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