Deposit interest rate (%) (World Bank) (FR.INR.DPST)
The latest world value of Deposit interest rate (%) is 1% in 2025. Source: World Bank, indicator FR.INR.DPST. Compare countries, chart the series, or query it free as CSV, JSON, or API at https://autario.com/data/deposit-interest-rate-world-bank.
17,490 rows · 14 columns · Time coverage: 1960 | 2025 · 265 regions/countries · Latest world value: 1% (2025) · Last data pull: 2026-09-02
Deposit interest rate is the return paid by commercial banks on customer savings, demand, and time deposits. It serves as a key indicator of monetary policy stance, financial system health, and savers' purchasing power across nations. Terms and conditions vary significantly by country, which limits direct cross-border comparison, but the dataset remains essential for understanding global financial trends.
The dataset spans 64 years of historical data covering 152 countries with 17,490 observations. Deposit rates show extreme variation globally, ranging from a low of 0.04% in Micronesia (2021) to a high of 71.04% in Turkey (2024). The global average sits at 42.4%, though this aggregate masks profound regional and temporal differences driven by inflation, currency stability, and central bank policy.
Recent data reveals a sharp divergence in monetary conditions. Turkey and Argentina lead with rates of 71.04% and 54.25% respectively in 2024, reflecting high inflation environments where savers demand premium returns. Conversely, stable developed economies like Singapore, Canada, and Barbados offer rates below 0.15%, typical of low-inflation regimes. Argentina's compound annual growth rate reached 13.54% since 2010, illustrating sustained pressure on deposit rates in emerging markets facing currency challenges.
Economists, central banks, and investors use this dataset to track real interest rates, assess savings incentives, and compare monetary policy effectiveness across regimes. The long historical record enables analysis of how deposit rates respond to inflation shocks, financial crises, and structural economic shifts over decades.
Deposit interest rate (%) (World Bank) by country, latest reported year
Highest: Afghanistan at 1% (2025). Lowest: Zimbabwe at 1% (2025). Ranked across 189 countries with a reported value.
Showing the top 25 of 189 countries with a reported value. Full table as CSV or JSON at https://autario.com/data/deposit-interest-rate-world-bank.
Aggregates reported in the same series
Regions and country groups published by World Bank alongside the countries. They are not part of the country ranking above.
| Aggregate | Value (%) | Year |
|---|
| East Asia & Pacific (WB) | 1 | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia (WB) | 1 | 2025 |
| Euro Area | 1 | 2025 |
| European Union | 1 | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean (WB) | 1 | 2025 |
| North America (WB) | 1 | 2025 |
| OECD members (WB) | 1 | 2025 |
| South Asia (WB) | 1 | 2025 |
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Indicator code: FR.INR.DPST · direct CSV, JSON, and live API access below.
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# Get data (JSON)
curl "https://autario.com/api/v1/public/datasets/d998cca1-d891-4594-83b2-c6b104d8e7b9/data?limit=100"
# Filter and sort on this dataset's own columns (replace the bracketed placeholder with a value)
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# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://autario.com/api/v1/public/datasets/d998cca1-d891-4594-83b2-c6b104d8e7b9/data", params={"limit": 100})
data = r.json()["data"]
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Statistics for this dataset are precomputed server-side. One call returns finished, verified numbers with provenance. No row download, no local computation:
# Finished stats, zero rows (n, min, max, avg, first/last)
curl "https://autario.com/api/v1/public/datasets/d998cca1-d891-4594-83b2-c6b104d8e7b9/data?summary_only=true"
# Summary statistics (mean/median/std/quartiles/skew)
curl "https://autario.com/api/v1/public/ontology/stats/describe?indicator=wb_deposit_interest_rate_world_bank_d998cc&entity=Africa%20Eastern%20and%20Southern"
# Growth: latest period-over-period change
curl "https://autario.com/api/v1/public/ontology/stats/pct-change?indicator=wb_deposit_interest_rate_world_bank_d998cc&entity=Africa%20Eastern%20and%20Southern"
# Smoothed trend: 5-period rolling mean
curl "https://autario.com/api/v1/public/ontology/stats/rolling?indicator=wb_deposit_interest_rate_world_bank_d998cc&entity=Africa%20Eastern%20and%20Southern&window=5"
# Correlate with any other indicator (ids via /api/v1/public/ontology/indicators)
curl "https://autario.com/api/v1/public/ontology/stats/correlate?entity=Africa%20Eastern%20and%20Southern&a=wb_deposit_interest_rate_world_bank_d998cc&b=<indicator_id>"
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Original source: World Bank (source code: FR.INR.DPST)
Sample rows
| country | indicator | date | value | obs_status | decimal |
|---|
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2025 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2024 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2023 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2022 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2021 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2020 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2019 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2018 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2017 | | | 1 |
| Africa Eastern and Southern | Deposit interest rate (%) | 2016 | | | 1 |
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Topic hubs: Interest Rates & Monetary Policy
Keywords: FR.INR.DPST, WDI, countries, Financial Sector
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