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Jamaica: Real interest rate

7.00percent · 2025+75.1% since 2015

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 Jamaica from 1976 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20257.002
20246.803
20230.286
2022-1.111
20214.58
20209.189
201910.095
20188.756
20178.464
201612.414
20153.999
20149.62
20138.579
201210.375
201112.962
20109.693
20094.277
20082.888
20075.279
20068.079
20055.286
20044.677
20036.506
20028.634
200111.873
200011.54
199918.789
199819.003
199721.217
199617.634
199514.69
199413.996
1993-5.952
1992-9.512
1991-8.574
19904.303
198911.434
198811.722
198713.196
19860.377
1985-2.811
1984-12.791
19830.007
19827.5
19817.149
1980-2.244
1979-1.662
1978-10.184
19771.217
19762.362

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 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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