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Malaysia: Real interest rate

5.30percent · 2025+60.2% 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 Malaysia from 1969 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20255.298
20244.457
20237.301
2022-2.247
2021-2.112
20204.801
20194.802
20184.277
20170.799
20162.826
20153.307
20142.069
20134.468
20123.748
2011-0.472
2010-2.113
200911.782
2008-3.903
20071.457
20062.409
2005-2.673
20040.034
20032.906
20023.296
20018.849
2000-1.086
19998.514
19983.351
19976.906
19966.041
19954.918
19944.644
19935.812
19927.565
19915.563
19904.795
19894.245
19885.482
19872.504
198622.957
198514.39
19847.078
19835.537
19829.591
198110.716
19803.046
1979-2.347
1978-0.456
19772.438
1976-2.392
197513.751
1974-1.312
1973-6.799
19728.497
19719.704
19709.759
19694.036

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Real interest rate. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-real-interest-rate (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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