The Interest Rate API provides current central bank interest rates for over 2 dozen countries, all major benchmark interest rates (such as LIBOR, EURIBOR, and SOFR), and prime rates.
Interest rates are refreshed every 4 hours to ensure up-to-date information.
Looking for historical interest rate data? Use the /v1/interestratehistorical endpoint.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/interestrate
Get current interest rates from given parameters. Returns a list of interest rates that satisfy the parameters.
name optionalName of central bank or interest rate. The following rates are supported:
premiumprime_us (United States prime rate) |
premiumprime_canada (Canada prime rate) |
premiumprime_japan (Japan prime rate) |
premiumusd_libor_overnight (USD LIBOR Overnight) |
premiumusd_libor_1_month (USD LIBOR - 1 month) |
premiumusd_libor_3_months (USD LIBOR - 3 months) |
premiumusd_libor_6_months (USD LIBOR - 6 months) |
premiumusd_libor_12_months (USD LIBOR - 12 months) |
premiumeuribor_1_week (Euribor - 1 week) |
premiumeuribor_1_month (Euribor - 1 month) |
premiumeuribor_3_months (Euribor - 3 months) |
premiumeuribor_6_months (Euribor - 6 months) |
premiumeuribor_12_months (Euribor - 12 months) |
ester (ESTER) |
sonia (SONIA) |
saron (SARON) |
tonar (TONAR) |
sofr (SOFR - overnight) |
premiumsofr_30d_avg (SOFR 30-day average) |
premiumsofr_90d_avg (SOFR 90-day average) |
premiumsofr_180d_avg (SOFR 180-day average) |
premiumeffr (Effective Federal Funds Rate - EFFR) |
country optionalName of the country (case-insensitive). The following countries are supported:
Australia (Reserve Bank of Australia) |
premiumBrazil (Central Bank of Brazil) |
premiumCanada (Bank of Canada) |
China (People's Bank of China) |
Czech Republic (Czech National Bank) |
Denmark (Danmarks Nationalbank) |
premiumEurope (European Central Bank) |
premiumHungary (Hungarian National Bank) |
premiumIndia (Indian Central Bank) |
premiumIsrael (Bank of Israel) |
Mexico (Bank of Mexico) |
New Zealand (Reserve Bank of New Zealand) |
Norway (Norges Bank) |
Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski) |
Russia (Central Bank of Russia) |
premiumSouth Africa (South African Reserve Bank) |
premiumSouth Korea (Bank of Korea) |
Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank) |
Switzerland (Swiss National Bank) |
Türkiye (Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye) |
United Kingdom (Bank of England) |
premiumUnited States (American Federal Reserve) |
central_bank_only optionalOnly show central bank interest rates (filters out non-central bank rates like LIBOR, EURIBOR, etc.). Must be either true or false. If unset, default value of false will be used.
X-Api-Key requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/interestrate?country=United KingdomHeaders
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{
"central_bank_rates": [
{
"central_bank": "British Central Bank",
"country": "United Kingdom",
"rate_pct": 5.25,
"last_updated": "08-03-2023"
}
]
}1
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import requests
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/interestrate?country=United Kingdom'
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.
Developer and Business tier only
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/interestratehistorical
Returns historical interest rates for specific central banks or benchmark rates. You can specify a time range to retrieve data from. The maximum number of data points returned per API call is 100.
name required for non-central bank ratesName of the benchmark interest rate. The following rates are supported:
usd_libor_overnight (USD LIBOR Overnight) |
usd_libor_1_month (USD LIBOR - 1 month) |
usd_libor_3_months (USD LIBOR - 3 months) |
usd_libor_6_months (USD LIBOR - 6 months) |
usd_libor_12_months (USD LIBOR - 12 months) |
euribor_1_week (Euribor - 1 week) |
euribor_1_month (Euribor - 1 month) |
euribor_3_months (Euribor - 3 months) |
euribor_6_months (Euribor - 6 months) |
euribor_12_months (Euribor - 12 months) |
ester (ESTER) |
sonia (SONIA) |
saron (SARON) |
tonar (TONAR) |
sofr (SOFR - overnight) |
country required for central bank ratesName of the country for which you want the central bank rate.
Australia (Reserve Bank of Australia) |
Brazil (Central Bank of Brazil) |
Canada (Bank of Canada) |
China (People's Bank of China) |
Czech Republic (Czech National Bank) |
Denmark (Danmarks Nationalbank) |
Europe (European Central Bank) |
Hungary (Hungarian National Bank) |
India (Indian Central Bank) |
Israel (Bank of Israel) |
Mexico (Bank of Mexico) |
New Zealand (Reserve Bank of New Zealand) |
Norway (Norges Bank) |
Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski) |
Russia (Central Bank of Russia) |
South Africa (South African Reserve Bank) |
South Korea (Bank of Korea) |
Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank) |
Switzerland (Swiss National Bank) |
Türkiye (Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye) |
United Kingdom (Bank of England) |
United States (American Federal Reserve) |
start_time optionalStart time for the data range, specified as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.
end_time optionalEnd time for the data range, specified as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.
X-Api-Key requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/interestratehistorical1
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{
"type": "non_central_bank",
"name": "USD LIBOR - 3 months",
"data": [
{
"timestamp": 1701648000,
"rate_pct": 5.62458
},
{
"timestamp": 1701734400,
"rate_pct": 5.63784
},
{
"timestamp": 1701820800,
"rate_pct": 5.64174
},
{
"timestamp": 1701907200,
"rate_pct": 5.63344
},
...
]
}