In 2017 United Kingdom public debt was 2,012,594 million euros2,300,022 million dollars, has decreased 9,08145,725 million since 2016.
This amount means that the debt in 2017 reached 86.3% of United Kingdom GDP, a 0.5 percentage point fall from 2016, when it was 86.8% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 2007 in global debt terms, when it was 875,923 million euros 1,285,723 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 41.5%.
According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2017 was 30,368 euros34,705 dollars per inhabitant. In 2016 it was 30,704 euros 35,626 dollars, afterwards dropping by 336 euros 921dollars, and if we again check 2007 we can see that then the debt per person was 14,226 euros20,882 dollars .
The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2017 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 165 in the list of debt to GDP and 181 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.