Real interest rate in Paraguay
Paraguay: Real interest rate was 3.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Real interest rate in Paraguay, 1994–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 3.8% for real interest rate in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 66.1% on the previous year and down 67.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real interest rate in Paraguay peaked at 37.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2021.
That places Paraguay 88th out of 148 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.2% | 16.3% | 27.8% | 6 |
| 2000s | 21.6% | 14.2% | 37.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 11.7% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 3.8% | 11.1% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Paraguay
- Domestic credit to private sector 55.7% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 197.45 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 5.55 (2024)
- Net foreign assets 55.63 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 55.7% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -4.1% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 55.7% (2025)
- Broad money 52.3% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 7,545 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -12,423 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real interest rate in Paraguay?
- Real interest rate in Paraguay was 3.8% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real interest rate recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 37.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest real interest rate recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2021.
- How does Paraguay rank for real interest rate?
- Paraguay ranks 88th out of 148 countries with data for 2021.
- Is real interest rate rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.