South Africa Real Interest Rate
South Africa real interest rate data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 7.42%.
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South Africa · real interest rate data as percent of GDP.
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Growth & Output9
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Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
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Interpretation
South Africa recorded 7.42% for Real Interest Rate in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.95 percentage points, from 6.47% to 7.42%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (4.28%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 0.60% in 2021 and the high was 7.42% in 2024.