COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Kosovo Real Interest Rate
Kosovo real interest rate: latest available value for 2018, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
FR.INR.RINR| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5,08 | -1,29 |
| 2017 | 6,36 | -0,25 |
| 2016 | 6,62 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: 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.
Source organization: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB)
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesKosovo recorded 5,08 percent in 2018, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2017, the real interest rate decreased by 1,29.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 3 observations from 2016 to 2018, the average was 6,02; the minimum was 5,08 in 2018 and the maximum was 6,62 in 2016.
Kosovo ranks 61 out of 135 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Europe & Central Asia.
It is also below the available average for the Upper middle income group.
Inflation-adjusted financing conditions.