Senegal policy interest rate
Principal taux directeur of the BCEAO — the minimum bid rate on open-market liquidity-injection tenders. Set by the BCEAO Monetary Policy Committee (Comité de Politique Monétaire) for the whole WAEMU/UEMOA union; Senegal does not have an independent policy rate.
| Current value | 3 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-03-16 |
| Official source | BCEAO — Avis d'appel d'offres hebdomadaire d'injection de liquidité ("taux minimum de soumission ... fixé à 3,0000%, principal taux directeur de la BCEAO"); décision du Comité de Politique Monétaire du 4 mars 2026 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-15 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
SHARED BCEAO/UEMOA rate — identical for all 8 member states (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sénégal, Togo). This is the exact figure to reconcile with Côte d'Ivoire: 3.00% (marginal lending facility / guichet de prêt marginal at 5.00%). Cut 25 bps at the CPM held 4 March 2026, effective 16 March 2026. The CPM held 10 June 2026 left rates unchanged. Watch the next CPM (quarterly, ~September 2026).
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-16 | 3.5 | BCEAO — Comité de Politique Monétaire de décembre 2023 (dern |
| 2025-06-16 | 3.25 | BCEAO — Réunion ordinaire du Comité de Politique Monétaire d |
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/sn/policy-rate
# $0.001 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/sn/policy-rate/history?from=2020-01-01
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