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What are the long-term real interest rates?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	10 years government bond rates adjusted for inflation
Year:	2021
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Deviation from optimum
Source 1:	OECD Economic Outlook, IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, CAN, CHL, CZE, DNK, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Economic Outlook 111 - June 2022, long-term interest rate on government bonds URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted June 11th, 2022 IMF: Dataset: World Economic Outlook, April 2022, Gross domestic product, deflator [NGDP_D] URL: https://www.imf.org/en/Publi… extracted May 25th, 2022
Source 2:	ECB Online Database, IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:	HRV, CYP, EST, MLT, ROU
Annotation:	ECB: Dataset: Long-term interest rate statistics URL: https://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/br… extracted February 22nd, 2022 IMF: Dataset: Dataset: World Economic Outlook, April 2022, Gross domestic product, deflator [NGDP_D] URL: https://www.imf.org/en/Publi… extracted May 25th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	7.645
/	Optimum/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Optimum:	0
Distance:	Distance=(absolute value(optimum- value for calculation)-minimum)/ (maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Real Interest Rates

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South Korea

9.7

-0.25

Italy

9.6

0.33

Portugal

9.6

-0.38

Ireland

9.5

0.44

New Zealand

9.5

-0.42

Mexico

9.4

-0.54

9.4

0.50

France

9.0

-0.81

Upper middle group

Japan

8.8

0.98

Greece

8.6

-1.17

Malta

8.6

-1.19

Israel

8.3

-1.45

Romania

8.2

-1.49

Switzerland

8.1

-1.63

Spain

7.9

-1.78

Austria

7.8

-1.83

Cyprus

7.7

-1.97

Czechia

7.4

-2.21

Iceland

7.3

-2.28

Slovakia

7.2

-2.41

Slovenia

7.2

-2.42

Denmark

7.0

-2.56

Sweden

6.9

-2.61

USA

6.9

-2.61

Croatia

6.8

-2.71

Finland

6.8

-2.74

Netherlands

6.8

-2.68

Chile

6.4

-3.06

Germany

6.0

-3.42

Lower middle group

Hungary

5.6

-3.75

Poland

5.6

-3.72

Australia

5.4

-3.87

Belgium

5.0

-4.23

Estonia

4.0

-5.11

Bulgaria

3.3

-5.68

Lithuania

3.0

-5.94

Bottom group

Canada

2.6

-6.30

Latvia

2.5

-6.35

Luxembourg

2.1

-6.70

Norway

1.0

-13.16

Turkey

1.0

-8.11