Real interest rate reached 1,158 % in 2008 in Zimbabwe, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 15818 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, real interest rate in Zimbabwe reached an all time high of 1,158 % in 2008 and an all time low of 0.338 % in 2013. When compared to Zimbabwe's main peers, real interest rate in Botswana amounted to 11.3 %, 9.56 % in Mozambique, 5.78 % in South Africa and 7.61 % in Zambia in 2008.
Zimbabwe has been ranked 1st within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of real interest rate.
The net foreign assets of a country are the value of the assets that country owns abroad, minus the value of the domestic assets owned by foreigners.
| Real Interest Rate | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Angola | % | -9.88% | 8.76% | 12.6% | 12.4% | 21.1% | ||||
| Botswana | % | -2.60% | 10.8% | 7.70% | -2.59% | 6.08% | ||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 26.3% | 21.2% | 16.1% | 17.5% | 20.8% | ||||
| Lesotho | % | 0.825% | 7.45% | 0.937% | -2.20% | 0.667% | ||||
| Malawi | % | 8.48% | 12.5% | 14.7% | 19.4% | 19.8% | ||||
| Mozambique | % | 15.3% | 10.4% | 11.0% | 11.9% | 10.0% | ||||
| Namibia | % | 4.74% | -3.75% | -0.466% | 2.30% | 7.23% | ||||
| South Africa | % | 2.32% | 3.29% | 2.21% | 3.39% | 4.09% | ||||
| Swaziland | % | 3.47% | 0.649% | 3.85% | 2.63% | 1.38% | ||||
| Tanzania | % | 2.46% | 4.59% | 5.65% | 9.65% | 7.91% | ||||
| Zambia | % | 6.95% | 4.82% | -0.188% | 5.82% | 6.18% | ||||
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | 7.28% | 0.338% | 9.74% | 7.89% |
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