Central Bank Rates

Get policy rate, inflation figures, T-bill yields, and the next MPC meeting date for any African country.

GET https://afrotools.com/api/rates

Authentication required. Pass your API key via x-api-key header. Learn more

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
country optional	string	ISO country code. Omit to get all countries.
indicator optional	string	Filter by indicator: `policy_rate`, `inflation`, `tbills`, `gdp`, or `mpc`.
date optional	string	Historical date (`YYYY-MM-DD`). Pro plan required.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
country	string	ISO country code.
country_name	string	Full country name.
central_bank	string	Central bank full name.
central_bank_abbr	string	Central bank abbreviation.
policy_rate	number	Monetary policy rate (%).
inflation.headline	number	Headline CPI inflation (%).
inflation.core	number	Core inflation excl. food & energy (%).
inflation.food	number	Food inflation (%).
tbills	object	Treasury bill yields by tenor.
gdp_growth	number	Latest quarterly GDP growth (%).
next_mpc	string	Next MPC meeting date (YYYY-MM-DD).
updated	string	Date data was last updated.

Error Responses

Status	Code	Description
400	invalid_country	Country code not supported.
400	invalid_indicator	Indicator type not recognized.
401	missing_api_key	No API key was provided.
429	rate_limit_exceeded	Rate limit exceeded.

Request Examples

curl "https://afrotools.com/api/rates?country=NG" \
  -H "x-api-key: afro_live_your_key_here"

const res = await fetch(
  "https://afrotools.com/api/rates?country=NG",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": "afro_live_your_key_here" } }
);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(`Policy Rate: ${data.data.policy_rate}%`);

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://afrotools.com/api/rates",
    params={"country": "NG"},
    headers={"x-api-key": "afro_live_your_key_here"}
)
data = resp.json()
print(f"Policy Rate: {data['data']['policy_rate']}%")

const axios = require("axios");

const { data } = await axios.get(
  "https://afrotools.com/api/rates",
  {
    params: { country: "NG" },
    headers: { "x-api-key": "afro_live_your_key_here" }
  }
);
console.log(`Policy Rate: ${data.data.policy_rate}%`);

$ch = curl_init("https://afrotools.com/api/rates?country=NG");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "x-api-key: afro_live_your_key_here"
]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
echo "Policy Rate: " . $data["data"]["policy_rate"] . "%";

Response (200 OK)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "country": "NG",
    "country_name": "Nigeria",
    "central_bank": "Central Bank of Nigeria",
    "central_bank_abbr": "CBN",
    "policy_rate": 27.50,
    "inflation": {
      "headline": 31.7,
      "core": 25.1,
      "food": 37.9
    },
    "tbills": {
      "91_day": 18.5,
      "182_day": 20.1,
      "364_day": 22.3
    },
    "gdp_growth": 3.46,
    "next_mpc": "2026-05-20",
    "updated": "2026-03-01"
  }
}

Filter by Indicator

# Get only inflation data
curl "https://afrotools.com/api/rates?country=KE&indicator=inflation" \
  -H "x-api-key: afro_test_abc123"

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "country": "KE",
    "country_name": "Kenya",
    "inflation": {
      "headline": 6.3,
      "core": 3.8,
      "food": 8.1
    },
    "updated": "2026-02-28"
  }
}