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Public sector net debt as a share of GDP

Public sector net debt as a share of GDP: March 1993 to July 2026ConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%25%50%75%200020102020March 1993: 26.7% percent · published 20 August 2026April 1993: 27.6% percent · published 20 August 2026May 1993: 28.1% percent · published 20 August 2026June 1993: 28.1% percent · published 20 August 2026July 1993: 28.5% percent · published 20 August 2026August 1993: 28.9% percent · published 20 August 2026September 1993: 29.4% percent · published 20 August 2026October 1993: 29.3% percent · published 20 August 2026November 1993: 29.3% percent · published 20 August 2026December 1993: 29.7% percent · published 20 August 2026January 1994: 29.6% percent · published 20 August 2026February 1994: 29.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 1994: 31.2% percent · published 20 August 2026April 1994: 31.6% percent · published 20 August 2026May 1994: 32.1% percent · published 20 August 2026June 1994: 32.5% percent · published 20 August 2026July 1994: 32.6% percent · published 20 August 2026August 1994: 32.9% percent · published 20 August 2026September 1994: 33.4% percent · published 20 August 2026October 1994: 33.4% percent · published 20 August 2026November 1994: 33.6% percent · published 20 August 2026December 1994: 33.6% percent · published 20 August 2026January 1995: 33.1% percent · published 20 August 2026February 1995: 33.6% percent · published 20 August 2026March 1995: 34.6% percent · published 20 August 2026April 1995: 34.9% percent · published 20 August 2026May 1995: 35.2% percent · published 20 August 2026June 1995: 35.5% percent · published 20 August 2026July 1995: 35.4% percent · published 20 August 2026August 1995: 35.7% percent · published 20 August 2026September 1995: 36% percent · published 20 August 2026October 1995: 35.7% percent · published 20 August 2026November 1995: 35.9% percent · published 20 August 2026December 1995: 35.7% percent · published 20 August 2026January 1996: 34.9% percent · published 20 August 2026February 1996: 35.1% percent · published 20 August 2026March 1996: 36.1% percent · published 20 August 2026April 1996: 36.2% percent · published 20 August 2026May 1996: 36.5% percent · published 20 August 2026June 1996: 36.7% percent · published 20 August 2026July 1996: 36.3% percent · published 20 August 2026August 1996: 36.7% percent · published 20 August 2026September 1996: 36.9% percent · published 20 August 2026October 1996: 36.3% percent · published 20 August 2026November 1996: 36.5% percent · published 20 August 2026December 1996: 36.7% percent · published 20 August 2026January 1997: 35.8% percent · published 20 August 2026February 1997: 35.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 1997: 36.7% percent · published 20 August 2026April 1997: 36.9% percent · published 20 August 2026May 1997: 37.4% percent · published 20 August 2026June 1997: 38% percent · published 20 August 2026July 1997: 37.5% percent · published 20 August 2026August 1997: 37.6% percent · published 20 August 2026September 1997: 37.7% percent · published 20 August 2026October 1997: 37% percent · published 20 August 2026November 1997: 37.3% percent · published 20 August 2026December 1997: 37.2% percent · published 20 August 2026January 1998: 36.1% percent · published 20 August 2026February 1998: 35.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 1998: 36.5% percent · published 20 August 2026April 1998: 36% percent · published 20 August 2026May 1998: 36.2% percent · published 20 August 2026June 1998: 36.6% percent · published 20 August 2026July 1998: 36.1% percent · published 20 August 2026August 1998: 36.1% percent · published 20 August 2026September 1998: 36.1% percent · published 20 August 2026October 1998: 35.3% percent · published 20 August 2026November 1998: 35.5% percent · published 20 August 2026December 1998: 35.6% percent · published 20 August 2026January 1999: 34.4% percent · published 20 August 2026February 1999: 34.4% percent · published 20 August 2026March 1999: 35.1% percent · published 20 August 2026April 1999: 34.7% percent · published 20 August 2026May 1999: 34.7% percent · published 20 August 2026June 1999: 35.1% percent · published 20 August 2026July 1999: 34.3% percent · published 20 August 2026August 1999: 34.2% percent · published 20 August 2026September 1999: 34.1% percent · published 20 August 2026October 1999: 33.1% percent · published 20 August 2026November 1999: 33% percent · published 20 August 2026December 1999: 34.2% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2000: 32.3% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2000: 31.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2000: 32.4% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2000: 31.6% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2000: 30.4% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2000: 30.9% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2000: 30.1% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2000: 30% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2000: 29.2% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2000: 28.5% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2000: 28.7% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2000: 29.5% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2001: 28% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2001: 27.7% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2001: 28.2% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2001: 27.8% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2001: 28.1% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2001: 28.7% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2001: 27.9% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2001: 27.9% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2001: 28% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2001: 27.5% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2001: 27.9% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2001: 28.7% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2002: 27.7% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2002: 27.4% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2002: 28% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2002: 27.7% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2002: 27.9% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2002: 28.4% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2002: 27.8% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2002: 28% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2002: 28.4% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2002: 28.3% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2002: 29% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2002: 30.1% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2003: 29% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2003: 28.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2003: 29.7% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2003: 29.4% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2003: 29.4% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2003: 29.7% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2003: 29.3% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2003: 29.4% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2003: 30% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2003: 29.9% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2003: 30.3% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2003: 31.2% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2004: 30% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2004: 29.