Real interest rate in Belize
Belize: Real interest rate was 7.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Real interest rate in Belize, 1982–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Belize recorded 7.3% for real interest rate in 2025.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real interest rate in Belize peaked at 20.1% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2022.
Belize ranks 44th of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.7% | 5.5% | 20.1% | 8 |
| 1990s | 13.9% | 9.9% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 10.1% | 19.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.3% | 6.2% | 11.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 1.2% | 9.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 41 South Africa 7.7% compare
- 42 Trinidad and Tobago 7.6% compare
- 43 Costa Rica 7.5% compare
- 45 Rwanda 7.3% compare
- 46 Algeria 7.2% compare
- 47 Sri Lanka 7.1% compare
More financial sector data for Belize
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 42.9% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 3.49 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 4.15 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 1.64 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 43.1% (2025)
- Broad money 77.5% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 16.7% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 43.1% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 2 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 360 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real interest rate in Belize?
- Real interest rate in Belize was 7.3% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real interest rate recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 1982.
- What is the lowest real interest rate recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2022.
- How does Belize rank for real interest rate?
- Belize ranks 44th out of 148 countries with data for 2025.
- Is real interest rate rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Real interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.