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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT United Kingdom 2011

United Kingdom national debt goes up

In 2011 United Kingdom public debt was 1,589,482 million euros2,127,964 million dollars, has increased 203,664283,012 million since 2010.

This amount means that the debt in 2011 reached 80% of United Kingdom GDP, a 5.7 percentage point rise from 2010, when it was 74.3% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 2001 in global debt terms, when it was 636,054 million euros 557,274 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 34%.

According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2011 was 25,033 euros33,514 dollars per inhabitant. In 2010 it was 21,989 euros 29,274 dollars, afterwards rising by 3,044 euros4,240 dollars, and if we again check 2001 we can see that then the debt per person was 10,737 euros9,407 dollars .

The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2011 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 169 in the list of debt to GDP and 178 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
2011Q41,589,48280.00%€25,033
2011Q31,495,43578.70%€23,729
2011Q21,408,99777.70%€22,357
2011Q11,372,73474.70%€21,782
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United Kingdom: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20111,589,4822,127,96480.00%€25,033$33,514
20101,385,8181,844,95274.30%€21,989$29,274
20091,101,8521,529,92263.20%€17,627$24,475
2008823,0261,456,29149.30%€13,266$23,473
2007875,9231,285,72341.50%€14,226$20,882
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