Long-term interest rate (per cent) - Euro area - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the Euro area, the long-term interest rate was 3.40 per cent in June 2026, versus 3.49 in May.
Sample. There are 678 records overall in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time range going from January 1970 to June 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: the interest rate recorded a maximum of 15.44 per cent in September 1981; it reached its lowest level of -0.09 in December 2020; it had a mean of 6.43.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 3.463693 |
| 2026-05-31 | 3.490485 |
| 2026-06-30 | 3.40231 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long-term interest rate |
| Country | Euro area |
| 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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