Benin vs Panama: Real interest rate

Benin

4.6%

in 2021

Panama

4.6%

in 2022

Benin rank

77th

Panama rank

75th

Real interest rate over time

Benin
Panama

How they compare

Panama currently reports 4.6% against 4.6% in Benin, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Panama ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 77th and Panama ranks 75th 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: 06 August 2026

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.