Japan vs South Korea: Real interest rate
Real interest rate over time
- Japan
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 1.0% against 1.0% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1996 it was South Korea ahead.
Globally, Japan ranks 118th and South Korea ranks 117th of 148 countries.
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About this data
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.