Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	United States	South Africa
Dec 31, 2002	2.9%	3.1%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2003	1.4%	2.1%	8.0%
Dec 31, 2004	0.7%	1.6%	5.0%
Dec 31, 2005	1.3%	3.0%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2006	3.2%	4.7%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2007	2.7%	5.2%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2008	0.7%	3.1%	6.7%
Dec 31, 2009	4.8%	2.6%	2.8%
Dec 31, 2010	-0.2%	2.0%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2011	-0.2%	1.2%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2012	1.8%	1.4%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2013	1.2%	1.5%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2014	1.0%	1.5%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2015	3.7%	2.3%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2016	2.0%	2.5%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2017	0.1%	2.3%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2018	—	2.6%	5.9%
Dec 31, 2019	—	3.6%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2020	—	2.2%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2021	—	-1.3%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2022	—	—	3.4%
Dec 31, 2023	—	—	6.5%
Dec 31, 2024	—	—	7.4%
Dec 31, 2025	—	—	7.7%