In 2009 United Kingdom public debt was 1,101,852 million euros1,529,922 million dollars, has increased 278,82673,631 million since 2008.
This amount means that the debt in 2009 reached 63.2% of United Kingdom GDP, a 13.9 percentage point rise from 2008, when it was 49.3% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 1999 in global debt terms, when it was 659,461 million euros 663,466 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 39.4%.
According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2009 was 17,627 euros24,475 dollars per inhabitant. In 2008 it was 13,266 euros 23,473 dollars, afterwards rising by 4,361 euros1,002 dollars, and if we again check 1999 we can see that then the debt per person was 11,218 euros11,286 dollars .
The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2009 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 152 in the list of debt to GDP and 175 in debt per capita, out of the 190 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.