Public sector net borrowing amounted to 97.5 percent of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom in February 2021, the highest it has been since the early 1960s. After the end of the Second World War, government borrowing in the UK gradually fell, before a sharp increase is visible in the late 2000s at the time of the global financial crisis.
Public sector net debt expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1920 to 2021
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (March 19, 2021). Public sector net debt expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1920 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/282841/debt-as-gdp-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Public sector net debt expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1920 to 2021." Chart. March 19, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282841/debt-as-gdp-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2021). Public sector net debt expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1920 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282841/debt-as-gdp-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Public Sector Net Debt Expressed as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product in The United Kingdom from 1920 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282841/debt-as-gdp-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Public sector net debt expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1920 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282841/debt-as-gdp-uk/ (last visited April 23, 2021)