International Monetary Fund · Public Sector
United Kingdom: DEBT (IMF)
88.98percent · 2015+122.4% since 2005
DEBT <br/> Note: Median value reported for country groupings Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1800 to 2015.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88.98 | |
| 2014 | 87.94 | |
| 2013 | 86 | |
| 2012 | 84.82 | |
| 2011 | 81.32 | |
| 2010 | 75.74 | |
| 2009 | 64.2 | |
| 2008 | 50.27 | |
| 2007 | 42.21 | |
| 2006 | 41.02 | |
| 2005 | 40.01 | |
| 2004 | 38.66 | |
| 2003 | 35.76 | |
| 2002 | 34.23 | |
| 2001 | 34.3 | |
| 2000 | 36.98 | |
| 1999 | 39.55 | |
| 1998 | 41.64 | |
| 1997 | 43.87 | |
| 1996 | 44.55 | |
| 1995 | 44.45 | |
| 1994 | 41.42 | |
| 1993 | 38.53 | |
| 1992 | 33.66 | |
| 1991 | 28.8 | |
| 1990 | 28.82 | |
| 1989 | 32.81 | |
| 1988 | 37.34 | |
| 1987 | 39.62 | |
| 1986 | 41.52 | |
| 1985 | 41.54 | |
| 1984 | 42.59 | |
| 1983 | 42.18 | |
| 1982 | 43.39 | |
| 1981 | 45.09 | |
| 1980 | 42.77 | |
| 1979 | 45.3 | |
| 1978 | 51.63 | |
| 1977 | 50.46 | |
| 1976 | 48.88 | |
| 1975 | 46.68 | |
| 1974 | 51.6 | |
| 1973 | 54.56 | |
| 1972 | 62.04 | |
| 1971 | 65.55 | |
| 1970 | 73.24 | |
| 1969 | 82.84 | |
| 1968 | 88.55 | |
| 1967 | 89.15 | |
| 1966 | 91.95 | |
| 1965 | 94.61 | |
| 1964 | 101.08 | |
| 1963 | 108.55 | |
| 1962 | 110.52 | |
| 1961 | 113.75 | |
| 1960 | 117.94 | |
| 1959 | 124.87 | |
| 1958 | 131.13 | |
| 1957 | 135.73 | |
| 1956 | 143.76 | |
| 1955 | 154.19 | |
| 1954 | 163.23 | |
| 1953 | 169.76 | |
| 1952 | 180.86 | |
| 1951 | 196.76 | |
| 1950 | 216.92 | |
| 1949 | 220.27 | |
| 1948 | 239.57 | |
| 1947 | 264.12 | |
| 1946 | 269.8 | |
| 1945 | 234.69 | |
| 1944 | 200.63 | |
| 1943 | 173.99 | |
| 1942 | 153.2 | |
| 1941 | 133.69 | |
| 1940 | 121.06 | |
| 1939 | 149.68 | |
| 1938 | 155.08 | |
| 1937 | 158.69 | |
| 1936 | 170.19 | |
| 1935 | 178.09 | |
| 1934 | 186.64 | |
| 1933 | 193.97 | |
| 1932 | 190.15 | |
| 1931 | 184.83 | |
| 1930 | 171 | |
| 1929 | 170.52 | |
| 1928 | 175.78 | |
| 1927 | 177.45 | |
| 1926 | 187.12 | |
| 1925 | 176.97 | |
| 1924 | 188.81 | |
| 1923 | 195.54 | |
| 1922 | 183.48 | |
| 1921 | 158.41 | |
| 1920 | 137.79 | |
| 1919 | 142.77 | |
| 1918 | 119.1 | |
| 1917 | 97.85 | |
| 1916 | 65.58 | |
| 1915 | 39.28 | |
| 1914 | 27.27 | |
| 1913 | 27.9 | |
| 1912 | 29.79 | |
| 1911 | 31.61 | |
| 1910 | 34.51 | |
| 1909 | 34.88 | |
| 1908 | 35.68 | |
| 1907 | 35.33 | |
| 1906 | 37.41 | |
| 1905 | 39.03 | |
| 1904 | 40.71 | |
| 1903 | 41.2 | |
| 1902 | 38.97 | |
| 1901 | 35.8 | |
| 1900 | 32.44 | |
| 1899 | 35.09 | |
| 1898 | 37.77 | |
| 1897 | 40.38 | |
| 1896 | 41.1 | |
| 1895 | 43.11 | |
| 1894 | 44.12 | |
| 1893 | 47.39 | |
| 1892 | 47.47 | |
| 1891 | 46.43 | |
| 1890 | 45.9 | |
| 1889 | 47.15 | |
| 1888 | 51.32 | |
| 1887 | 55.43 | |
| 1886 | 57.48 | |
| 1885 | 57.79 | |
| 1884 | 56.05 | |
| 1883 | 61.5 | |
