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Deposit rate in Belize

What does parked money earn there?

Belize's deposit rate is 1.98 % — #52 of 70 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

1.98%

Checked 22 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics

Deposit rate in Belize over time

14.87 %8.41 %1.95 %14.87 % · 19821.95 % · 20191976: 7.10 %1977: 6.70 %1978: 6.80 %1979: 6.80 %1980: 11.18 %1981: 14.67 %1982: 14.87 %1983: 11.30 %1984: 9.07 %1985: 11.62 %1986: 11.83 %1987: 9.58 %1988: 8.42 %1989: 7.86 %1990: 8.14 %1991: 8.42 %1992: 8.15 %1993: 8.13 %1994: 8.55 %1995: 9.37 %1996: 9.07 %1997: 9.19 %1998: 8.76 %1999: 8.12 %2000: 7.69 %2001: 6.35 %2002: 6.28 %2003: 6.93 %2004: 7.42 %2005: 7.71 %2006: 8.15 %2007: 8.32 %2008: 8.46 %2009: 8.37 %2010: 7.76 %2011: 6.44 %2012: 4.41 %2013: 3.58 %2014: 2.90 %2015: 2.60 %2016: 2.30 %2017: 2.12 %2018: 2.00 %2019: 1.95 %2020: 2.18 %2021: 2.23 %2022: 2.22 %2023: 2.08 %2024: 2.07 %2025: 1.98 %1976200120251.98 %
50 official observations, 1976 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#52 of 70
higher is better
Ranked behind
26 %
18 of 70 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.09 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
12.89 pp
peak 14.87 % in 1982
Full series
▼ 5.12 pp
since 1976

In Americas: #17 of 21vs median 4.96 %: −2.98 pp (worse)

Among 70 countries

10 of 70 countries between 0.14 % and 0.93 %6 of 70 countries between 0.93 % and 1.73 %6 of 70 countries between 1.73 % and 2.52 %5 of 70 countries between 2.52 % and 3.31 %3 of 70 countries between 3.31 % and 4.10 %5 of 70 countries between 4.10 % and 4.89 %6 of 70 countries between 4.89 % and 5.69 %5 of 70 countries between 5.69 % and 6.48 %3 of 70 countries between 6.48 % and 7.27 %5 of 70 countries between 7.27 % and 8.06 %3 of 70 countries between 8.86 % and 9.65 %3 of 70 countries between 9.65 % and 10.44 %2 of 70 countries between 10.44 % and 11.24 %2 of 70 countries between 11.24 % and 12.03 %2 of 70 countries between 12.03 % and 12.82 %1 of 70 countries between 14.41 % and 15.20 %3 of 70 countries between 18.37 % and 19.16 %median 4.82 %Belize: ahead of 26 % of the 70 countries with a published deposit rateBelize 1.98 %0.14 %19.16 %
Half of all 70 countries sit between 1.89 % and 7.70 %. Belize is ahead of 26 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryDeposit ratevs Belize
50 Botswana2.35 %+0.37 pp
51 Nicaragua2.27 %+0.29 pp
52 Belize1.98 %—
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.89 %−0.09 pp
54 Algeria1.75 %−0.23 pp

Bank deposit rate, IMF-harmonised — what parked money earns.

How to read this figure

The IMF-harmonised deposit rate — what banks pay on deposits. Compare it with inflation: a deposit rate below inflation means parked money loses purchasing power even inside the bank. Same harmonisation trade-off as the lending rate.

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