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United Kingdom: Net foreign assets

440.94Bcurrent LCU · 2024+86.9% since 2014

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
2024440,945,000,000
2023343,846,000,000
2022297,937,000,000
2021224,692,000,000
2020217,637,000,000
2019281,300,000,000
2018396,481,000,000
2017404,609,000,000
2016372,777,000,000
2015273,221,000,000
2014235,878,415,235.4
2013136,491,321,205.4
2012180,497,287,295.4
2011168,544,414,805.4
201086,613,513,175.4
2009-43,288,018,786.6
2008-75,446,000,000
2007-46,706,000,000
20068,166,000,000
2005-22,812,000,000
2004-82,165,000,000
2003-57,997,000,000
2002-56,886,000,000
2001-17,883,000,000
20004,929,000,000
19993,535,000,000
199825,160,000,000
1997-17,050,000,000
1996-8,617,000,000
1995-20,088,000,000
1994-25,984,000,000
1993-20,375,000,000
1992-27,421,000,000
1991-41,231,000,000
1990-40,258,000,000
1989-33,725,000,000
1988-10,475,000,000
1987282,000,000
1986-4,906,000,000
1985-7,966,000,000
1984-9,230,000,000
1983-2,562,000,000
1982-3,057,000,000
19811,668,000,000
19801,910,000,000
1979591,000,000
1978910,000,000
19771,515,000,000
1976-4,730,000,000
1975-7,650,000,000
1974-7,338,000,000
1973-4,861,000,000
1972-3,920,000,000
1971-2,883,000,000
1970-5,182,000,000
1969-6,111,000,000
1968-6,807,000,000
1967-5,658,000,000
1966-4,922,000,000
1965-5,039,000,000
1964-4,860,000,000
1963-4,138,000,000
1962-3,971,000,000
1961-721,000,000
1960-760,000,000

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Net foreign assets. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-foreign-assets (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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