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (Народна банка на Република Македонија)
•  Madagascar – Central Bank of Madagascar (Banque Centrale de Madagascar)
•  Malawi – Reserve Bank of Malawi
•  Malaysia – Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia)
•  Maldives – Maldives Monetary Authority
•  Mali – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
•  Malta – see: European Union
•  Mauritania – Central Bank of Mauritania (Banque Centrale de Mauritanie)
•  Mauritius – Bank of Mauritius
•  Mexico – Bank of Mexico (Banco de México)
•  Moldova – National Bank of Moldova (Banca Naţională a Moldovei)^[8]
•  Mongolia – Bank of Mongolia (Монгол банк Дэлгэрсайхан)
•  Montenegro – Central Bank of Montenegro (Centralna Banka Crne Gore)
•  Montserrat – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
•  Morocco – Bank Al-Maghrib (بنك المغرب)
•  Mozambique – Bank of Mozambique (Banco de Moçambique)
•  Myanmar – Central Bank of Myanmar (မ္ရန္‌မာနုိင္‌ငံတော္‌ဗဟုိဘဏ္‌)

N

•  Namibia – Bank of Namibia
•    Nepal – Nepal Rastra Bank (नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक)
•  Netherlands – see: European Union
•  Netherlands Antilles – Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen)^[1](See Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles)
•  New Caledonia – see: CFP franc
•  New Zealand – Reserve Bank of New Zealand
•  Nicaragua – Central Bank of Nicaragua (Banco Central de Nicaragua)
•  Niger – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
•  Nigeria – Central Bank of Nigeria
•  Norway – Bank of Norway (Norges Bank)

O

•  Oman – Central Bank of Oman
• Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States – Eastern Caribbean Central Bank^[9]
  •  Anguilla
  •  Antigua and Barbuda
  •  Dominica
  •  Grenada
  •  Montserrat
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  •  Saint Lucia
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

P

•  Pakistan – State Bank of Pakistan (بینک دولت پاکستان)
•  Palestine – Palestine Monetary Authority (سلطة النقد الفلسطينية)
•  Panama – National Bank of Panama (Banco Nacional de Panamá) Although, Panama does not have any official Central Bank.
•  Papua New Guinea – Bank of Papua New Guinea
•  Paraguay – Central Bank of Paraguay (Banco Central del Paraguay)
•  Peru – Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Banco Central de Reserva del Perú)
•  Philippines – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (although translated as "Central Bank of the Philippines", the translation was the name of old central bank that was rechartered in 1993 and became the Bangko Sentral.)
•  Poland – see: European Union
•  Portugal – see: European Union

Q

•  Qatar – Qatar Central Bank (مصرف قطر المركزي)

R

•  Romania – see: European Union
•  Russia – Bank of Russia (Центральный банк Российской Федерации)
•  Rwanda – National Bank of Rwanda (Banque Nationale du Rwanda)

S

•  Saint Kitts and Nevis – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
•  Saint Lucia – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
•  Samoa – Central Bank of Samoa (Faletupe Tutotonu o Samoa)
•  San Marino – Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino (Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe – Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe (Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe)
•  Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency(مؤسسة النقد العربي السعودي)
•  Senegal – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
•  Serbia – National Bank of Serbia (Народна банка Србије / Narodna banka Srbije)
•  Seychelles – Central Bank of Seychelles
•  Sierra Leone – Bank of Sierra Leone
•  Singapore – Monetary Authority of Singapore
•  Sint Maarten – Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Centrale bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten)
•  Slovakia – see: European Union
•  Slovenia – see: European Union
•  Solomon Islands – Central Bank of Solomon Islands
•  Somalia – Central Bank of Somalia (Bankiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya)
•  Somaliland – Bank of Somaliland (Bankaa Somaliland)
•  South Africa – South African Reserve Bank
•  South Sudan – Bank of South Sudan
•  Spain – see: European Union
•  Sri Lanka – Central Bank of Sri Lanka
•  Sudan – Bank of Sudan
•  Suriname – Central Bank of Suriname (Centrale Bank van Suriname)
•  Swaziland – Central Bank of Swaziland
•  Sweden – see: European Union
•   Switzerland – Swiss National Bank (Schweizerische Nationalbank / Banque Nationale Suisse / Banca Nazionale Svizzera / Banca Naziunala Svizra)
•  Syria – Central Bank of Syria (مصرف سورية المركزي)

