COUNTRY / INDICATOR
New Zealand Real Interest Rate
New Zealand real interest rate: latest available value for 2017, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
FR.INR.RINR| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1,07 | -1,45 |
| 2016 | 2,52 | — |
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 seriesNew Zealand recorded 1,07 percent in 2017, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2016, the real interest rate decreased by 1,45.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 2 observations from 2016 to 2017, the average was 1,80; the minimum was 1,07 in 2017 and the maximum was 2,52 in 2016.
New Zealand ranks 107 out of 135 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for East Asia & Pacific.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Inflation-adjusted financing conditions.