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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT United Kingdom 2013

Public debt went up in United Kingdom

In 2013 United Kingdom public debt was 1,797,121 million euros2,343,797 million dollars, has increased 52,81194,700 million since 2012.

This amount means that the debt in 2013 reached 84.2% of United Kingdom GDP, a 1 percentage point rise from 2012, when it was 83.2% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 2003 in global debt terms, when it was 630,912 million euros 726,648 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 35.4%.

According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2013 was 27,927 euros36,422 dollars per inhabitant. In 2012 it was 27,295 euros 35,194 dollars, afterwards rising by 632 euros1,228 dollars, and if we again check 2003 we can see that then the debt per person was 10,551 euros12,153 dollars .

The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2013 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 166 in the list of debt to GDP and 180 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
2013Q41,797,12184.20%€27,927
2013Q31,757,16983.50%€27,496
2013Q21,702,37983.70%€26,639
2013Q11,684,28882.60%€26,356
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United Kingdom: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20131,797,1212,343,79784.20%€27,927$36,422
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