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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	South Korea	Botswana
Dec 31, 2002	3.6%	14.8%
Dec 31, 2003	2.6%	12.7%
Dec 31, 2004	2.6%	5.2%
Dec 31, 2005	4.4%	0.2%
Dec 31, 2006	6.2%	10.7%
Dec 31, 2007	3.9%	9.6%
Dec 31, 2008	4.1%	6.6%
Dec 31, 2009	2.1%	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2010	2.7%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2011	4.4%	-1.5%
Dec 31, 2012	4.1%	7.8%
Dec 31, 2013	3.5%	8.5%
Dec 31, 2014	3.2%	-0.5%
Dec 31, 2015	0.3%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2016	1.3%	-4.1%
Dec 31, 2017	1.4%	9.8%
Dec 31, 2018	3.1%	6.4%
Dec 31, 2019	4.1%	5.9%
Dec 31, 2020	1.2%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.3%	-2.9%
Dec 31, 2022	2.4%	-7.4%
Dec 31, 2023	3.1%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2024	0.6%	4.2%
Dec 31, 2025	1.0%	—