Public sector net debt amounted to 94.9 percent of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom as og January 2022, 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 1920/21 to 2021/22
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (February 22, 2022). Public sector net debt expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1920/21 to 2021/22 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2022, 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 1920/21 to 2021/22." Chart. February 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282841/debt-as-gdp-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Public sector net debt expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1920/21 to 2021/22. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2022. 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 1920/21 to 2021/22." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2022, 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 1920/21 to 2021/22 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282841/debt-as-gdp-uk/ (last visited June 26, 2022)