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United Kingdom: Central government debt

Millions of local currency · 1727–2024 · 298 observations · cgovdebt

2024
2.84 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+4.8%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+5.9%a year

Central government debt

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10M100M1B10B100B1T10T175018001850190019502000United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Local currency

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20242,842,384
20232,713,174
20222,501,370
20212,383,796
20202,205,572
20191,891,906
20181,835,381
20171,783,538
20161,728,195
20151,665,379

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United Kingdom documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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