South Korea Real Interest Rate
South Korea real interest rate data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 1.03%.
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
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South Korea · real interest rate data as percent of GDP.
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Korea recorded 1.03% for Real Interest Rate in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.40 percentage points, from 0.63% to 1.03%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (1.80%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was -0.29% in 2021 and the high was 4.10% in 2019.