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	Suriname
Dec 31, 2002	3.6%	3.3%	-11.1%
Dec 31, 2003	2.6%	3.7%	-0.2%
Dec 31, 2004	2.6%	3.1%	6.7%
Dec 31, 2005	4.4%	3.0%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2006	6.2%	2.6%	-16.8%
Dec 31, 2007	3.9%	2.9%	6.9%
Dec 31, 2008	4.1%	2.8%	-2.9%
Dec 31, 2009	2.1%	2.2%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2010	2.7%	3.6%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2011	4.4%	3.1%	-1.8%
Dec 31, 2012	4.1%	2.2%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2013	3.5%	1.5%	11.6%
Dec 31, 2014	3.2%	-0.5%	10.5%
Dec 31, 2015	0.3%	-0.9%	7.4%
Dec 31, 2016	1.3%	0.5%	-8.5%
Dec 31, 2017	1.4%	1.0%	-10.7%
Dec 31, 2018	3.1%	—	8.2%
Dec 31, 2019	4.1%	—	9.3%
Dec 31, 2020	1.2%	—	-20.9%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.3%	—	-29.1%
Dec 31, 2022	2.4%	—	-23.2%
Dec 31, 2023	3.1%	—	-14.2%
Dec 31, 2024	0.6%	—	1.8%
Dec 31, 2025	1.0%	—	1.3%