World Bank · Financial Sector

Uganda: Real interest rate

14.75percent · 2018+11.4% since 2008

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 Uganda from 1983 to 2018.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201814.748
201715.891
201618.233
201516.555
201415.677
201319.015
201221.488
201111.373
201013.761
2009-34.743
200813.243
200710.981
200615.909
200521.766
20044.339
200310.329
200222.996
200117.334
200010.622
199921.687
199811.101
199717.727
199615.034
19959.861
199413.022
1992-4.106
19916.664
1990-3.957
1989-35.019
1988-53.444
1987-52.074
1986-43.808
1985-43.722
1984-2.682
1983-20.404

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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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 2026-11-05.

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