Real Interest Rate by Country

%The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

As of 2025-12-31, Iraq has the highest Real Interest Rate at 57.63%, while Venezuela, RB has the lowest at -89.47%. Median across 148 economies is 4.73%. Source: The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Last updated 2025-12-31

Countries

148

Highest

Iraq57.63%

Lowest

Venezuela, RB-89.47%

Median

4.73%

Average

4.36%

Ranked by latest value

highest to lowest · 148 countries

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#	Country	Last	Change	Date
1	Iraq	57.63%	39.34%	2015-12-31
2	Madagascar	47.63%	1.3%	2025-12-31
3	Brazil	37.46%	2.73%	2025-12-31
4	Tajikistan	19.19%	4.91%	2019-12-31
5	Mozambique	18.75%	4.41%	2025-12-31
6	Sierra Leone	18.27%	9.1%	2025-12-31
7	Guyana	17.56%	10.63%	2025-12-31
8	Liberia	16.29%	10.11%	2017-12-31
9	Timor-Leste	15.85%	3.76%	2025-12-31
10	Bahrain	15.25%	7.84%	2015-12-31
11	Mauritania	15.18%	9.97%	2017-12-31
12	Uganda	14.75%	1.14%	2018-12-31
13	Azerbaijan	14.68%	1.55%	2025-12-31
14	Gambia, The	13.08%	2.24%	2025-12-31
15	Kenya	13.02%	5.26%	2024-12-31
16	Kyrgyz Republic	12.58%	13.21%	2024-12-31
17	Lao PDR	12.29%	16.26%	2010-12-31
18	Afghanistan	12.14%	5.44%	2017-12-31
19	Yemen, Rep.	11.79%	5.78%	2013-12-31
20	Guinea	10.93%	1.37%	2001-12-31
21	Brunei Darussalam	10.75%	2.16%	2025-12-31
22	Georgia	10.66%	1.04%	2025-12-31
23	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	10.57%	8.19%	2021-12-31
24	Dominican Republic	10.53%	2.36%	2024-12-31
25	Kuwait	10.52%	3.79%	2025-12-31
26	Malawi	9.96%	6.47%	2024-12-31
27	Armenia	9.86%	1.73%	2025-12-31
28	Honduras	9.78%	1.01%	2025-12-31
29	Tanzania	9.64%	4.73%	2020-12-31
30	Eswatini	9.45%	4.95%	2024-12-31
31	Guatemala	9.16%	0.7506%	2025-12-31
32	Myanmar	9.01%	1.03%	2020-12-31
33	Croatia	8.44%	0.0064%	2014-12-31
34	Colombia	8.43%	0.9866%	2025-12-31
35	Bhutan	8.34%	2.73%	2025-12-31
36	Barbados	8.22%	2.21%	2022-12-31
37	Qatar	8.16%	0.3454%	2025-12-31
38	Maldives	8.07%	0.1539%	2025-12-31
39	Uzbekistan	7.95%	0.7161%	2024-12-31
40	Peru	7.74%	6.89%	2022-12-31
41	South Africa	7.68%	0.266%	2025-12-31
42	Trinidad and Tobago	7.64%	15.93%	2024-12-31
43	Costa Rica	7.45%	0.6867%	2025-12-31
44	Belize	7.34%	0.4244%	2025-12-31
45	Rwanda	7.28%	3.39%	2024-12-31
46	Algeria	7.16%	2.69%	2025-12-31
47	Sri Lanka	7.1%	0.139%	2019-12-31
48	Libya	7.08%	1.17%	2014-12-31
49	Seychelles	7.07%	0.382%	2025-12-31
50	Viet Nam	7.01%	3.59%	2023-12-31
51	Jamaica	7%	0.1993%	2025-12-31
52	Cote d'Ivoire	6.55%	6.19%	2016-12-31
53	Namibia	6.38%	3.38%	2024-12-31
54	Philippines	6.35%	4.06%	2019-12-31
55	Lebanon	6.17%	2.78%	2019-12-31
56	Grenada	6.16%	2.09%	2025-12-31
57	Burkina Faso	6.13%	6.06%	2021-12-31
58	Vanuatu	6.13%	2.98%	2025-12-31
59	Indonesia	5.99%	1.85%	2025-12-31
60	Cabo Verde	5.9%	0.4109%	2025-12-31
61	Russian Federation	5.82%	1.17%	2024-12-31
62	Solomon Islands	5.8%	6.37%	2021-12-31
63	Jordan	5.75%	0.7637%	2025-12-31
64	India	5.56%	5.24%	2022-12-31
65	Uruguay	5.49%	0.0016%	2025-12-31
66	Malaysia	5.3%	0.841%	2025-12-31
67	China	5.15%	0.2719%	2024-12-31
68	Kosovo	5.08%	1.29%	2018-12-31
69	Argentina	4.98%	52.41%	2025-12-31
