Costa Rica - Real interest rate

Real interest rate (%)

The value for Real interest rate (%) in Costa Rica was 6.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.73 in 1993 and a minimum value of -32.13 in 1982.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1982 -32.13
1983 -4.41
1984 1.12
1985 0.31
1986 3.18
1987 12.42
1988 8.29
1989 12.08
1990 11.82
1991 -15.72
1992 7.29
1993 17.73
1994 15.00
1995 12.75
1996 9.73
1997 6.80
1998 9.41
1999 13.25
2000 14.17
2001 12.86
2002 15.15
2003 13.50
2004 8.89
2005 10.30
2006 8.15
2007 2.06
2008 3.95
2009 9.14
2010 9.81
2011 11.05
2012 12.87
2013 10.13
2014 8.19
2015 9.89
2016 9.49
2017 8.27
2018 8.74
2019 6.43
2020 6.42

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Interest rates