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UK debt history
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Public sector net debt
UK public sector net debt excluding public sector banks (PSND ex): debt owed by the public sector to the UK private sector and overseas, less its liquid assets, at the end of each calendar month, in millions of pounds at current prices, not seasonally adjusted, as published by the ONS in Public sector finances. Includes the Bank of England. A positive value is net debt. Recent months are provisional and revised in later releases.
Scope: Public sector · Unit: gbp_millions · Frequency: monthly
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Observed coverage in this window: 30 Nov 2021 to 30 Sep 2026 (59 observations). 59 reported.
Latest observation: — £3,004,964.00 million (reported).
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Debt measures
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Public sector net debtUK public sector net debt excluding public sector banks (PSND ex): debt owed by the public sector to the UK private sector and overseas, less its liquid assets, at the end of each calendar month, in millions of pounds at current prices, not seasonally adjusted, as published by the ONS in Public sector finances. Includes the Bank of England. A positive value is net debt. Recent months are provisional and revised in later releases.
£3,004,964.00 million
Public sector
Public sector net debt to GDPUK public sector net debt excluding public sector banks as a percentage of gross domestic product at the end of each calendar month, not seasonally adjusted, as published by the ONS in Public sector finances. The ONS denominator is GDP for the 12 months centred on the month, which includes projected GDP for months not yet published, so recent ratios are revised as outturn GDP arrives. This is the ONS-published ratio, not a Bullion API calculation.
94.00% of GDP
Public sector
Bullion API calculation using Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan General Government Gross Debt and Quarterly Estimates of GDP data.
Bullion API calculation using Accountant-General’s Department and Monetary Authority of Singapore government debt and Singapore Department of Statistics nominal GDP, via data.gov.sg.
Bullion API calculation using U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service data via FRED and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data.
Bullion API calculation using Statistics Norway (SSB).
Bullion API calculation using Australian Bureau of Statistics Government Finance Statistics, Annual and Australian National Accounts data.
Bullion API calculation using Qatar Ministry of Finance and National Planning Council data. The debt-to-GDP ratio is calculated by Bullion API and is not published by either source.