The yield on Greece 10Y Bond Yield rose to 3.38% on December 2, 2025, marking a 0.01 percentage points increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.10 points and is 0.48 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Greece 10-Year Government Bond Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

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The yield on Greece 20 Year Bond Yield eased to 3.72% on November 10, 2025, marking a 0.02 percentage points decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has fallen by 0.03 points, though it remains 0.01 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Greece 20Y.

Key information about Greece Short Term Government Bond Yield

• Greece Short Term Government Bond Yield: Daily: Greece: 3 Years was reported at 2.24 % pa in Nov 2025, compared with 2.24 % pa in the previous day.
• Greece Short Term Government Bond Yield data is updated daily, available from Jan 2008 to Nov 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 97.51 % pa in Feb 2012 and a record low of -0.42 % pa in Aug 2021.
• Short Term Government Bond Yield is reported by CEIC Data.

Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 10 Years data was reported at 5.980 % pa in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.360 % pa for 2016. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 10 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 5.980 % pa from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2017, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.500 % pa in 2012 and a record low of 3.590 % pa in 2005. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 10 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Greece. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greece – Table GR.M006: Government Bonds Yield: Average.

The yield on Greece 10Y Bond Yield rose to 3.39% on December 2, 2025, marking a 0.01 percentage points increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.10 points and is 0.49 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Greece 10-Year Government Bond Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 3 Years data was reported at 2.690 % pa in Dec 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.980 % pa for Nov 2017. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 3 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 4.355 % pa from Mar 1999 (Median) to Dec 2017, with 198 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.650 % pa in Feb 2012 and a record low of 2.080 % pa in Jul 2014. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 3 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Greece. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greece – Table GR.M006: Government Bonds Yield: Average.

Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 30 Years data was reported at 6.500 % pa in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.770 % pa for 2016. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 30 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 7.080 % pa from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.840 % pa in 2012 and a record low of 4.140 % pa in 2005. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 30 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Greece. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greece – Table GR.M006: Government Bonds Yield: Average.

The yield on Greece 3 Month Bond Yield rose to 2.58% on December 2, 2025, marking a 0.02 percentage points increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.45 points, though it remains 0.76 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Greece 13 Weeks Bill Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 15 Years data was reported at 4.950 % pa in Nov 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.860 % pa for Oct 2018. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 15 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 5.910 % pa from Mar 1999 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 236 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25.360 % pa in Jun 2012 and a record low of 3.520 % pa in Sep 2005. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 15 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Greece. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greece – Table GR.M006: Government Bonds Yield: Average.

Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 20 Years data was reported at 6.720 % pa in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.200 % pa for 2016. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 20 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 6.350 % pa from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.040 % pa in 2012 and a record low of 3.920 % pa in 2005. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 20 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Greece. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greece – Table GR.M006: Government Bonds Yield: Average. The Bank of Greece discontinued 20-year maturity bonds in April 2007 and reinstated them in April 2012.

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The yield on Greece 1 Month Bond Yield eased to 2.41% on December 2, 2025, marking a 0.48 percentage points decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.01 points, though it remains 1.85 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Greece 1M.

Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 7 Years data was reported at 4.030 % pa in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.760 % pa for Sep 2018. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 7 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 4.660 % pa from May 1999 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 182 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 44.050 % pa in Feb 2012 and a record low of 0.520 % pa in Dec 2017. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 7 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Greece. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greece – Table GR.M006: Government Bonds Yield: Average. The Bank of Greece discontinued 7-year maturity Government Bonds in March 2012 and reinstated them in July 2016.

The yield on Greece 6 Month Bond Yield eased to 2.22% on November 28, 2025, marking a 0.34 percentage points decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has fallen by 0.10 points and is 0.46 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Greece 26 Weeks Bill Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on November of 2025.

Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 15 Years data was reported at 6.620 % pa in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.350 % pa for 2016. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 15 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 6.260 % pa from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2017, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.230 % pa in 2012 and a record low of 3.800 % pa in 2005. Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: Annual: 15 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Greece. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Greece – Table GR.M006: Government Bonds Yield: Average.

As of July 22, 2025, the yield for a ten-year U.S. government bond was 4.38 percent, while the yield for a two-year bond was 3.88 percent. This represents an inverted yield curve, whereby bonds of longer maturities provide a lower yield, reflecting investors' expectations for a decline in long-term interest rates. Hence, making long-term debt holders open to more risk under the uncertainty around the condition of financial markets in the future. That markets are uncertain can be seen by considering both the short-term fluctuations, and the long-term downward trend, of the yields of U.S. government bonds from 2006 to 2021, before the treasury yield curve increased again significantly in the following years. What are government bonds? Government bonds, otherwise called ‘sovereign’ or ‘treasury’ bonds, are financial instruments used by governments to raise money for government spending. Investors give the government a certain amount of money (the ‘face value’), to be repaid at a specified time in the future (the ‘maturity date’). In addition, the government makes regular periodic interest payments (called ‘coupon payments’). Once initially issued, government bonds are tradable on financial markets, meaning their value can fluctuate over time (even though the underlying face value and coupon payments remain the same). Investors are attracted to government bonds as, provided the country in question has a stable economy and political system, they are a very safe investment. Accordingly, in periods of economic turmoil, investors may be willing to accept a negative overall return in order to have a safe haven for their money. For example, once the market value is compared to the total received from remaining interest payments and the face value, investors have been willing to accept a negative return on two-year German government bonds between 2014 and 2021. Conversely, if the underlying economy and political structures are weak, investors demand a higher return to compensate for the higher risk they take on. Consequently, the return on bonds in emerging markets like Brazil are consistently higher than that of the United States (and other developed economies). Inverted yield curves When investors are worried about the financial future, it can lead to what is called an ‘inverted yield curve’. An inverted yield curve is where investors pay more for short term bonds than long term, indicating they do not have confidence in long-term financial conditions. Historically, the yield curve has historically inverted before each of the last five U.S. recessions. The last U.S. yield curve inversion occurred at several brief points in 2019 – a trend which continued until the Federal Reserve cut interest rates several times over that year. However, the ultimate trigger for the next recession was the unpredicted, exogenous shock of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, showing how such informal indicators may be grounded just as much in coincidence as causation.

