Long-term interest rate (per cent) - United Kingdom - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the long-term interest rate stood at 4.99 per cent in August 2026, compared to 4.93 in July.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the figure, there are 800 records in total. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 1960 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate recorded a minimum of 0.21 per cent in July 2020; it reached a maximum of 16.34 in October 1981; it had a mean value of 6.91.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 4.796 |
| 2026-07-31 | 4.9318 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.9886 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| 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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