70	Macao SAR, China	4.97%	0.841%	2025-12-31
71	Lesotho	4.92%	5.81%	2024-12-31
72	Mauritius	4.89%	0.5693%	2025-12-31
73	Papua New Guinea	4.86%	8.44%	2024-12-31
74	Thailand	4.85%	1.24%	2025-12-31
75	Panama	4.61%	0.834%	2022-12-31
76	Ukraine	4.57%	2.24%	2025-12-31
77	Benin	4.56%	1%	2021-12-31
78	Tonga	4.47%	4.93%	2025-12-31
79	Norway	4.4%	1.71%	2025-12-31
80	Senegal	4.3%	0.2571%	2016-12-31
81	Botswana	4.24%	0.6582%	2024-12-31
82	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.11%	2.59%	2025-12-31
83	Albania	4%	3.41%	2024-12-31
84	Mexico	3.97%	3.24%	2025-12-31
85	Bahamas, The	3.95%	6.19%	2024-12-31
86	Iceland	3.87%	2.17%	2025-12-31
87	Togo	3.78%	0.8943%	2016-12-31
88	Paraguay	3.76%	7.33%	2021-12-31
89	St. Kitts and Nevis	3.74%	3.3%	2025-12-31
90	Dominica	3.73%	0.3655%	2025-12-31
91	Mali	3.64%	1.37%	2016-12-31
92	St. Lucia	3.6%	0.7502%	2025-12-31
93	Iran, Islamic Rep.	3.45%	10.54%	2016-12-31
94	Antigua and Barbuda	3.31%	0.4556%	2025-12-31
95	Aruba	2.88%	0.9561%	2023-12-31
96	Nigeria	2.87%	1.1%	2023-12-31
97	Niger	2.58%	0.2575%	2016-12-31
98	Chile	2.55%	2.81%	2018-12-31
99	Guinea-Bissau	2.51%	10.69%	2016-12-31
100	Malta	2.4%	0.0923%	2013-12-31
101	Moldova	2.28%	0.0546%	2025-12-31
102	Montenegro	2.2%	0.5133%	2025-12-31
103	Samoa	2.09%	2.08%	2025-12-31
104	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2.05%	1.22%	2025-12-31
105	Italy	2.04%	1.18%	2025-12-31
106	Switzerland	1.99%	0.0787%	2024-12-31
107	Bangladesh	1.97%	0.808%	2025-12-31
108	Sweden	1.9%	0.8476%	2006-12-31
109	Hungary	1.64%	0.1998%	2025-12-31
110	Australia	1.57%	1.78%	2019-12-31
111	Nicaragua	1.44%	2.2%	2025-12-31
112	Mongolia	1.39%	11.36%	2021-12-31
113	Suriname	1.33%	0.4257%	2025-12-31
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.17%	1.04%	2025-12-31
115	Czechia	1.12%	0.3355%	2025-12-31
116	New Zealand	1.07%	1.45%	2017-12-31
117	Korea, Rep.	1.03%	0.3995%	2025-12-31
118	Japan	0.9721%	0.5152%	2017-12-31
119	North Macedonia	0.7529%	1.35%	2025-12-31
120	Netherlands	0.351%	0.059%	2013-12-31
121	Romania	0.2937%	1.04%	2025-12-31
122	Sao Tome and Principe	0.146%	4.94%	2024-12-31
123	Canada	0.1256%	1.84%	2017-12-31
124	Comoros	0.0493%	7.44%	2022-12-31
125	Belarus	0.0262%	1.97%	2025-12-31
126	Serbia	-0.1824%	1.26%	2010-12-31
127	Angola	-0.9317%	5.7%	2025-12-31
128	United Kingdom	-1.08%	0.5433%	2014-12-31
129	United States	-1.26%	3.43%	2021-12-31
130	Pakistan	-1.45%	2.19%	2021-12-31
131	Fiji	-1.45%	3.61%	2024-12-31
132	San Marino	-1.6%	2.61%	2023-12-31
133	Israel	-1.81%	2.61%	2022-12-31
134	Bulgaria	-2.96%	0.469%	2025-12-31
135	West Bank and Gaza	-3.12%	6.34%	2021-12-31
136	Congo, Dem. Rep.	-3.53%	16.89%	2021-12-31
137	Zambia	-3.89%	6.36%	2020-12-31
138	Burundi	-4.95%	0.7328%	2025-12-31
139	Singapore	-5.21%	12.82%	2021-12-31
140	Oman	-5.92%	24.14%	2021-12-31
141	Egypt, Arab Rep.	-7.03%	1.39%	2024-12-31
142	Bolivia	-8.11%	10.71%	2025-12-31
143	Haiti	-15.91%	9.39%	2025-12-31
144	Ethiopia	-17.12%	8.83%	2008-12-31
145	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-18.46%	12.52%	1988-12-31
146	Zimbabwe	-20.07%	65.82%	2025-12-31
147	South Sudan	-55%	17.28%	2025-12-31
148	Venezuela, RB	-89.47%	19.03%	2017-12-31