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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT United Kingdom 2006

Public debt went up in United Kingdom

In 2006 United Kingdom public debt was 887,375 million euros1,097,905 million dollars, has increased 82,57693,998 million since 2005.

This amount means that the debt in 2006 reached 40.5% of United Kingdom GDP, a 0.9 percentage point rise from 2005, when it was 39.6% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 1996 in global debt terms, when it was 542,664 million euros 621,225 million dollars although it has fallen as a percentage of GDP, when it amounted to 44.1%.

According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2006 was 14,530 euros17,977 dollars per inhabitant. In 2005 it was 13,276 euros 16,561 dollars, afterwards rising by 1,254 euros1,416 dollars, and if we again check 1996 we can see that then the debt per person was 9,318 euros10,667 dollars .

The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2006 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 107 in the list of debt to GDP and 174 in debt per capita, out of the 189 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
2006Q4887,37540.50%€14,530
2006Q3860,92540.10%€14,202
2006Q2830,70440.10%€13,703
2006Q1793,49739.00%€13,090
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United Kingdom: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
2006887,3751,097,90540.50%€14,530$17,977
2005804,7991,003,90739.60%€13,276$16,561
2004717,375926,42538.40%€11,920$15,394
2003630,912726,64835.40%€10,551$12,153
2002624,695610,02034.20%€10,499$10,252
2001636,054557,27434.00%€10,737$9,407
2000645,034610,27236.70%€10,933$10,344
1999659,461663,46639.40%€11,218$11,286
1998578,584676,06340.90%€9,877$11,541
1997617,608674,33243.30%€10,576$11,548
1996542,664621,22544.10%€9,318$10,667
1995446,255586,91044.50%€7,682$10,103
1994505,67740.65%€6,382$8,727
1993438,49837.88%€5,607$7,588
1992428,49533.16%€4,908$7,433
1991355,61828.44%€4,266$6,183
1990340,90628.52%€3,993$5,946
1989327,81232.51%€4,453$5,735
1988366,92937.06%€4,706$6,438
1987319,79839.33%€4,208$5,624
1986270,37741.30%€4,213$4,765
1985221,78341.33%€4,505$3,917
1984213,14342.27%€4,185$3,774
1983222,85141.88%€3,895$3,954
1982240,52643.08%€3,834$4,272
1981263,13844.81%€3,674$4,672
1980257,10242.60%€2,939$4,563
United Kingdom: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

United Kingdom: Evolution of debt in millions