Libya vs Sri Lanka: Real interest rate

Libya

7.1%

in 2014

Sri Lanka

7.1%

in 2019

Libya rank

48th

Sri Lanka rank

47th

Real interest rate over time

Libya
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 7.1% against 7.1% in Libya, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, Libya ranks 48th and Sri Lanka ranks 47th 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.