T

•  Taiwan – Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (中華民國中央銀行)
•  Tajikistan – National Bank of Tajikistan (Бонки миллии Тоҷикистон)
•  Tanzania – Bank of Tanzania (Benki Kuu ya Tanzania)
•  Thailand – Bank of Thailand (ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย)
•  Timor-Leste – Banco Central de Timor-Leste (Banco Central de Timor-Leste)
•  Togo – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
•  Tonga – National Reserve Bank of Tonga
•  Trinidad and Tobago – Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
•  Tunisia – Central Bank of Tunisia (Banque Centrale de Tunisie)
•  Turkey – Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası)
•  Turkmenistan – Central Bank of Turkmenistan

U

•  Uganda – Bank of Uganda
•  Ukraine – National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України)
•  United Arab Emirates – Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (مصرف الإمارات العربية المتحدة المركزي)
•  United Kingdom – see: European Union
•  United States of America – Federal Reserve System
•  Uruguay – Central Bank of Uruguay (Banco Central del Uruguay)
•  Uzbekistan – Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Respublikasi Markaziy Banki / Ўзбекистон Республикаси Марказий Банки)

V

•  Vanuatu – Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
•   Vatican City – Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See^[10][11]
•  Venezuela – Central Bank of Venezuela (Banco Central de Venezuela)
•  Vietnam – State Bank of Vietnam (Ngân hàng nhà nước Việt Nam)

W

•  Wallis and Futuna – see: CFP franc
• West African Economic and Monetary Union – Central Bank of West African States (Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, BCEAO)
  •  Benin
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  Cote d'Ivoire
  •  Guinea-Bissau
  •  Mali
  •  Niger
  •  Senegal
  •  Togo

Y

•  Yemen – Central Bank of Yemen

Z

•  Zambia - Bank of Zambia
•  Zimbabwe - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

Partially recognised states

•  Kosovo, Republic of – Central Bank of Kosovo (Banka Qendrore e Kosovës)
•  Northern Cyprus – Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankası)
•  Somaliland – Bank of Somaliland (Baanka Somaliland)
•  Transnistria – Transnistrian Republican Bank (Приднестровский Республиканский Банк)

Countries without central banks

•  Andorra, but the Andorran National Institute of Finance is meeting the tasks of a central bank.
•  Monaco
•  Nauru
•  Kiribati
•  Tuvalu
•  Palau
•  Marshall Islands
•  Federated States of Micronesia

See also

• Central banks and currencies of Africa
• Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean
• Central banks and currencies of Central America and South America
• List of currencies

Also should be noted:

• World Bank group – In a sense, the central investment bank of the world (long term loans).
• International Monetary Fund – Lender of last resort to countries short of liquidity (short term loans).
• Bank for International Settlements – an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks. http://www.bis.org/index.htm

References

1. Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not of the EU.
2. As the Republic of Cyprus does not control the north of the island de facto, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has the Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankası)
3. central bank tracks the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve of the USA
4. European Central Bank sets all monetary policies, and so these banks in actuality, are only "offices" of the European Central Bank, in charge of implementing ECB decisions and policy..
5. excluding New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia, which use the CFP franc.
6. The world's oldest central bank.
7. A special administrative region
8. Transnistria maintains its own bank, see #De facto independent countries
9. Although the British Virgin Islands are members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, they do not use the Eastern Caribbean dollar as a de facto currency.
10. "New Coordination structure for the economic and administrative affairs of the Holy See and Vatican City State". Vatican Information Service. February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
11. "Pope revolutionizes Vatican by opening finances to scrutiny". Reuters. February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

External links

• Bank for International Settlements' central bank website list
• Central Banks of the World