Botswana - Real interest rate

Real interest rate (%)

The value for Real interest rate (%) in Botswana was 0.09 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.78 in 1982 and a minimum value of -12.11 in 1988.

Definition: Real interest rate is the lending interest rate adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP deflator. The terms and conditions attached to lending rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files using World Bank data on the GDP deflator.

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Year Value
1980 -1.56
1981 9.72
1982 19.78
1983 4.26
1984 -2.97
1985 -9.27
1986 -2.68
1987 -2.39
1988 -12.11
1989 -5.26
1990 1.48
1991 6.33
1992 6.90
1993 1.64
1994 4.07
1995 6.78
1996 -1.39
1997 8.53
1998 3.35
1999 0.47
2000 1.15
2001 6.87
2002 14.84
2003 12.73
2004 5.15
2005 0.23
2006 8.36
2007 10.76
2008 11.28
2009 6.85
2010 2.33
2011 -2.60
2012 10.79
2013 7.70
2014 1.11
2015 3.98
2016 -3.93
2017 9.78
2018 6.85
2019 5.92
2020 0.09

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Interest rates