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.