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UK government debt as a share of GDP

UK government debt was 96.0% of GDP in 2025/26, up from 37.0% in 2007/08, before the financial crisis, according to OBR public finances data.

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SourceOBR, Public finances databank

PeriodUK, 1970/71 to 2025/26

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