Malawi vs Tanzania: Real interest rate

Malawi
10.0%
in 2024
Tanzania
9.6%
in 2020
Malawi rank
26th
Tanzania rank
29th

Real interest rate over time

  • Malawi
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 10.0% against 9.6% in Tanzania, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 26th and Tanzania ranks 29th 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.