Key information about Greece Long Term Interest Rate

• Greece Government Bond Yield: Average: 10 Years was reported at 3.30 % pa in Oct 2025, compared with 3.39 % pa in the previous month.
• Greece Long Term Interest Rate data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1993 to Oct 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 29.24 % pa in Feb 2012 and a record low of 0.59 % pa in Aug 2021.
• Long Term Interest Rate is reported by reported by European Central Bank.

• In the latest reports, Greece Short Term Interest Rate: Month End: EURIBOR: 3 Months was reported at -0.57 % pa in Nov 2021.
• The cash rate (Policy Rate: Month End: Main Refinancing Operations) was set at 2.15 % pa in Nov 2025.
• Greece Exchange Rate against USD averaged 0.86 (USD/EUR) in Oct 2025.

The long-term interest rate on government debt is a key indicator of the economic health of a country. The rate reflects financial market actors' perceptions of the creditworthiness of the government and the health of the domestic economy, with a strong and robust economic outlook allowing governments to borrow for essential investments in their economies, thereby boosting long-term growth.

The Euro and converging interest rates in the early 2000s

In the case of many Eurozone countries, the early 2000s were a time where this virtuous cycle of economic growth reduced the interest rates they paid on government debt to less than 5 percent, a dramatic change from the pre-Euro era of the 1990s. With the outbreak of the Global Financial Crisis and the subsequent deep recession, however, the economies of Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland were seen to be much weaker than previously assumed by lenders. Interest rates on their debt gradually began to rise during the crisis, before rapidly increasing beginning in 2010, as first Greece and then Ireland and Portugal lost the faith of financial markets.

The Eurozone crisis

This market adjustment was initially triggered due to revelations by the Greek government that the country's budget deficit was much larger than had been previously expected, with investors seeing the country as an unreliable debtor. The crisis, which became known as the Eurozone crisis, spread to Ireland and then Portugal, as lenders cut-off lending to highly indebted Eurozone members with weak fundamentals. During this period there was also intense speculation that due to unsustainable debt loads, some countries would have to leave the Euro currency area, further increasing the interest on their debt. Interest rates on their debt began to come back down after ECB Chief Mario Draghi signaled to markets that the central bank would intervene to keep the states within the currency area in his famous "whatever it takes" speech in Summer 2012.

The return of higher interest rates in the post-COVID era

Since this period of extremely high interest rates on government debt for these member states, the interest they are charged for borrowing has shrunk considerably, as the financial markets were flooded with "cheap money" due to the policy measures of central banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis, such as near-zero policy rates and quantitative easing. As interest rates have risen to combat inflation since 2022, so have the interest rates on government debt in the Eurozone also risen, however, these rises are modest compared to during the Eurozone crisis.

This statistic shows the national debt of Greece from 2020 to 2023, with projections until 2030. In 2023, the national debt in Greece was around 420.4 billion U.S. dollars. In a ranking of debt to GDP per country, Greece is currently ranked third. Greece's struggle after the financial crisis Greece is a developed country in the EU and is highly dependent on its service sector as well as its tourism sector in order to gain profits. After going through a large economic boom from the 1950s to the 1970s as well as somewhat high GDP growth in the early to mid 2000s, Greece’s economy took a turn for the worse and struggled intensively, primarily due to the Great Recession, the Euro crisis as well as its own debt crisis. National debt within the country saw significant gains over the past decades, however roughly came to a halt due to financial rescue packages issued from the European Union in order to help Greece maintain and improve their economical situation. The nation’s continuous rise in debt has overwhelmed its estimated GDP over the years, which can be attributed to poor government execution and unnecessary spending. Large sums of financial aid were taken from major European banks to help balance out these government-induced failures and to potentially help refuel the economy to encourage more spending, which in turn would decrease the country’s continuously rising unemployment rate. Investors, consumers and workers alike are struggling to see a bright future in Greece, whose chances of an economic comeback are much lower than that of other struggling countries such as Portugal and Italy. However, Greece's financial situation might improve in the future, as it is estimated that at least its national debt will decrease - slowly, but steadily. Still, since its future participation in the European Union is in limbo as of now, these figures can only be estimates, not predictions.