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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	Macao SAR China
Dec 31, 2002	3.6%	7.5%
Dec 31, 2003	2.6%	5.9%
Dec 31, 2004	2.6%	4.0%
Dec 31, 2005	4.4%	1.4%
Dec 31, 2006	6.2%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2007	3.9%	-0.9%
Dec 31, 2008	4.1%	-4.2%
Dec 31, 2009	2.1%	4.3%
Dec 31, 2010	2.7%	0.4%
Dec 31, 2011	4.4%	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2012	4.1%	-1.6%
Dec 31, 2013	3.5%	-2.3%
Dec 31, 2014	3.2%	-3.2%
Dec 31, 2015	0.3%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2016	1.3%	4.3%
Dec 31, 2017	1.4%	3.0%
Dec 31, 2018	3.1%	1.7%
Dec 31, 2019	4.1%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2020	1.2%	5.5%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.3%	6.2%
Dec 31, 2022	2.4%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2023	3.1%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2024	0.6%	5.8%
Dec 31, 2025	1.0%	5.0%