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2004: 30.8% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2004: 31.4% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2004: 31.6% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2004: 32.4% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2004: 31.8% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2004: 31.9% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2004: 32.5% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2004: 32.2% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2004: 32.9% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2004: 34% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2005: 32.6% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2005: 32.5% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2005: 33.4% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2005: 32.9% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2005: 33.1% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2005: 33.7% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2005: 33.1% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2005: 33.3% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2005: 34% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2005: 33.5% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2005: 34% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2005: 34.9% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2006: 33.4% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2006: 33.4% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2006: 34.2% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2006: 33.9% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2006: 34.4% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2006: 35.2% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2006: 34.2% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2006: 34.4% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2006: 35.1% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2006: 34.5% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2006: 34.9% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2006: 35.7% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2007: 34.2% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2007: 33.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2007: 34.9% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2007: 34.6% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2007: 34.9% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2007: 35.5% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2007: 34.5% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2007: 34.8% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2007: 35.2% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2007: 34.8% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2007: 35.3% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2007: 36.1% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2008: 34.7% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2008: 34.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2008: 35.5% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2008: 35.6% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2008: 36.3% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2008: 37.5% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2008: 37.7% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2008: 39.4% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2008: 42.8% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2008: 43.4% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2008: 44.3% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2008: 47.6% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2009: 47.6% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2009: 48.3% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2009: 50.2% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2009: 51.3% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2009: 52.7% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2009: 54.5% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2009: 54.7% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2009: 54.8% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2009: 56% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2009: 56.3% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2009: 57.1% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2009: 60.6% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2010: 62.7% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2010: 62.9% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2010: 64.4% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2010: 64.5% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2010: 65.1% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2010: 66.1% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2010: 66.1% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2010: 66.5% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2010: 67.8% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2010: 67.8% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2010: 68.7% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2010: 70.1% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2011: 69.1% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2011: 69.4% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2011: 70.6% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2011: 70.7% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2011: 71.1% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2011: 72% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2011: 71.4% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2011: 72.2% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2011: 72.5% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2011: 72.3% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2011: 72.7% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2011: 73.8% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2012: 72.6% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2012: 72.8% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2012: 73.9% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2012: 73.6% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2012: 74% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2012: 74.9% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2012: 74.8% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2012: 74.7% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2012: 75.5% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2012: 75.8% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2012: 76.3% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2012: 77.3% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2013: 76% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2013: 76% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2013: 77.2% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2013: 77.1% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2013: 77.6% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2013: 78.1% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2013: 77.6% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2013: 77.6% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2013: 78.1% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2013: 77.8% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2013: 78.3% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2013: 79.2% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2014: 78.2% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2014: 78.3% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2014: 78.8% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2014: 78.8% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2014: 79.3% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2014: 79.9% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2014: 79.5% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2014: 79.5% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2014: 80.2% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2014: 80.3% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2014: 80.5% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2014: 81.5% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2015: 80.2% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2015: 80.3% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2015: 81.1% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2015: 80.9% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2015: 81.3% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2015: 81.8% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2015: 81.3% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2015: 81% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2015: 81.5% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2015: 81.6% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2015: 