Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	China	Japan	Malawi
Dec 31, 2001	3.6%	3.0%	24.3%
Dec 31, 2002	4.6%	3.3%	-29.2%
Dec 31, 2003	2.6%	3.7%	35.0%
Dec 31, 2004	-1.3%	3.1%	19.1%
Dec 31, 2005	1.8%	3.0%	20.2%
Dec 31, 2006	2.0%	2.6%	10.2%
Dec 31, 2007	-0.4%	2.9%	22.7%
Dec 31, 2008	-2.4%	2.8%	11.9%
Dec 31, 2009	5.4%	2.2%	16.1%
Dec 31, 2010	-1.1%	3.6%	11.1%
Dec 31, 2011	-1.3%	3.1%	8.6%
Dec 31, 2012	3.5%	2.2%	12.5%
Dec 31, 2013	3.6%	1.5%	14.9%
Dec 31, 2014	4.5%	-0.5%	19.3%
Dec 31, 2015	4.2%	-0.9%	20.5%
Dec 31, 2016	2.8%	0.5%	19.8%
Dec 31, 2017	0.2%	1.0%	25.3%
Dec 31, 2018	0.9%	—	24.6%
Dec 31, 2019	3.0%	—	16.7%
Dec 31, 2020	3.8%	—	16.9%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.1%	—	14.5%
Dec 31, 2022	2.4%	—	7.0%
Dec 31, 2023	4.9%	—	3.5%
Dec 31, 2024	5.2%	—	10.0%