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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT United Kingdom 2012

The national debt increased in United Kingdom

In 2012 United Kingdom public debt was 1,744,310 million euros2,249,097 million dollars, has increased 154,828121,133 million since 2011.

This amount means that the debt in 2012 reached 83.2% of United Kingdom GDP, a 3.2 percentage point rise from 2011, when it was 80% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 2002 in global debt terms, when it was 624,695 million euros 610,020 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 34.2%.

According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2012 was 27,295 euros35,194 dollars per inhabitant. In 2011 it was 25,033 euros 33,514 dollars, afterwards rising by 2,262 euros1,680 dollars, and if we again check 2002 we can see that then the debt per person was 10,499 euros10,252 dollars .

The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has remained in 2012 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
2012Q41,744,31083.20%€27,295
2012Q31,741,05081.90%€27,420
2012Q21,682,82280.80%€26,503
2012Q11,617,15480.70%€25,469
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United Kingdom: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20121,744,3102,249,09783.20%€27,295$35,194
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