Long-term interest rate (per cent) - France - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In France, the long-term interest rate was 4.44 per cent in September 2026, versus 4.00 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 801 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 1960 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: the interest rate recorded a maximum of 17.32 per cent in June 1981; it reached a trough of -0.34 per cent in August 2019; it averaged 6.37 per cent.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 3.85000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 4.44000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | France |
| 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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