United Kingdom - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in United Kingdom was 2,294,250,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,294,250,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 185,954,000,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 185,954,000,000
1991 189,173,000,000
1992 204,338,000,000
1993 249,926,000,000
1994 301,656,000,000
1995 373,411,000,000
1996 395,816,000,000
1997 428,242,000,000
1998 460,507,000,000
1999 444,079,000,000
2000 466,829,000,000
2001 438,423,000,000
2002 469,593,000,000
2003 494,806,000,000
2004 564,197,000,000
2005 616,454,000,000
2006 643,418,000,000
2007 692,055,000,000
2008 878,375,000,000
2009 1,066,780,000,000
2010 1,308,720,000,000
2011 1,580,950,000,000
2012 1,699,440,000,000
2013 1,695,450,000,000
2014 1,977,650,000,000
2015 2,015,810,000,000
2016 2,294,250,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in United Kingdom was 113.77 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 113.77 in 2016, while its lowest value was 29.19 in 1991.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 30.20
1991 29.19
1992 30.40
1993 35.31
1994 40.48
1995 43.76
1996 43.44
1997 44.96
1998 46.13
1999 42.62
2000 42.50
2001 38.39
2002 39.45
2003 39.27
2004 42.65
2005 44.04
2006 43.57
2007 44.58
2008 54.94
2009 68.51
2010 81.18
2011 94.70
2012 98.73
2013 94.55
2014 105.41
2015 104.16
2016 113.77

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance