In 2008 United Kingdom public debt was 823,026 million euros1,456,291 million dollars, has decreased 52,897170,568 million since 2007.
This amount means that the debt in 2008 reached 49.3% of United Kingdom GDP, a 7.8 percentage point rise from 2007, when it was 41.5% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 1998 in global debt terms, when it was 578,584 million euros 676,063 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 40.9%.
According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2008 was 13,266 euros23,473 dollars per inhabitant. In 2007 it was 14,226 euros 20,882 dollars, afterwards dropping by 960 euros 2,591dollars, and if we again check 1998 we can see that then the debt per person was 9,877 euros11,541 dollars .
The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2008 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 134 in the list of debt to GDP and 172 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.