Real interest rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Japan	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1998	7.1%	2.5%	—
Dec 31, 1999	6.5%	3.6%	18.5%
Dec 31, 2000	6.8%	3.3%	20.7%
Dec 31, 2001	4.6%	3.0%	19.0%
Dec 31, 2002	3.1%	3.3%	11.1%
Dec 31, 2003	2.1%	3.7%	11.7%
Dec 31, 2004	1.6%	3.1%	12.2%
Dec 31, 2005	3.0%	3.0%	11.8%
Dec 31, 2006	4.7%	2.6%	9.3%
Dec 31, 2007	5.2%	2.9%	6.9%
Dec 31, 2008	3.1%	2.8%	2.3%
Dec 31, 2009	2.6%	2.2%	-0.6%
Dec 31, 2010	2.0%	3.6%	7.7%
Dec 31, 2011	1.2%	3.1%	4.4%
Dec 31, 2012	1.4%	2.2%	-0.2%
Dec 31, 2013	1.5%	1.5%	4.6%
Dec 31, 2014	1.5%	-0.5%	7.2%
Dec 31, 2015	2.3%	-0.9%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2016	2.5%	0.5%	7.4%
Dec 31, 2017	2.3%	1.0%	5.4%
Dec 31, 2018	2.6%	—	3.4%
Dec 31, 2019	3.6%	—	6.2%
Dec 31, 2020	2.2%	—	—
Dec 31, 2021	-1.3%	—	—