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United Kingdom: Central government deficit

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

2024
−196 billionlocal currency

Central government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2024-196,413
2023-192,646
2022-144,578
2021-213,082
2020-314,648
2019-79,786
2018-83,650
2017-71,703
2016-75,861
2015-107,694

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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