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 stood at 3.85 per cent in July 2026, compared to 3.68 in June.
Sample. There are 799 records overall in the monthly time series presented in the chart above. The time period covered by the series goes from January 1960 to July 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the interest rate had a mean of 6.37 per cent; it hit a minimum of -0.34 in August 2019; it recorded a maximum of 17.32 in June 1981.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 3.74 |
| 2026-06-30 | 3.68 |
| 2026-07-31 | 3.85 |
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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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