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Real interest rate: compare countries

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Real interest rate by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Real interest rate: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 2002	3.1%	27.2%
Dec 31, 2003	2.1%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2004	1.6%	8.2%
Dec 31, 2005	3.0%	6.8%
Dec 31, 2006	4.7%	-1.6%
Dec 31, 2007	5.2%	15.6%
Dec 31, 2008	3.1%	12.9%
Dec 31, 2009	2.6%	14.9%
Dec 31, 2010	2.0%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2011	1.2%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2012	1.4%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2013	1.5%	13.5%
Dec 31, 2014	1.5%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2015	2.3%	14.6%
Dec 31, 2016	2.5%	11.4%
Dec 31, 2017	2.3%	7.6%
Dec 31, 2018	2.6%	-0.1%
Dec 31, 2019	3.6%	7.3%
Dec 31, 2020	2.2%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2021	-1.3%	10.6%
Dec 31, 2022	—	-6.0%
Dec 31, 2023	—	-7.4%
Dec 31, 2024	—	9.2%
Dec 31, 2025	—	18.3%