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Sierra Leone: Real interest rate

18.27percent · 2025+25.2% 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 Sierra Leone from 1965 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202518.272
20249.171
2023-7.443
2022-6.021
202110.604
20204.12
20197.325
2018-0.051
20177.59
201611.376
201514.59
20142.901
201313.461
20126.038
20114.905
20101.785
200914.881
200812.93
200715.597
2006-1.616
20056.832
20048.205
20036.009
200227.17
2001-53.642
200022.239
19998.225
19980.047
199721.139
19961.962
1995-3.566
19941.816
199318.718
1992-10.543
1991-31.697
1990-10.605
1989-19.707
1988-22.088
1987-51.617
1986-34.35
1985-30.724
1984-15.574
1983-1.833
1982-2.955
19815.797
198018.096
1979-0.48
1978-10.376
1977-7.304
19760.661
1975-0.339
1974-5.397
1973-12.356
19721.935
197116.041
197010.364
1969-5.4
19681.25
196714.711
19665.126
19652.664

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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