The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday kept the interest rate unchanged at its monetary policy review. Interestingly, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF), based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), India stand at 7th position with second highest interest rate.

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Yes you read it right. India has the second highest interest rate at 6.5%, while Brazil being at the top.

As per IMF, based on GDP data as of 2015, United States tops the economy chart followed by China (2nd), Japan (3rd), Germany (4th), United Kingdom (5th), France (6th), India (7th), Italy (8th), Brazil (9th) and Canada (10th).     

Here's the list of top 10 economies and there current interest rates in ascending order:

Country/Region   Interest Rate  Date of last change
Japan       -0.10% 1 February 2016
Germany       0% March 2016
Italy         0% March 2016
United States 0.50% December 16 2015
United Kingdom   0.5% March 2009
Canada 0.50% 15 July 2015
France 0.89% May 2015
China 4.35% October 23 2015
India 6.5% June 2016
Brazil 14.25% July 30 2015