All💹 Real interest rate
An interest rate is the amount charged, expressed as a percentage of the principal over a period of time, by the owners of certain kinds of financial assets for putting the financial assets at the disposal of another institutional unit.
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🇲🇬Madagascar
47.6%
2
🇧🇷Brazil
37.5%
3
🇲🇿Mozambique
18.7%
4
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
18.3%
5
🇬🇾Guyana
17.6%
6
🇹🇱Timor-Leste
15.8%
7
🇨🇩DR Congo
15.1%
8
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
14.7%
9
🇬🇲Gambia
13.1%
10
🇬🇪Georgia
10.8%
11
🇧🇳Brunei
10.7%
12
🇰🇼Kuwait
10.5%
13
🇦🇲Armenia
9.9%
14
🇭🇳Honduras
9.8%
15
🇬🇹Guatemala
9.2%
16
🇨🇴Colombia
8.4%
17
🇧🇹Bhutan
8.3%
18
🇶🇦Qatar
8.2%
19
🇱🇷Liberia
8.1%
20
🇲🇻Maldives
8.1%
21
🇿🇦South Africa
7.7%
22
🇨🇷Costa Rica
7.5%
23
🇧🇿Belize
7.3%
24
🇩🇿Algeria
7.2%
25
🇸🇨Seychelles
7.1%
26
🇯🇲Jamaica
7.0%
27
🇬🇩Grenada
6.2%
28
🇻🇺Vanuatu
6.1%
29
🇮🇩Indonesia
6.0%
30
🇹🇭Thailand
5.9%
31
🇨🇻Cape Verde
5.9%
32
🇯🇴Jordan
5.8%
33
🇺🇾Uruguay
5.5%
34
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
5.4%
35
🇲🇾Malaysia
5.3%
36
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
5.2%
37
🇦🇷Argentina
5.0%
38
🇲🇴Macau
5.0%
39
🇲🇺Mauritius
4.9%
40
🇺🇦Ukraine
4.6%
41
🇹🇴Tonga
4.5%
42
🇳🇴Norway
4.4%
43
🇭🇰Hong Kong
4.1%
44
🇳🇬Nigeria
4.0%
45
🇲🇽Mexico
4.0%
46
🇮🇸Iceland
3.9%
47
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
3.7%
48
🇩🇲Dominica
3.7%
49
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
3.6%
50
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
3.3%
Highlights
As of 2025, Madagascar ranks first with 47.6%, followed by Brazil (37.5%) and Mozambique (18.7%).
Across 73 countries and territories, values run from 47.6% (Madagascar) to -55.0% (South Sudan), with a median of 5.0%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Africa, 3 from Asia and 2 from the Americas.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Real interest rate (%), 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Real interest rate (%) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026