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Real interest rate, %: ranking of countries
136 countries ranked by their latest value (2015–2025). Iraq is highest at 57.6%; Venezuela is lowest at -89.5%.
Median country 4.9%136 countries
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All 136 countries
Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Real interest rate | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 57.6% | 2015 | |
| 2 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.6% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 37.5% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 19.2% | 2019 | |
| 5 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.7% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.3% | 2015 | |
| 10 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.2% | 2017 | |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.7% | 2018 | |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 14.7% | 2025 | |
| 14 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.1% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.0% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 12.6% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.1% | 2017 | |
| 18 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 10.7% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 10.6% | 2021 | |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.5% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.0% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.6% | 2020 | |
| 27 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.5% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 9.0% | 2020 | |
| 30 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.4% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Bhutan | South Asia | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.2% | 2022 | |
| 33 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Maldives | South Asia | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 7.9% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.7% | 2022 | |
| 38 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.7% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.3% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.3% | 2024 | |
| 42 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.2% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 7.1% | 2019 | |
| 44 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.1% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 7.0% | 2023 | |
| 46 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.6% | 2016 | |
| 48 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.4% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 6.4% | 2019 | |
| 50 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.2% | 2019 | |
| 51 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.1% | 2021 | |
| 53 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.8% | 2024 | |
| 58 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 5.8% | 2021 | |
| 59 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| 60 | India | South Asia | 5.6% | 2022 | |
| 61 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| 64 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 65 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 5.2% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 5.1% | 2018 | |
| 67 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.9% | 2024 | |
| 70 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 4.9% | 2024 | |
| 72 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.6% | 2022 | |
| 73 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.6% | 2021 | |
| 75 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.3% | 2016 | |
| 78 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.2% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Hong Kong | East Asia & Pacific | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 4.0% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.0% | 2024 | |
| 84 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.8% | 2016 | |
| 86 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.8% | 2021 | |
| 87 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.6% | 2016 | |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.4% | 2016 | |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Aruba | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.6% | 2016 | |
| 95 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.5% | 2018 | |
| 96 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.5% | 2016 | |
| 98 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 1.6% | 2019 | |
| 105 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 1.4% | 2021 | |
| 107 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| 110 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 1.0% | 2017 | |
| 112 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Canada | North America | 0.1% | 2017 | |
| 115 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 116 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | -0.9% | 2025 | |
| 118 | United States | North America | -1.3% | 2021 | |
| 119 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | -1.3% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | -1.5% | 2021 | |
| 121 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | -1.5% | 2024 | |
| 122 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | -1.6% | 2023 | |
| 123 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | -1.8% | 2022 | |
| 124 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | -3.0% | 2025 | |
| 125 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | -3.1% | 2021 | |
| 126 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | -3.5% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | -3.9% | 2020 | |
| 128 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | -4.9% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | -5.2% | 2021 | |
| 130 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | -5.9% | 2021 | |
| 131 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | -7.0% | 2024 | |
| 132 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | -8.1% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | -15.9% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | -20.1% | 2025 | |
| 135 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | -55.0% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | -89.5% | 2017 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Real interest rate (%)