The yield on United Kingdom 10Y Bond Yield rose to 4.70% on August 15, 2025, marking a 0.05 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.06 points and is 0.77 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. UK 10 Year Gilt Bond Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

In 2024, the average yearly yield of UK 10-year government bonds was **** percent. The UK 10-year gilt has shown a significant downward trend from 1990 to 2024. Starting at nearly ** percent in 1990, yields steadily declined, with slight fluctuations, reaching a low of **** percent in 2020. After 2020, yields began to rise again, reflecting recent increases in interest rates and inflation expectations. This long-term decline indicates decreasing inflation and interest rates in Australia over the past decades, with recent economic conditions prompting a reversal in bond yields.

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The monthly average yield on ** year nominal zero coupon British Government Securities in the United Kingdom (UK) has seen a continued decrease between December 2019 and July 2020, before recovering. In June 2024, the average yield was **** percent, compared to **** percent in July 2020.

As of December 2024, the countries with the highest 10-year yields are the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia with 4.68, 4.38 and 4.21 percent, respectively. Of the largest economies by GDP, the United States saw the sharpest fall in absolute terms for 10-year government bond yields due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. From a level of 1.51 percent in January 2020, yields on 10-year government bonds fell to 0.65 percent by April 2020, and had further fallen to 0.53 percent by July 2020 before starting to recover towards the end of the year. Conversely, countries that went into 2020 with already low bond yields like Japan, Germany and France actually saw a small increase in March 2020 - although these already low yields mean that these small changes are significant in relative terms.

As of July 18, 2025, the major economy with the highest yield on 10-year government bonds was Turkey, with a yield of ** percent. This is due to the risks investors take when investing in Turkey, notably due to high inflation rates potentially eradicating any profits made when using a foreign currency to investing in securities denominated in Turkish lira. Of the major developed economies, United Kingdom had one the highest yield on 10-year government bonds at this time with **** percent, while Switzerland had the lowest at **** percent. How does inflation influence the yields of government bonds? Inflation reduces purchasing power over time. Due to this, investors seek higher returns to offset the anticipated decrease in purchasing power resulting from rapid price rises. In countries with high inflation, government bond yields often incorporate investor expectations and risk premiums, resulting in comparatively higher rates offered by these bonds. Why are government bond rates significant? Government bond rates are an important indicator of financial markets, serving as a benchmark for borrowing costs, interest rates, and investor sentiment. They affect the cost of government borrowing, influence the price of various financial instruments, and serve as a reflection of expectations regarding inflation and economic growth. For instance, in financial analysis and investing, people often use the 10-year U.S. government bond rates as a proxy for the longer-term risk-free rate.

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United Kingdom Government Bond Yield: Zero Coupon: 5 Years data was reported at 1.014 % pa in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.152 % pa for Sep 2018. United Kingdom Government Bond Yield: Zero Coupon: 5 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 5.329 % pa from Jan 1982 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 442 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.936 % pa in Jan 1982 and a record low of 0.218 % pa in Aug 2016. United Kingdom Government Bond Yield: Zero Coupon: 5 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of England. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.M013: Government Bond Yield.

The yield on Germany 10Y Bond Yield rose to 2.69% on August 8, 2025, marking a 0.05 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.06 points and is 0.47 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Germany 10-Year Bond Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

The yield on United Kingdom 2Y Bond Yield rose to 3.93% on August 15, 2025, marking a 0.01 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.05 points and is 0.25 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 UK 2Y.

The yield on UK 5 Year Bond Yield rose to 4.10% on August 15, 2025, marking a 0.04 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.05 points and is 0.36 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. United Kingdom 5 Year Note Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

The monthly average yield on ****, ***, and twenty-year nominal zero coupon British Government securities in the United Kingdom (UK) have all seen a continued decrease from December 2019 to July 2020. January 2021 saw a slight increase, progressing to October 2022 when yields reached a new high. At the end of December 2024, the monthly average yield of 20-year British Government Securities stood at **** percent.

