Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	China	United States	South Africa
Dec 31, 2002	4.6%	3.1%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2003	2.6%	2.1%	8.0%
Dec 31, 2004	-1.3%	1.6%	5.0%
Dec 31, 2005	1.8%	3.0%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2006	2.0%	4.7%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2007	-0.4%	5.2%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2008	-2.4%	3.1%	6.7%
Dec 31, 2009	5.4%	2.6%	2.8%
Dec 31, 2010	-1.1%	2.0%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2011	-1.3%	1.2%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2012	3.5%	1.4%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2013	3.6%	1.5%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2014	4.5%	1.5%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2015	4.2%	2.3%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2016	2.8%	2.5%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2017	0.2%	2.3%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2018	0.9%	2.6%	5.9%
Dec 31, 2019	3.0%	3.6%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2020	3.8%	2.2%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.1%	-1.3%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2022	2.4%	—	3.4%
Dec 31, 2023	4.9%	—	6.5%
Dec 31, 2024	5.2%	—	7.4%
Dec 31, 2025	—	—	7.7%