Change yield
5.43%down 0.02 points from 9 Oct 2026Continuously compounded nominal zero-coupon yield · Source date: 12 Oct 2026 · Source: Bank of England
+4.3 ptsover 5 years
Get the UK 10-year gilt yield by API
GET /v1/economics/GBR/yield-curve/history?maturity=10y
{ "date": "2026-10-12",
"yields": [{ "maturity": "10y", "yield_percent": "5.4286658409044852" }] }Daily 10-year yields from 2 Jan 1979, with the source date and exact published value.
Get an API keyKey data points
- Latest
- 5.43% 12 Oct 2026
- Previous published day
- 5.45% 9 Oct 2026
- 52-week range
- 4.35%
to 5.48% - Highest in data
- 15.56% 28 Sep 1981
- Lowest in data
- 0.11% 4 Aug 2020
- Daily history from
- 2 Jan 1979
UK 10-year gilt yield by year
| Year | Average | High | Low | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | 4.92% | 5.48%8 Oct 2026 | 4.35%27 Feb 2026 | ▲ +0.8 pts |
| 2025 | 4.62% | 4.89%14 Jan 2025 | 4.44%5 Feb 2025 | unchanged |
| 2024 | 4.10% | 4.62%27 Dec 2024 | 3.68%2 Jan 2024 | ▲ +0.9 pts |
| 2023 | 4.00% | 4.67%19 Oct 2023 | 3.10%2 Feb 2023 | ▼ −0.1 pts |
| 2022 | 2.42% | 4.54%10 Oct 2022 | 1.08%4 Jan 2022 | ▲ +2.6 pts |
| 2021 | 0.79% | 1.21%21 Oct 2021 | 0.23%4 Jan 2021 | ▲ +0.7 pts |
| 2020 | 0.34% | 0.83%19 Mar 2020 | 0.11%4 Aug 2020 | ▼ −0.6 pts |
| 2019 | 0.89% | 1.38%18 Jan 2019 | 0.36%3 Sep 2019 | ▼ −0.4 pts |
| 2018 | 1.47% | 1.72%10 Oct 2018 | 1.17%10 Dec 2018 | unchanged |
| 2017 | 1.25% | 1.58%26 Jan 2017 | 0.98%14 Jun 2017 | ▼ −0.1 pts |
| 2016 | 1.30% | 1.93%4 Jan 2016 | 0.62%12 Aug 2016 | ▼ −0.6 pts |
| 2015 | 1.90% | 2.30%26 Jun 2015 | 1.39%30 Jan 2015 | ▲ +0.2 pts |
| 2014 | 2.61% | 3.16%2 Jan 2014 | 1.82%31 Dec 2014 | ▼ −1.3 pts |
| 2013 | 2.47% | 3.20%27 Dec 2013 | 1.73%2 May 2013 | ▲ +1.1 pts |
| 2012 | 1.96% | 2.56%16 Mar 2012 | 1.58%2 Aug 2012 | ▼ −0.3 pts |
| 2011 | 3.22% | 4.10%9 Feb 2011 | 2.09%29 Dec 2011 | ▼ −1.6 pts |
| 2010 | 3.74% | 4.40%19 Feb 2010 | 3.02%31 Aug 2010 | ▼ −0.5 pts |
| 2009 | 3.74% | 4.26%29 Dec 2009 | 3.06%12 Mar 2009 | ▲ +0.8 pts |
| 2008 | 4.58% | 5.28%13 Jun 2008 | 3.39%31 Dec 2008 | ▼ −1.1 pts |
| 2007 | 4.92% | 5.44%9 Jul 2007 | 4.50%5 Dec 2007 | ▼ −0.1 pts |
Show all
| Year | Average | High | Low | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4.43% | 4.69%14 Aug 2006 | 3.90%18 Jan 2006 | ▲ +0.6 pts |
| 2005 | 4.37% | 4.80%10 Mar 2005 | 4.05%30 Dec 2005 | ▼ −0.4 pts |
| 2004 | 4.83% | 5.19%14 Jun 2004 | 4.41%23 Dec 2004 | ▼ −0.3 pts |
