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United Kingdom: Central government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1689–2024 · 336 observations · cgovdef

2024
−201 billionlocal currency

Central government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2024-201,185
2023-194,922
2022-147,698
2021-216,555
2020-317,824
2019-80,466
2018-84,398
2017-72,211
2016-76,360
2015-108,344

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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