Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States	Brazil
Dec 31, 2002	3.6%	3.1%	48.3%
Dec 31, 2003	2.6%	2.1%	46.4%
Dec 31, 2004	2.6%	1.6%	43.8%
Dec 31, 2005	4.4%	3.0%	44.6%
Dec 31, 2006	6.2%	4.7%	41.2%
Dec 31, 2007	3.9%	5.2%	35.0%
Dec 31, 2008	4.1%	3.1%	35.4%
Dec 31, 2009	2.1%	2.6%	34.8%
Dec 31, 2010	2.7%	2.0%	29.1%
Dec 31, 2011	4.4%	1.2%	32.8%
Dec 31, 2012	4.1%	1.4%	26.6%
Dec 31, 2013	3.5%	1.5%	18.5%
Dec 31, 2014	3.2%	1.5%	22.4%
Dec 31, 2015	0.3%	2.3%	33.8%
Dec 31, 2016	1.3%	2.5%	40.7%
Dec 31, 2017	1.4%	2.3%	41.7%
Dec 31, 2018	3.1%	2.6%	33.1%
Dec 31, 2019	4.1%	3.6%	31.9%
Dec 31, 2020	1.2%	2.2%	21.2%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.3%	-1.3%	15.0%
Dec 31, 2022	2.4%	—	28.4%
Dec 31, 2023	3.1%	—	36.6%
Dec 31, 2024	0.6%	—	34.7%
Dec 31, 2025	1.0%	—	37.5%