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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT United Kingdom 2014

United Kingdom national debt goes up

In 2014 United Kingdom public debt was 2,058,439 million euros2,639,583 million dollars, has increased 261,318295,786 million since 2013.

This amount means that the debt in 2014 reached 86.1% of United Kingdom GDP, a 1.9 percentage point rise from 2013, when it was 84.2% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 2004 in global debt terms, when it was 717,375 million euros 926,425 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 38.4%.

According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2014 was 31,740 euros40,701 dollars per inhabitant. In 2013 it was 27,927 euros 36,422 dollars, afterwards rising by 3,813 euros4,279 dollars, and if we again check 2004 we can see that then the debt per person was 11,920 euros15,394 dollars .

The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2014 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 170 in the list of debt to GDP and 182 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
2014Q42,058,43986.10%€31,740
2014Q32,006,80284.40%€31,185
2014Q21,939,36785.00%€30,137
2014Q11,836,42184.20%€28,537
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United Kingdom: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20142,058,4392,639,58386.10%€31,740$40,701
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