Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Australia
Australia: Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum was 2.83 in 2013. ▼ Falling
Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Australia, 1995–2013
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2013, government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Australia stood at 2.83. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 19.0% on the previous year and down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Australia peaked at 7.64 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2.83, in 2013.
That places Australia 57th out of 89 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum in Australia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7.64 | — |
| 1996 | 7.02 | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 5.29 | -24.6% |
| 1998 | 4.84 | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 4.76 | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 5.98 | +25.6% |
| 2001 | 4.8 | -19.7% |
| 2002 | 4.45 | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 3.15 | -29.3% |
| 2010 | 4.44 | +41.1% |
| 2011 | 4.56 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 3.49 | -23.3% |
| 2013 | 2.83 | -19.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.91 | 4.76 | 7.64 | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.59 | 3.15 | 5.98 | 4 |
| 2010s | 3.83 | 2.83 | 4.56 | 4 |
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More financial sector data for Australia
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 8.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.0183 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 1,189 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 8.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 1,642 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 14.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,921 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Australia?
- Government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum in Australia was 2.83 in 2013, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.64 in 1995.
- What is the lowest government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.83 in 2013.
- How does Australia rank for government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum?
- Australia ranks 57th out of 89 countries with data for 2013.
- Is government securities: treasury bills yields, rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Government securities: Treasury bills yields, Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.