United Kingdom Public Sector Net Debt to GDP

The United Kingdom recorded a government debt equivalent to 85.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Debt to GDP in the United Kingdom averaged 43.17 percent from 1975 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 85.30 percent in 2017 and a record low of 21.70 percent in 1991.

Government Debt to GDP in the United Kingdom is expected to be 83.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Public Sector Net Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 80.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

United Kingdom Public Sector Net Debt to GDP

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United Kingdom Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	85.30	82.60	85.30	21.70	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-2.30	-3.80	4.80	-9.90	percent of GDP	[+]
Government Budget Value	-3181.00	-3357.00	17451.00	-15411.00	GBP Million	[+]
Government Spending	91629.00	91863.00	92121.00	31579.00	GBP Million	[+]
Government Spending to GDP	41.10	41.50	51.20	35.40	percent	[+]
Government Debt	-6345.00	-5569.00	13260.00	-19993.00	GBP Million	[+]
Military Expenditure	48383.40	48118.90	58314.80	26944.20	USD Million	[+]
Credit Rating	94.83					[+]
Asylum Applications	2925.00	2845.00	5040.00	1655.00	persons	[+]
Government Revenues	56563.00	59931.00	74375.00	17298.00	GBP Million	[+]

Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields. This page provides - United Kingdom Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Public Sector Net Debt to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	85.30	82.60	85.30	21.70	1975 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Japan	253.00	Dec/17	250	253 : 50.6	%
Italy	131.80	Dec/17	132	132 : 90.5	%
Singapore	110.60	Dec/17	112	112 : 67.4	%
United States	105.40	Dec/17	106	119 : 31.7	%
Spain	98.30	Dec/17	99	100 : 16.6	%
France	97.00	Dec/17	96.6	97 : 20.7	%
Canada	89.60	Dec/17	92.4	101 : 45.1	%
Euro Area	86.70	Dec/17	89	91.9 : 64.9	%
United Kingdom	85.30	Dec/17	82.6	85.3 : 21.7	%
Brazil	74.04	Dec/17	69.95	74.04 : 51.27	%
India	68.70	Dec/17	69.6	84.2 : 66	%
Germany	63.90	Dec/17	67.9	81 : 54.7	%
Argentina	57.10	Dec/17	53.3	167 : 34.5	%
Netherlands	56.70	Dec/17	61.8	73.5 : 42.7	%
South Africa	53.10	Dec/17	51.6	53.1 : 27.8	%
China	47.60	Dec/17	44.3	47.6 : 20.4	%
Mexico	46.40	Dec/17	48.2	48.2 : 17.1	%
Australia	41.90	Dec/17	41	41.9 : 9.7	%
South Korea	38.00	Dec/17	38.3	38.3 : 8.24	%
Switzerland	29.70	Dec/17	29.1	48.9 : 25.1	%
Indonesia	28.70	Dec/17	27.9	87.43 : 22.96	%
Turkey	28.30	Dec/17	28.3	76.1 : 27.6	%
Saudi Arabia	17.20	Dec/17	13.1	104 : 1.6	%
Russia	12.60	Dec/17	12.9	92.1 : 7.4	%