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 was 5.24 per cent in September 2026, compared to 4.99 in August.
Sample. There are 801 data points in the monthly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 1960 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: the interest rate reached a maximum of 16.34 per cent in October 1981; it hit a minimum of 0.21 per cent in July 2020; it averaged 6.91 per cent.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 4.93180 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.98860 |
| 2026-09-30 | 5.24210 |
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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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