Based on a comparison of 83 countries in 2024, Madagascar ranked the highest in real interest rate with 42.9% followed by Brazil and East Timor. On the other end of the scale was Zimbabwe with -73.5%, South Sudan with -58.6% and Argentina with -47.5%.
Data for more countries are available at Real Interest Rate indicator page.
| Real Interest Rate | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Armenia | % | 9.73% | 11.0% | 9.64% | 4.55% | 3.46% | ||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | % | 4.69% | 17.5% | 26.7% | -4.25% | -16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | % | 4.83% | 9.16% | 9.63% | 3.91% | 2.51% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 33.1% | 31.9% | 21.2% | 15.0% | 28.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | 7.15% | 7.47% | 8.25% | 1.42% | 0.768% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | % | 7.65% | 8.58% | 5.24% | 2.23% | 2.10% | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | 15.6% | 8.99% | 41.5% | -30.2% | -0.354% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 15.6% | 13.5% | 13.2% | 10.9% | 4.84% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 15.5% | 8.36% | 11.1% | 0.543% | -0.829% | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | % | 43.5% | 39.9% | 42.7% | 39.5% | 35.8% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 7.06% | 12.6% | 15.5% | 8.50% | 7.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 18.5% | 13.6% | 13.5% | 13.0% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | -0.658% | 7.51% | 5.97% | -3.54% | -6.12% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 17.7% | 13.7% | 9.03% | 12.9% | 0.495% | ||||||||||||||||
| Seychelles | % | 8.57% | 12.5% | 6.06% | 6.24% | 7.42% |
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