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	South Africa
Dec 31, 2002	3.1%	1.9%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2003	2.1%	1.3%	8.0%
Dec 31, 2004	1.6%	1.6%	5.0%
Dec 31, 2005	3.0%	1.7%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2006	4.7%	1.5%	4.8%
Dec 31, 2007	5.2%	3.4%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2008	3.1%	1.3%	6.7%
Dec 31, 2009	2.6%	-1.3%	2.8%
Dec 31, 2010	2.0%	-0.8%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2011	1.2%	-1.9%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2012	1.4%	-1.0%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2013	1.5%	-1.6%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2014	1.5%	-1.1%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2015	2.3%	—	3.7%
Dec 31, 2016	2.5%	—	3.3%
Dec 31, 2017	2.3%	—	4.6%
Dec 31, 2018	2.6%	—	5.9%
Dec 31, 2019	3.6%	—	5.3%
Dec 31, 2020	2.2%	—	2.2%
Dec 31, 2021	-1.3%	—	0.6%
Dec 31, 2022	—	—	3.4%
Dec 31, 2023	—	—	6.5%
Dec 31, 2024	—	—	7.4%
Dec 31, 2025	—	—	7.7%