Long-term interest rate (per cent) - Australia - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Australia, the long-term interest rate was 5.28 per cent in September 2026, compared to 5.01 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 687 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time range extending from July 1969 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate recorded a maximum of 16.50 per cent in August 1982; it reached its lowest level of 0.80 per cent in October 2020; it had a mean of 7.30 per cent.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 4.91900 |
| 2026-08-31 | 5.01500 |
| 2026-09-30 | 5.28300 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | Australia |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Annual interest rate |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | OECD |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Redistributable with citation |
| Other information | Long-term interest rates generally refer to government bonds maturing in ten years. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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