Real interest rate in Brazil
Brazil: Real interest rate was 37.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Real interest rate in Brazil, 1997–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 37.5% for real interest rate in 2025.
The figure is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real interest rate in Brazil peaked at 77.6% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2021.
That places Brazil 3rd out of 148 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.0% | 65.4% | 77.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 42.4% | 34.8% | 48.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.1% | 18.5% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.9% | 15.0% | 37.5% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Brazil
- Domestic credit to private sector 75.1% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 17.77 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 8.42 (2025)
- Net foreign assets 1.26 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 75.1% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 55.5% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 75.1% (2025)
- Broad money 118.2% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 5.59 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -217,283 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real interest rate in Brazil?
- Real interest rate in Brazil was 37.5% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real interest rate recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 77.6% in 1998.
- What is the lowest real interest rate recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2021.
- How does Brazil rank for real interest rate?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 148 countries with data for 2025.
- Is real interest rate rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Real interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.