South Korea vs North Macedonia: Real interest rate

South Korea
1.0%
in 2025
North Macedonia
0.8%
in 2025
South Korea rank
117th
North Macedonia rank
119th

Real interest rate over time

  • South Korea
  • North Macedonia
-50510199620102025

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1.0% against 0.8% in North Macedonia, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.4 times North Macedonia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2005 it was North Macedonia ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 117th and North Macedonia ranks 119th 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.