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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT United Kingdom 2018

The national debt increased in United Kingdom

In 2018 United Kingdom public debt was 2,053,733 million euros2,454,013 million dollars, has increased 41,139153,991 million since 2017.

This amount means that the debt in 2018 reached 85.8% of United Kingdom GDP, a 0.5 percentage point fall from 2017, when it was 86.3% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of United Kingdom debt. It has risen since 2008 in global debt terms, when it was 823,026 million euros 1,456,291 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 49.3%.

According to the last data point published, United Kingdom per capita debt in 2018 was 30,815 euros36,821 dollars per inhabitant. In 2017 it was 30,368 euros 34,705 dollars, afterwards rising by 447 euros2,116 dollars, and if we again check 2008 we can see that then the debt per person was 13,266 euros23,473 dollars .

The position of United Kingdom, as compared with the rest of the world, has remained in 2018 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 165 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
2018Q42,053,73385.80%€30,815
2018Q32,041,96485.40%€30,811
2018Q22,029,29985.60%€30,620
2018Q12,015,55084.70%€30,413
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United Kingdom: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20182,053,7332,454,01385.80%€30,815$36,821
20172,012,5942,300,02286.30%€30,368$34,705
20162,021,6752,345,74786.80%€30,704$35,626
20152,268,1442,543,86086.70%€34,692$38,909
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