Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Japan	Singapore
Dec 31, 1998	5.5%	2.5%	8.9%
Dec 31, 1999	6.1%	3.6%	9.7%
Dec 31, 2000	5.0%	3.3%	1.9%
Dec 31, 2001	2.1%	3.0%	7.6%
Dec 31, 2002	3.4%	3.3%	6.3%
Dec 31, 2003	3.5%	3.7%	7.2%
Dec 31, 2004	3.7%	3.1%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2005	3.3%	3.0%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2006	2.4%	2.6%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2007	3.1%	2.9%	-0.6%
Dec 31, 2008	4.2%	2.8%	6.9%
Dec 31, 2009	1.0%	2.2%	2.4%
Dec 31, 2010	6.0%	3.6%	4.2%
Dec 31, 2011	1.4%	3.1%	4.2%
Dec 31, 2012	5.1%	2.2%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2013	6.3%	1.5%	5.8%
Dec 31, 2014	4.5%	-0.5%	5.6%
Dec 31, 2015	6.2%	-0.9%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2016	6.1%	0.5%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2017	1.5%	1.0%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2018	3.4%	—	1.5%
Dec 31, 2019	1.6%	—	5.6%
Dec 31, 2020	—	—	7.6%
Dec 31, 2021	—	—	-5.2%