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The United Kingdom national debt is the total quantity of money borrowed by the Government of the United Kingdom at any time through the issue of securities by the British Treasury and other government agencies. At the end of March 2023, UK general government gross debt was £2,537.0 billion, or 100.5% gross domestic product. [2]
In the list below, government debt is measured for the general government sector because the level of government responsible for programs (for example, health care) differs across countries, and the general government comprises central, state, provincial, regional, and local governments, and social security funds. [1]: 18, s2.58, s2.59
This is a list of countries by external debt: it is the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods or services, where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based on the country under ...
United Kingdom national debt (9 P) National debt of the United States (11 P) Pages in category "Government debt by country"
A country's gross government debt (also called public debt or sovereign debt [1]) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. [2]: 81 Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. [3] A deficit occurs when a government's expenditures exceed revenues.
Debt (Billions): $18.36 Debt Per Person ($): $2,737.92 2019 Gross Debt/GDP (%): 68.31 Click to continue reading and see the 20 countries with the most debt per capita and the highest debt to GDP ...
The UK government has spent more than it has raised in taxation since financial year 2001-02, [3] creating a budget deficit and leading to growing debt interest payments. Average government spending per person is higher in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland than it is in England. In financial year 2021-22, spending per head in England was £ ...
The following articles contain lists of countries by debt: List of countries by public debt; List of countries by household debt; List of countries by corporate debt; List of countries by external debt