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Real interest rate: compare countries

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Real interest rate by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 2002	3.3%	27.2%
Dec 31, 2003	3.7%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2004	3.1%	8.2%
Dec 31, 2005	3.0%	6.8%
Dec 31, 2006	2.6%	-1.6%
Dec 31, 2007	2.9%	15.6%
Dec 31, 2008	2.8%	12.9%
Dec 31, 2009	2.2%	14.9%
Dec 31, 2010	3.6%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2011	3.1%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2012	2.2%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2013	1.5%	13.5%
Dec 31, 2014	-0.5%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2015	-0.9%	14.6%
Dec 31, 2016	0.5%	11.4%
Dec 31, 2017	1.0%	7.6%
Dec 31, 2018	—	-0.1%
Dec 31, 2019	—	7.3%
Dec 31, 2020	—	4.1%
Dec 31, 2021	—	10.6%
Dec 31, 2022	—	-6.0%
Dec 31, 2023	—	-7.4%
Dec 31, 2024	—	9.2%
Dec 31, 2025	—	18.3%