Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Japan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 2002	1.9%	3.3%	23.2%
Dec 31, 2003	1.3%	3.7%	13.8%
Dec 31, 2004	1.6%	3.1%	13.0%
Dec 31, 2005	1.7%	3.0%	10.2%
Dec 31, 2006	1.5%	2.6%	14.1%
Dec 31, 2007	3.4%	2.9%	20.8%
Dec 31, 2008	1.3%	2.8%	2.8%
Dec 31, 2009	-1.3%	2.2%	15.1%
Dec 31, 2010	-0.8%	3.6%	20.5%
Dec 31, 2011	-1.9%	3.1%	13.7%
Dec 31, 2012	-1.0%	2.2%	18.5%
Dec 31, 2013	-1.6%	1.5%	17.5%
Dec 31, 2014	-1.1%	-0.5%	17.7%
Dec 31, 2015	—	-0.9%	18.0%
Dec 31, 2016	—	0.5%	11.7%
Dec 31, 2017	—	1.0%	14.9%
Dec 31, 2018	—	—	10.1%
Dec 31, 2019	—	—	7.0%
Dec 31, 2020	—	—	8.7%
Dec 31, 2021	—	—	12.7%
Dec 31, 2022	—	—	1.8%
Dec 31, 2023	—	—	-4.8%
Dec 31, 2024	—	—	0.1%
Dec 31, 2025	—	—	5.2%