Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Japan	Maldives
Dec 31, 2002	3.6%	3.3%	9.4%
Dec 31, 2003	2.6%	3.7%	6.9%
Dec 31, 2004	2.6%	3.1%	0.2%
Dec 31, 2005	4.4%	3.0%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2006	6.2%	2.6%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2007	3.9%	2.9%	-0.4%
Dec 31, 2008	4.1%	2.8%	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2009	2.1%	2.2%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2010	2.7%	3.6%	6.8%
Dec 31, 2011	4.4%	3.1%	-1.9%
Dec 31, 2012	4.1%	2.2%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2013	3.5%	1.5%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2014	3.2%	-0.5%	7.0%
Dec 31, 2015	0.3%	-0.9%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2016	1.3%	0.5%	10.3%
Dec 31, 2017	1.4%	1.0%	7.9%
Dec 31, 2018	3.1%	—	7.1%
Dec 31, 2019	4.1%	—	12.6%
Dec 31, 2020	1.2%	—	15.5%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.3%	—	8.5%
Dec 31, 2022	2.4%	—	7.3%
Dec 31, 2023	3.1%	—	9.3%
Dec 31, 2024	0.6%	—	8.2%
Dec 31, 2025	1.0%	—	8.1%