Real interest rate: compare countries

See Real interest rate for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	China	United States	Kuwait
Dec 31, 2002	4.6%	3.1%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2003	2.6%	2.1%	0.5%
Dec 31, 2004	-1.3%	1.6%	-5.1%
Dec 31, 2005	1.8%	3.0%	-11.7%
Dec 31, 2006	2.0%	4.7%	-6.5%
Dec 31, 2007	-0.4%	5.2%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2008	-2.4%	3.1%	-9.3%
Dec 31, 2009	5.4%	2.6%	28.2%
Dec 31, 2010	-1.1%	2.0%	-5.1%
Dec 31, 2011	-1.3%	1.2%	-10.3%
Dec 31, 2012	3.5%	1.4%	-2.3%
Dec 31, 2013	3.6%	1.5%	4.3%
Dec 31, 2014	4.5%	1.5%	11.8%
Dec 31, 2015	4.2%	2.3%	40.9%
Dec 31, 2016	2.8%	2.5%	12.1%
Dec 31, 2017	0.2%	2.3%	-9.9%
Dec 31, 2018	0.9%	2.6%	-5.8%
Dec 31, 2019	3.0%	3.6%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2020	3.8%	2.2%	24.7%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.1%	-1.3%	-19.9%
Dec 31, 2022	2.4%	—	-11.7%
Dec 31, 2023	4.9%	—	14.1%
Dec 31, 2024	5.2%	—	6.7%
Dec 31, 2025	—	—	10.5%