Argentina vs Lesotho: Real interest rate

Argentina
5.0%
in 2025
Lesotho
4.9%
in 2024
Argentina rank
69th
Lesotho rank
71st

Real interest rate over time

  • Argentina
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 5.0% against 4.9% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Lesotho ahead.

Globally, Argentina ranks 69th and Lesotho ranks 71st of 148 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Real interest rate (%)
Unit
%
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
148 places, 4,763 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

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. The 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. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.