8-year spot rate on government bonds (percentage points; nominal; interpolated; AAA rating) - Euro area - ECB - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Euro-area government bond yield curves (ECB)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to ECB's statistics calculated on AAA securities, the spot interest rate on 8-year euro-area government bonds stood at 2.59 percent on 30 September 2025, compared to 2.60 on the previous day.
Sample. There are 5,386 data points overall in the daily series shown in the figure above. The time span covered by the series stretches from September 2004 to September 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: the interest rate had a mean of 1.78 percent; it hit a maximum of 4.75 on 16 June 2008; it recorded a bottom of -0.90 on 9 March 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | 2.6296 |
| 2025-09-29 | 2.5998 |
| 2025-09-30 | 2.5934 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 8-year rate ECB spot yield curve (AAA bonds) |
| Country | Euro area |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Constant-maturity nominal spot rate on government bonds |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | European Central Bank |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Free use subject to conditions |
| Measure type | Interpolated level |