Japan vs Korea: Discount Rate, Percent per annum
Japan
0.3
in 2016
Korea
1
in 2025
Japan rank
69th
Korea rank
67th
Discount Rate, Percent per annum over time
- Japan
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 1 against 0.3 in Japan, a difference of 0.7.
That makes Korea's figure about 3.3 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Korea ahead.
Japan ranks 69th and Korea ranks 67th of 70 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.91 | 23.25 | 17.34 | Korea |
| 1970s | 6 | 14 | 8 | Korea |
| 1980s | 4.55 | 7.64 | 3.09 | Korea |
| 1990s | 1.98 | 5.2 | 3.23 | Korea |
| 2000s | 0.275 | 2.35 | 2.08 | Korea |
| 2010s | 0.3 | 1.04 | 0.7357 | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher discount rate, percent per annum, Japan or Korea?
- Korea, at 1 against 0.3 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in discount rate, percent per annum between Japan and Korea?
- 0.7, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Korea?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2016.
- How do Japan and Korea rank globally for discount rate, percent per annum?
- Japan ranks 69th and Korea ranks 67th of 70 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Discount Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.