International long-term government bond yields

Description: This table shows the yields of long-term government bonds. Compliance with the Maastricht Treaty EMU convergence criterion for long-term interest rates is measured on the basis of central government bond yields on the secondary market, gross of tax, with a residual maturity of around ten years.

Source: ECB, Thomson Reuters, Eurostat, Norges Bank, Schweizerische Nationalbank.

Definitions and terms: Ten-year rates, debt security, secondary market, convergence criteria.

Index: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Euro area, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, EU, Norway, Switzerland, U.S.A., Japan, long-term interest rate level, ten-year interest, reference interest rate, Maastricht, convergence criteria.