Long-term interest rate (per cent) - Japan - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, the long-term interest rate stood at 2.94 per cent in August 2026, compared to 2.79 in July 2026.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 452 records. The time span covered by the series goes from January 1989 to August 2026.
History. Check out a few simple statistics computed on the full sample: the interest rate peaked at 8.03 per cent in September 1990; it reached its lowest level of -0.28 in August 2019; it had a mean value of 1.82.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 2.67 |
| 2026-07-31 | 2.79 |
| 2026-08-31 | 2.94 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | Japan |
| 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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