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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 2002	3.3%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2003	3.7%	8.0%
Dec 31, 2004	3.1%	5.0%
Dec 31, 2005	3.0%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2006	2.6%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2007	2.9%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2008	2.8%	6.7%
Dec 31, 2009	2.2%	2.8%
Dec 31, 2010	3.6%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2011	3.1%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2012	2.2%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2013	1.5%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2014	-0.5%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2015	-0.9%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2016	0.5%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2017	1.0%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2018	—	5.9%
Dec 31, 2019	—	5.3%
Dec 31, 2020	—	2.2%
Dec 31, 2021	—	0.6%
Dec 31, 2022	—	3.4%
Dec 31, 2023	—	6.5%
Dec 31, 2024	—	7.4%
Dec 31, 2025	—	7.7%