diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedHelper.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedHelper.js
index 2dd197617641be..e96cbd75c16e7e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedHelper.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedHelper.js
@@ -562,10 +562,13 @@ function transformDataType(value: number | string): number | string {
   if (typeof value !== 'string') {
     return value;
   }
-  if (/deg$/.test(value)) {
+
+  // Normalize degrees and radians to a number expressed in radians
+  if (value.endsWith('deg')) {
     const degrees = parseFloat(value) || 0;
-    const radians = (degrees * Math.PI) / 180.0;
-    return radians;
+    return (degrees * Math.PI) / 180.0;
+  } else if (value.endsWith('rad')) {
+    return parseFloat(value) || 0;
   } else {
     return value;
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Interpolation-test.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Interpolation-test.js
index 0e8e342da760ea..9726b919121898 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Interpolation-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Interpolation-test.js
@@ -349,4 +349,20 @@ describe('Interpolation', () => {
     expect(interpolation(1e-12)).toBe('rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)');
     expect(interpolation(2 / 3)).toBe('rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.667)');
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['radians', ['1rad', '2rad'], [1, 2]],
+    ['degrees', ['90deg', '180deg'], [Math.PI / 2, Math.PI]],
+    ['numbers', [1024, Math.PI], [1024, Math.PI]],
+    ['unknown', ['5foo', '10foo'], ['5foo', '10foo']],
+  ])(
+    'should convert %s to numbers in the native config',
+    (_, outputRange, expected) => {
+      const config = new AnimatedInterpolation(
+        {},
+        {inputRange: [0, 1], outputRange},
+      ).__getNativeConfig();
+      expect(config.outputRange).toEqual(expected);
+    },
+  );
 });