Public sector net debt in the UK 1997-2021
Government debt in the United Kingdom reached over 2.1 trillion British pounds in 2020/21, compared with 1.79 trillion pounds in 2019/20. Although the amount of public sector debt has been rising for some time, there is a noticeable uptick between 2019/20 and 2020/21, when government spending increased substantially due to the economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
