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United Kingdom: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1727–2024 · 298 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
100.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.0 pointsfrom 99.7%
Average, 2015–2024
93.8%10 years
Record high and low
237.9% (1947)low 27.0% (1914)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024100.7
202399.7
202299.0
2021104.3
2020104.9
201984.7
201885.3
201785.6
201686.8
201586.9

Sources

  • Thomas, Hills & Dimsdale1727–2016
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • WDI (archive)1970–1992
  • IMF Global Debt Database1974–2024
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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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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