Oman vs Zambia: Real interest rate

Oman

-5.9%

in 2021

Zambia

-3.9%

in 2020

Oman rank

140th

Zambia rank

137th

Real interest rate over time

Oman
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports -3.9% against -5.9% in Oman, a difference of 2.0%.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Oman ahead.

Globally, Oman ranks 140th and Zambia ranks 137th 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.