| 2003 | 4.52% | 5.11%3 Nov 2003 | 3.97%13 Jun 2003 | ▲ +0.3 pts |
| 2002 | 4.85% | 5.30%17 May 2002 | 4.39%19 Sep 2002 | ▼ −0.6 pts |
| 2001 | 4.85% | 5.28%3 Jul 2001 | 4.41%12 Nov 2001 | ▲ +0.3 pts |
| 2000 | 5.17% | 5.73%18 Jan 2000 | 4.75%4 Dec 2000 | ▼ −0.7 pts |
| 1999 | 4.99% | 5.87%14 Oct 1999 | 4.12%22 Jan 1999 | ▲ +1.1 pts |
| 1998 | 5.42% | 6.17%2 Jan 1998 | 4.32%31 Dec 1998 | ▼ −1.8 pts |
| 1997 | 6.95% | 7.71%7 Jan 1997 | 6.09%24 Dec 1997 | ▼ −1.5 pts |
| 1996 | 7.82% | 8.26%7 May 1996 | 7.30%2 Dec 1996 | unchanged |
| 1995 | 8.13% | 8.71%7 Mar 1995 | 7.42%6 Dec 1995 | ▼ −1.2 pts |
| 1994 | 8.07% | 8.99%20 Sep 1994 | 6.30%19 Jan 1994 | ▲ +2.2 pts |
| 1993 | 7.63% | 8.62%18 Jan 1993 | 6.24%29 Dec 1993 | ▼ −2.1 pts |
| 1992 | 8.92% | 9.65%1 Apr 1992 | 8.19%10 Nov 1992 | ▼ −0.9 pts |
| 1991 | 9.84% | 10.53%2 Jan 1991 | 9.28%18 Sep 1991 | ▼ −1.1 pts |
| 1990 | 11.21% | 12.38%27 Apr 1990 | 9.96%2 Jan 1990 | ▲ +0.6 pts |
| 1989 | 9.80% | 10.31%14 Jun 1989 | 9.26%8 Feb 1989 | ▲ +0.1 pts |
| 1988 | 9.56% | 10.05%13 Jan 1988 | 9.12%15 Mar 1988 | ▲ +0.1 pts |
| 1987 | 9.54% | 10.56%19 Oct 1987 | 8.74%8 May 1987 | ▼ −0.5 pts |
| 1986 | 9.95% | 11.19%19 Nov 1986 | 8.59%18 Apr 1986 | ▼ −0.3 pts |
| 1985 | 10.83% | 11.74%28 Jan 1985 | 10.29%18 Oct 1985 | ▼ −0.5 pts |
| 1984 | 11.13% | 12.31%30 Jul 1984 | 10.62%13 Mar 1984 | ▲ +0.3 pts |
| 1983 | 11.24% | 12.14%24 Jan 1983 | 10.55%22 Nov 1983 | ▼ −0.5 pts |
| 1982 | 13.00% | 15.15%18 Jan 1982 | 10.55%3 Nov 1982 | ▼ −3.7 pts |
| 1981 | 14.15% | 15.56%28 Sep 1981 | 12.83%20 Mar 1981 | ▲ +1.8 pts |
| 1980 | 13.03% | 14.09%3 Jan 1980 | 12.20%19 Nov 1980 | ▼ −0.7 pts |
| 1979 | 12.33% | 14.22%10 Dec 1979 | 10.81%4 May 1979 | ▲ +1.3 pts |
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Common questions
What is the UK 10-year gilt yield today?
The UK 10-year gilt yield was 5.43% on 12 Oct 2026. That is −0.02 pts from the previous published day. Source: Bank of England.
What is the highest UK 10-year gilt yield in this history?
The highest was 15.56% on 28 Sep 1981. The lowest was 0.11% on 4 Aug 2020. This daily history runs from 2 Jan 1979.
How often is it updated?
The Bank of England aims to publish by noon Europe/London on the next business day. Each value is the 10-year point of that day's curve.
Where does this data come from?
The 10-year value comes from the official yield curve (Continuously compounded nominal zero-coupon yield) published by Bank of England, the same curve shown on the yield curve page.