Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	United States	United Kingdom	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 2002	3.1%	1.9%	12.1%
Dec 31, 2003	2.1%	1.3%	9.3%
Dec 31, 2004	1.6%	1.6%	10.3%
Dec 31, 2005	3.0%	1.7%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2006	4.7%	1.5%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2007	5.2%	3.4%	6.3%
Dec 31, 2008	3.1%	1.3%	7.4%
Dec 31, 2009	2.6%	-1.3%	10.2%
Dec 31, 2010	2.0%	-0.8%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2011	1.2%	-1.9%	8.5%
Dec 31, 2012	1.4%	-1.0%	7.3%
Dec 31, 2013	1.5%	-1.6%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2014	1.5%	-1.1%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2015	2.3%	—	5.4%
Dec 31, 2016	2.5%	—	8.5%
Dec 31, 2017	2.3%	—	4.7%
Dec 31, 2018	2.6%	—	7.9%
Dec 31, 2019	3.6%	—	5.1%
Dec 31, 2020	2.2%	—	13.4%
Dec 31, 2021	-1.3%	—	-3.5%
Dec 31, 2022	—	—	2.5%
Dec 31, 2023	—	—	5.1%
Dec 31, 2024	—	—	4.4%
Dec 31, 2025	—	—	3.6%