As of April 16, 2025, the UK bond market displayed a positive spread of **** basis points between 10-year and 2-year yields, indicating long-term rates slightly ***** short-term ones. The 5-year versus 2-year spread and the 2-year versus 1-year spread also showed a ******** value, at **** and **** basis points, respectively.

UK 10-Year Government Bond Yields: 65 years of historical data from 1960 to 2025.

The yield on UK 20 Year Bond Yield rose to 5.42% on August 15, 2025, marking a 0.07 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.07 points and is 1.03 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 UK 20Y.

This dataset includes a monthly data about interest rates of 10 year UK Government bond yields. The dataset contains the records for interest rates for each relative quarter since 1st January, 1984.

As of December 2024, all United Kingdom government debt securities were returning positive yields, regardless of maturity. This places the yield of both UK short term bonds and long term bonds above that of major countries like Germany, France and Japan, but lower than the United States. What are government bonds? Government bonds are debt instruments where a certain amount of money is given to the issuer, in exchange for regular payments of interest over a fixed period. At the end of this period the issuer then returns the amount in full. Bonds differ from a regular loan through how they can be traded on financial markets once issued. This ability to trade bonds makes it more complex to measure the return investors receive from bonds, as the price they buy a bond for on the market may differ from the price the same bond was initially issued at. The yield is therefore calculated as what investors can expect to receive based on current market prices paid for the bond, not the value it was issued at. In total, UK government debt amounted to over 2.4 trillion British pounds in 2023 – with the majority being comprised of different types of UK government bonds. Why are inverted yield curves important? UK government bond yields over recent years have taken on a typical shape, with short term bonds having a lower yield than bonds with a maturity of 10 to 20 years. The higher yield of longer-term bonds compensates investors for the higher level of uncertainty in the future. However, if investors are sufficiently worried about both a short term economic decline, and low long term growth, they may prefer to purchase short term bonds in order to secure assets with regular interest payments in the here and now (as opposed to shares, which can lose a lot of value in a short time). This can lead to an inverted yield curve, where shorter term debt has a higher yield. Inverted yield curves are generally seen as a reliable indicator of a recession, with inverted yields occurring before most recent U.S. recessions. The major exception to this is the recession from the coronavirus pandemic – but even then, U.S. yield curves came perilously close to being inverted in mid-2019.

Yields on UK gilt bonds woth a maturity shorter than seven years decreased between April 2024 and April 2025. For instance, the 1-year bond yield dropped from **** percent to **** percent. On the other hand, the 30-year yield increased from **** percent to **** percent.

United Kingdom UK: Government Bond Yield: Long Term data was reported at 1.278 % pa in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.305 % pa for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Government Bond Yield: Long Term data is updated yearly, averaging 6.130 % pa from Dec 1950 (Median) to 2017, with 68 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.766 % pa in 1974 and a record low of 1.278 % pa in 2017. United Kingdom UK: Government Bond Yield: Long Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.IMF.IFS: Treasury Bill and Government Securities Rates: Annual.

In January 2020, prior to the onset of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, three of the seven largest economies by GDP had negative yields for two-year government bonds (Japan, Germany and France). With the onset of the pandemic, two-year bond yields in these countries actually rose slightly - in contrast to the other major economies, where yields fell over this period. As of December 2024, yields for two-year government bonds exhibited fluctuations across all countries. Notably, Japan showed a slight upward trend, while China experienced a modest decline.Negative yields assume that investors lack confidence in economic growth, meaning many investments (such as stocks) may lose value. Therefore, it is preferable to take a small loss on government debt that carries almost no risk to the investor, than risk a larger loss on other investments. As both the yen and euro are considered very safe assets, Japanese, German and French bonds were already being held by many investors prior to the pandemic as a hedge against economic downturn. Therefore, with the announcement of fiscal responses to the pandemic by many governments around March 2020, the value of these assets rose as confidence increased (slightly) that the worst case may be avoided. At the same time, yields on bonds with a higher return fell, as investors sought out investments with a higher return that were still considered safe.