| 1882 | 61.55 | |
| 1881 | 64.36 | |
| 1880 | 65.4 | |
| 1879 | 70.28 | |
| 1878 | 67.46 | |
| 1877 | 65.81 | |
| 1876 | 65.43 | |
| 1875 | 63.65 | |
| 1874 | 63.08 | |
| 1873 | 61.84 | |
| 1872 | 67.41 | |
| 1871 | 71.71 | |
| 1870 | 77.35 | |
| 1869 | 83.12 | |
| 1868 | 84.58 | |
| 1867 | 87.67 | |
| 1866 | 86.95 | |
| 1865 | 91.06 | |
| 1864 | 95.23 | |
| 1863 | 100.91 | |
| 1862 | 106.62 | |
| 1861 | 108.47 | |
| 1860 | 115.5 | |
| 1859 | 117.58 | |
| 1858 | 125.04 | |
| 1857 | 121.58 | |
| 1856 | 120.04 | |
| 1855 | 120.9 | |
| 1854 | 125.1 | |
| 1853 | 131.65 | |
| 1852 | 137.36 | |
| 1851 | 139.75 | |
| 1850 | 148.51 | |
| 1849 | 135.15 | |
| 1848 | 136.74 | |
| 1847 | 130.09 | |
| 1846 | 135.7 | |
| 1845 | 147.12 | |
| 1844 | 157.05 | |
| 1843 | 172.99 | |
| 1842 | 172.85 | |
| 1841 | 164.18 | |
| 1840 | 154.68 | |
| 1839 | 143.47 | |
| 1838 | 151.86 | |
| 1837 | 163.34 | |
| 1836 | 155.71 | |
| 1835 | 164.52 | |
| 1834 | 177.49 | |
| 1833 | 190.05 | |
| 1832 | 187.29 | |
| 1831 | 177.91 | |
| 1830 | 181.57 | |
| 1829 | 173.55 | |
| 1828 | 182.7 | |
| 1827 | 191.97 | |
| 1826 | 201.07 | |
| 1825 | 212.72 | |
| 1824 | 224.8 | |
| 1823 | 237.29 | |
| 1822 | 246.73 | |
| 1821 | 260.34 | |
| 1820 | 259.95 | |
| 1819 | 260.29 | |
| 1818 | 259.04 | |
| 1817 | 231.09 | |
| 1816 | 237.32 | |
| 1815 | 226.31 | |
| 1814 | 219.62 | |
| 1813 | 196.74 | |
| 1812 | 188.11 | |
| 1811 | 182.51 | |
| 1810 | 186.69 | |
| 1809 | 188.99 | |
| 1808 | 191.51 | |
| 1807 | 193.88 | |
| 1806 | 192.64 | |
| 1805 | 189.07 | |
| 1804 | 188.4 | |
| 1803 | 190.67 | |
| 1802 | 188.99 | |
| 1801 | 177.47 | |
| 1800 | 176.84 |
Source
Published by International Monetary Fund, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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- Ecuador
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- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
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- Eswatini
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- Fiji
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- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
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- Greece
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- Guatemala
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- Guyana
- Haiti
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- Iceland
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- Iran, Islamic Republic of
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- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
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- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Taiwan, Province of China
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
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