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	Liberia
Dec 31, 2002	3.1%	3.3%	21.9%
Dec 31, 2003	2.1%	3.7%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2004	1.6%	3.1%	1.1%
Dec 31, 2005	3.0%	3.0%	16.5%
Dec 31, 2006	4.7%	2.6%	5.8%
Dec 31, 2007	5.2%	2.9%	2.7%
Dec 31, 2008	3.1%	2.8%	-2.5%
Dec 31, 2009	2.6%	2.2%	17.4%
Dec 31, 2010	2.0%	3.6%	7.3%
Dec 31, 2011	1.2%	3.1%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2012	1.4%	2.2%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2013	1.5%	1.5%	8.4%
Dec 31, 2014	1.5%	-0.5%	12.6%
Dec 31, 2015	2.3%	-0.9%	13.5%
Dec 31, 2016	2.5%	0.5%	6.2%
Dec 31, 2017	2.3%	1.0%	16.3%
Dec 31, 2018	2.6%	—	13.0%
Dec 31, 2019	3.6%	—	13.1%
Dec 31, 2020	2.2%	—	14.0%
Dec 31, 2021	-1.3%	—	6.7%
Dec 31, 2022	—	—	3.6%
Dec 31, 2023	—	—	8.2%
Dec 31, 2024	—	—	8.0%
Dec 31, 2025	—	—	8.1%