Real interest rate (%) - Interest rates - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators

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Real interest rate is the lending interest rate adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP deflator.

Rank	Country	Value
Real interest rate (%) - Interest rates - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Brazil	39.08
2	Madagascar	32.47
3	Gambia	20.97
4	Peru	20.86
5	Paraguay	17.43
6	Malawi	14.99
7	Laos	14.59
8	Uganda	13.31
9	Chile	13
10	Mauritius	12.95
11	Sierra Leone	11.96
12	Belize	11.30
13	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.81
14	Moldova	10.34
15	Albania	10.31
16	Georgia	10.21
17	Mozambique	9.83
18	Afghanistan	9.62
19	Samoa	9.60
20	Dominican Republic	9.24
21	Micronesia	9.17
22	Guyana	8.82
23	Dominica	8.56
24	New Zealand	8.31
25	Djibouti	8.21
26	Colombia	8.17
27	Armenia	7.97
28	Zambia	7.50
29	Antigua and Barbuda	7.38
30	Honduras	7.38
31	Tonga	7.29
32	Sao Tome and Principe	7.03
33	Bangladesh	6.97
34	India	6.68
35	St. Lucia	6.64
36	Grenada	6.54
37	Hungary	6.09
38	Lesotho	6.01
39	Tanzania	5.59
40	Trinidad and Tobago	5.14
41	Guatemala	4.54
42	Israel	4.35
43	Czech Republic	4.34
44	North Korea	4.32
45	South Korea	4.32
46	Australia	4.31
47	Swaziland	4.27
48	Singapore	4.19
49	Nigeria	4.07
50	Italy	3.89
51	South Africa	3.86
52	Macau	3.79
53	Liberia	3.60
54	Hong Kong	3.54
55	Croatia	3.47
56	Uruguay	3.38
57	Costa Rica	3.29
58	Cape Verde	3.25
59	Bolivia	3.16
60	Thailand	3.08
61	Romania	3.06
62	United States	2.87
63	Japan	2.84
64	Fiji	2.78
65	Slovenia	2.54
66	Macedonia	2.35
67	United Kingdom	2.27
68	Sri Lanka	2.21
69	Timor-Leste	2.20
70	Lebanon	2.12
71	Mexico	2.11
72	Netherlands	1.87
73	Estonia	1.76
74	Comoros	1.42
75	Switzerland	1.12
76	Philippines	1.12
77	Kenya	0.82
78	Canada	0.80
79	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.50
80	Serbia	0.47
81	Egypt	0.44
82	Argentina	0.34
83	Solomon Islands	0.09
84	Namibia	0.04
85	Panama	-0.33
86	Botswana	-0.39
87	Bulgaria	-0.45
88	Yemen	-0.47
89	Maldives	-0.50
90	Montenegro	-0.70
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.72
92	Rwanda	-0.77
93	Azerbaijan	-0.98
94	Kyrgyzstan	-1.09
95	Mongolia	-1.51
96	Lithuania	-1.70
97	China	-1.77
98	Papua New Guinea	-2.05
99	Norway	-2.09
100	Vanuatu	-2.35
101	Algeria	-2.51
102	Haiti	-2.83
103	Pakistan	-2.86
104	Latvia	-2.89
105	Nicaragua	-3.11
106	Tajikistan	-3.13
107	Jamaica	-3.59
108	Malaysia	-3.81
109	Indonesia	-3.95
110	Vietnam	-4.85
111	Suriname	-5.74
112	Jordan	-5.80
113	Russia	-5.83
114	Burundi	-6.41
115	Venezuela	-6.77
116	Ukraine	-8.99
117	Angola	-9.16
118	Belarus	-9.92
119	Seychelles	-10.80
120	Libya	-15.45
121	Ethiopia	-15.89

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