Long-term interest rate (per cent) - Australia - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Australia, the long-term interest rate was 4.83 per cent in June 2026, versus 4.98 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 684 observations in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time range stretching from July 1969 to June 2026.
History. Have a look at a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: the interest rate had an average value of 7.31 per cent; it recorded a bottom of 0.80 in October 2020; it achieved a maximum of 16.50 in August 1982.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 4.969 |
| 2026-05-31 | 4.982 |
| 2026-06-30 | 4.831 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | Australia |
| 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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