Germany Interest Rate
The European Central Bank's key interest rate, the anchor for borrowing costs across the euro area, including Germany.
2.50%
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Jan 1999 to Nov 2026
Source: FRED series ECBDFR · end-of-month value.
Germany Interest Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Germany, the interest rate rose by 0.50pp over the year to Nov 2026, from 2.00% in Nov 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −0.50% in Nov 2021 to 4.00% in Sep 2023.
Its average since Jan 1999 is 1.11%, and the latest reading is above that.
Germany is 33rd of 40 countries in our Interest Rate by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- ECB via FRED
- Series
- ECBDFR
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, interest rates are not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Nov 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
This is the deposit facility rate specifically, one of the ECB's three main policy rates.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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