The yield on United Kingdom 30-Year Treasury Gilt Auction Bond Yield eased to 5.32% on June 9, 2025, marking a 0.02 percentage point decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has fallen by 0.07 points, though it remains 0.56 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. United Kingdom 30-Year Treasury Gilt Auction - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on June of 2025.

The yield on United Kingdom 10Y Bond Yield eased to 4.64% on June 9, 2025, marking a 0.02 percentage point decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has fallen by 0.01 points, though it remains 0.30 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 June of 2025.

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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 4.73 percent to 3.75 percent. On the other hand, the 30-year yield increased from 4.75 percent to 5.43 percent.

In 2024, the average yearly yield of UK 10-year government bonds was 4.14 percent. The UK 10-year gilt has shown a significant downward trend from 1990 to 2024. Starting at nearly 12 percent in 1990, yields steadily declined, with slight fluctuations, reaching a low of 0.37 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.

The yield on United Kingdom 2Y Bond Yield eased to 4.01% on June 9, 2025, marking a 0.02 percentage point decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has fallen by 0 points and is 0.41 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 UK 2Y.

The monthly average yield on five, ten, 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 4.65 percent.

The yield on UK 20 Year Bond Yield rose to 5.24% on June 6, 2025, marking a 0.02 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.11 points and is 0.58 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.

Interactive chart showing the daily 30 year treasury yield back to 1977. The U.S Treasury suspended issuance of the 30 year bond between 2/15/2002 and 2/9/2006.

The yield on UK 5 Year Bond Yield rose to 4.16% on June 6, 2025, marking a 0.04 percentage point increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.23 points and is 0.01 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 June of 2025.

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.

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.

United Kingdom 15Y Bond Yield was 5.06 percent on Friday May 30, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom 15 Year Bond Yield.

As of December 30, 2024, the major economy with the highest yield on 10-year government bonds was Turkey, with a yield of 27.38 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 States had one the highest yield on 10-year government bonds at this time with 4.59 percent, while Switzerland had the lowest at 0.27 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.

UK 1 Month Bond Yield was 4.30 percent on Friday May 30, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for UK 1M.

As of April 16, 2025, the yield for a ten-year U.S. government bond was 4.34 percent, while the yield for a two-year bond was 3.86 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.

Prices for UK 1M including live quotes, historical charts and news. UK 1M was last updated by Trading Economics this May 30 of 2025.

Pension funds are undergoing a period of change. The past decade has marked a shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) schemes dominating the industry, due to the financial burden DB schemes place on employers. Growing longevity risk, stemming from rising life expectancy has also been a contributing factor. Revenue is expected to fall by 8.5% over the five years through 2024-25 to £125 billion, including estimated growth of 3.1% in 2024-25, while the average industry profit margin is anticipated to be 32%.

Pension funds were rocked in late 2022, when gilt yields skyrocketed amid the fire-sale of the asset following the September mini-budget. This resulted in pension funds rushing to meet margin calls as the value of their assets plummeted, further contributing to the sale of gilts as they sought to raise funds, feeding into a vicious cycle of plummeting gilt values until the Bank of England stepped in. Capital markets left a lot to be desired going into 2023-24 as rising interest rates and the potential for a recession hit investment income and contributed to revenue growth falling by 9.4%. However, the prospect of rate cuts triggered capital inflows towards stock and bond markets at the tail-end of the year, stemming the drop in revenue somewhat. In 2024-25, the higher interest rate environment will aid investment income and drive revenue growth in 2024-25. Pension funds' revenue is forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of 5.5% over the five years through 2029-30 to reach £163.7 billion, while the average industry profit margin is forecast to reach 34.6%. In the coming years, the higher base rate environment will support a shift towards funding surpluses, resulting in lower contributions and aiding profit. The new Pension Funding code will also allow pension schemes to take on more risk when investing their surplus funds, driving investment income. The gilt crisis that shook the pension market in 2022-23 has had long-lasting effects, with pension funds now better prepared for rising yields from shifting more assets to LDI portfolios. However, with interest rates likely peaking in the term, pension funds will slowly shift back to high-return investments like equity.

The yield on UK 6 Month Bond Yield eased to 4.24% on June 9, 2025, marking a 0.05 percentage point decrease from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has fallen by 0.04 points and is 1 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 UK 6M.