NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT United Kingdom 2023

Public debt went up in United Kingdom

In 2023 United Kingdom public debt was 3,125,991 million euros3,381,010 million dollars, has increased 171,650267,498 million since 2022.

This amount means that the debt in 2023 reached 99.97% of United Kingdom GDP, a 0.35 percentage point rise from 2022, when it was 99.62% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 2013 in global debt terms, when it was 1,797,121 million euros 2,377,473 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 84.2%.

According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2023 was 46,600 euros50,402 dollars per inhabitant. In 2022 it was 44,041 euros 46,414 dollars, afterwards rising by 2,559 euros3,988 dollars, and if we again check 2013 we can see that then the debt per person was 27,927 euros36,945 dollars .

The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2023 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 169 in the list of debt to GDP and 185 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in United Kingdom. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about United Kingdom in economy of United Kingdom.

United Kingdom: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
2020Q32,346,576101.00%€35,010
2020Q22,269,70196.40%€33,863
2020Q12,117,27384.50%€31,589
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United Kingdom: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20233,125,9913,381,01099.97%€46,600$50,402
20222,954,3413,113,51299.62%€44,041$46,414
20212,792,9573,305,537105.14%€41,636$49,277
20202,502,7332,856,321105.84%€37,309$42,580
20192,222,6952,443,87285.40%€33,162$36,462
20182,053,7332,482,45385.80%€30,815$37,248
20172,012,5942,326,24886.30%€30,368$35,101
20162,021,6752,370,47786.80%€30,704$36,001
20152,268,1442,573,22786.70%€34,692$39,359
20142,058,4392,670,57786.10%€31,740$41,179
20131,797,1212,377,47384.20%€27,927$36,945
20121,744,3102,287,42683.20%€27,295$35,794
20111,589,4822,169,74980.00%€25,033$34,172
20101,385,8181,887,34574.30%€21,989$29,947
20091,101,8521,571,90163.20%€17,627$25,146
2008823,0261,504,68849.30%€13,266$24,253
2007875,9231,334,80541.50%€14,226$21,679
2006887,3751,140,73140.50%€14,530$18,678
2005804,7991,043,88539.60%€13,276$17,220
2004717,375964,24238.40%€11,920$16,022
2003630,912755,97035.40%€10,551$12,643
2002624,695633,76434.20%€10,499$10,651
2001636,054576,89134.00%€10,737$9,738
2000645,034628,85736.70%€10,933$10,659
1999659,461682,21739.40%€11,218$11,605
1998578,584694,11440.90%€9,877$11,849
1997617,608689,00643.30%€10,576$11,799
1996542,664621,22544.10%€9,318$10,667
1995446,255586,91044.50%€7,682$10,103
1994505,67740.72%€6,394$8,727
1993438,49837.96%€5,618$7,588
1992428,49533.23%€4,918$7,433
1991355,61828.48%€4,272$6,183
1990340,90628.48%€3,987$5,946
1989327,81232.53%€4,457$5,735
1988366,92937.08%€4,709$6,438
1987319,79839.28%€4,203$5,624
1986270,37741.28%€4,210$4,765
1985221,78341.29%€4,500$3,917
1984213,14342.21%€4,179$3,774
1983222,85141.82%€3,889$3,954
1982240,52643.00%€3,827$4,272
1981263,13844.73%€3,667$4,672
1980257,10342.52%€2,934$4,563
United Kingdom: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

United Kingdom: Evolution of debt in millions