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Deposit rate

46 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Rank Country Value descending As of vs previous
1 🇸🇸 South Sudan 0.08% 2025 ↓ 0.06 pts + compare
2 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 1.53% 2025 ↓ 0.14 pts + compare
3 🇩🇿 Algeria 1.75% 2025 → 0 + compare
4 🇰🇲 Comoros 2.06% 2022 ↑ 0.31 pts + compare
5 🇧🇼 Botswana 2.35% 2024 ↓ 0.6 pts + compare
6 🇨🇲 Cameroon 2.45% 2018 → 0 + compare
7 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 2.45% 2016 → 0 + compare
8 🇹🇩 Chad 2.45% 2016 → 0 + compare
9 🇨🇬 Congo 2.45% 2016 → 0 + compare
10 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 2.45% 2017 → 0 + compare
11 🇬🇦 Gabon 2.45% 2017 → 0 + compare
12 🇱🇸 Lesotho 2.46% 2024 ↑ 0.02 pts + compare
13 🇸🇨 Seychelles 2.47% 2025 ↑ 0.08 pts + compare
14 🇱🇾 Libya 2.5% 2014 — + compare
15 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 2.61% 2024 ↑ 0.32 pts + compare
16 🇲🇦 Morocco 2.68% 2025 ↓ 0.17 pts + compare
17 🇬🇳 Guinea 3.33% 2021 ↓ 0 pts + compare
18 🇸🇿 Eswatini 3.9% 2024 ↓ 0.54 pts + compare
19 🇲🇺 Mauritius 4.54% 2025 ↑ 0.4 pts + compare
20 🇱🇷 Liberia 5.03% 2017 ↑ 1.18 pts + compare
21 🇧🇯 Benin 5.3% 2021 ↑ 0.21 pts + compare
22 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 5.3% 2021 ↑ 0.21 pts + compare
23 🇳🇦 Namibia 5.38% 2024 ↓ 0.02 pts + compare
24 🇲🇷 Mauritania 5.67% 2017 ↑ 0.34 pts + compare
25 🇨🇩 DR Congo 5.73% 2021 ↓ 0.47 pts + compare
26 🇲🇿 Mozambique 5.77% 2025 ↓ 2.47 pts + compare
27 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 6.24% 2025 ↓ 11.69 pts + compare
28 🇬🇲 Gambia 6.5% 2025 → 0 + compare
29 🇹🇿 Tanzania 6.68% 2020 ↓ 0.42 pts + compare
30 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 6.92% 2016 ↓ 0.07 pts + compare
31 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 6.92% 2016 ↓ 0.07 pts + compare
32 🇲🇱 Mali 6.92% 2016 ↓ 0.07 pts + compare
33 🇳🇪 Niger 6.92% 2016 ↓ 0.07 pts + compare
34 🇸🇳 Senegal 6.92% 2016 ↓ 0.07 pts + compare
35 🇹🇬 Togo 6.92% 2016 ↓ 0.07 pts + compare
36 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 7.04% 2025 ↑ 0.24 pts + compare
37 🇿🇦 South Africa 7.42% 2025 ↓ 0.5 pts + compare
38 🇳🇬 Nigeria 7.84% 2023 ↑ 1.88 pts + compare
39 🇦🇴 Angola 7.98% 2025 ↑ 0.58 pts + compare
40 🇿🇲 Zambia 8.72% 2020 ↑ 0.43 pts + compare
41 🇺🇬 Uganda 9.38% 2018 ↓ 0.31 pts + compare
42 🇷🇼 Rwanda 10.33% 2024 ↑ 0.68 pts + compare
43 🇬🇭 Ghana 11.42% 2023 ↓ 0.64 pts + compare
44 🇰🇪 Kenya 11.98% 2024 ↑ 2.81 pts + compare
45 🇲🇬 Madagascar 12.08% 2025 ↓ 0.51 pts + compare
46 🇪🇬 Egypt 19.16% 2024 ↑ 6.51 pts + compare
Median 5.52% median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.