Real interest rate: compare countries

See Real interest rate for up to four countries side by side.

To start, we chose Macao SAR China, United States, Japan. Add or remove countries to compare the ones you want.

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	Macao SAR China	United States	Japan
Dec 31, 2002	7.5%	3.1%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2003	5.9%	2.1%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2004	4.0%	1.6%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2005	1.4%	3.0%	3.0%
Dec 31, 2006	0.9%	4.7%	2.6%
Dec 31, 2007	-0.9%	5.2%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2008	-4.2%	3.1%	2.8%
Dec 31, 2009	4.3%	2.6%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2010	0.4%	2.0%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2011	-2.1%	1.2%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2012	-1.6%	1.4%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2013	-2.3%	1.5%	1.5%
Dec 31, 2014	-3.2%	1.5%	-0.5%
Dec 31, 2015	0.7%	2.3%	-0.9%
Dec 31, 2016	4.3%	2.5%	0.5%
Dec 31, 2017	3.0%	2.3%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2018	1.7%	2.6%	—
Dec 31, 2019	2.9%	3.6%	—
Dec 31, 2020	5.5%	2.2%	—
Dec 31, 2021	6.2%	-1.3%	—
Dec 31, 2022	4.1%	—	—
Dec 31, 2023	1.6%	—	—
Dec 31, 2024	5.8%	—	—
Dec 31, 2025	5.0%	—	—