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Australia: Real interest rate

1.57percent · 2019+60.1% since 2009

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. Annual figures for Australia from 1961 to 2019.

19802019

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20191.57
20183.353
20171.543
20166.136
20156.242
20144.47
20136.319
20125.086
20111.449
20106.044
20090.98
20084.151
20073.059
20062.379
20053.307
20043.699
20033.52
20023.425
20012.103
20005.034
19996.056
19985.482
19975.823
19966.831
19958.022
19947.981
19938.476
19928.971
199110.086
19909.662
19896.619
19886.445
19877.522
19867.933
19857.388
19843.372
19832.05
19821.42
19812.107
1980-0.034
19790.451
19781.05
1977-1.385
1976-3.6
1975-5.34
1974-6.013
1973-1.501
19720.781
19711.963
19701.687
19691.074
19683.255
19670.49
19662.618
19652.262
19641.735
19633.276
19625.579
19612.208

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Real interest rate. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-real-interest-rate (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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