81.6% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2015: 81.7% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2016: 80.4% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2016: 80.1% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2016: 80.6% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2016: 80.7% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2016: 80.7% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2016: 80.8% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2016: 80% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2016: 80.2% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2016: 80.3% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2016: 80.6% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2016: 81.2% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2016: 82.5% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2017: 80.7% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2017: 81.5% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2017: 82.7% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2017: 82.3% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2017: 82.7% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2017: 83.4% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2017: 83.2% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2017: 83% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2017: 83.9% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2017: 82.9% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2017: 82.2% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2017: 81.7% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2018: 80.7% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2018: 81.6% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2018: 81.6% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2018: 81.9% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2018: 81.8% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2018: 82% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2018: 80.9% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2018: 81.1% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2018: 81.1% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2018: 81.1% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2018: 81.1% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2018: 81.3% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2019: 79.8% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2019: 79.7% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2019: 79.6% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2019: 79.9% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2019: 80% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2019: 80.3% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2019: 79.5% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2019: 79.3% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2019: 79.9% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2019: 81.5% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2019: 82.8% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2019: 84.2% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2020: 83.5% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2020: 83.7% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2020: 84.5% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2020: 89.6% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2020: 93.3% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2020: 95.3% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2020: 96% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2020: 97.7% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2020: 98.1% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2020: 98.1% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2020: 97.9% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2020: 97.6% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2021: 96% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2021: 96.2% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2021: 95.4% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2021: 96.1% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2021: 96.4% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2021: 95.8% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2021: 95.3% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2021: 93.9% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2021: 93.2% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2021: 95.9% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2021: 96.4% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2021: 96.2% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2022: 94.8% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2022: 94% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2022: 94.3% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2022: 93.8% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2022: 93.7% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2022: 94% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2022: 93.2% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2022: 92.9% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2022: 92.8% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2022: 92.6% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2022: 92.9% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2022: 93.1% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2023: 92.2% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2023: 92.6% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2023: 93.2% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2023: 93.2% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2023: 94.1% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2023: 94.9% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2023: 93.8% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2023: 93.9% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2023: 93.6% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2023: 94.7% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2023: 95.3% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2023: 95.6% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2024: 93.8% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2024: 94% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2024: 94.2% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2024: 93.4% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2024: 94.5% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2024: 94.5% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2024: 94.2% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2024: 94.5% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2024: 94% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2024: 94.4% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2024: 95.2% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2024: 94.8% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2025: 93% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2025: 93.4% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2025: 93.4% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2025: 93.7% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2025: 94.8% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2025: 94.5% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2025: 94.9% percent · published 20 August 2026August 2025: 95.1% percent · published 20 August 2026September 2025: 94.9% percent · published 20 August 2026October 2025: 94% percent · published 20 August 2026November 2025: 94.7% percent · published 20 August 2026December 2025: 94.3% percent · published 20 August 2026January 2026: 92.3% percent · published 20 August 2026February 2026: 92.5% percent · published 20 August 2026March 2026: 93.4% percent · published 20 August 2026April 2026: 93.7% percent · published 20 August 2026May 2026: 94.4% percent · published 20 August 2026June 2026: 94.6% percent · published 20 August 2026July 2026: 94.1% percent · published 20 August 2026
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Source: ONS, Public sector finances time series (PUSF), Public sector finances, UK: July 2026 (published 20 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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