Kenya vs Uganda: Real interest rate

Kenya
13.0%
in 2024
Uganda
14.7%
in 2018
Kenya rank
15th
Uganda rank
12th

Real interest rate over time

  • Kenya
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 14.7% against 13.0% in Kenya, a difference of 1.7%.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 15th and Uganda ranks 12th 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.