China vs Malaysia: Real interest rate

China
5.2%
in 2024
Malaysia
5.3%
in 2025
China rank
67th
Malaysia rank
66th

Real interest rate over time

  • China
  • Malaysia
-1001020196919972025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 5.3% against 5.2% in China, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 21 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, China ranks 67th and Malaysia ranks 66th 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.