UK public debt in United Kingdom

UK public sector net debt was 94.0% of GDP at the end of September 2026.

Measure: UK public sector net debt, % of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: March 1993 to September 2026 Source: ONS
United Kingdom, September 2026 94.0% % of GDP
Change from August 2026 +0.4percentage points August 2026: 93.6%

UK public debt in United Kingdom over time

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% of GDP. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

UK public sector net debt, % of GDP (% of GDP), January 2017 to September 2026 – most recent 40 periods; the CSV has all of them
Period United Kingdom
September 2026 94.0%
August 2026 93.6%
July 2026 93.8%
June 2026 94.5%
May 2026 94.2%
April 2026 93.5%
March 2026 93.2%
February 2026 92.5%
January 2026 92.2%
December 2025 94.2%
November 2025 94.5%
October 2025 93.9%
September 2025 94.7%
August 2025 94.8%
July 2025 94.6%
June 2025 94.2%
May 2025 94.5%
April 2025 93.3%
March 2025 92.9%
February 2025 92.9%
January 2025 92.4%
December 2024 94.1%
November 2024 94.5%
October 2024 93.7%
September 2024 93.3%
August 2024 93.9%
July 2024 93.6%
June 2024 94.0%
May 2024 94.0%
April 2024 92.9%
March 2024 93.7%
February 2024 93.5%
January 2024 93.4%
December 2023 95.2%
November 2023 95.0%
October 2023 94.4%
September 2023 93.3%
August 2023 93.5%
July 2023 93.3%
June 2023 94.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 93.6% in August 2026.
  • Since November 2025, when it was 94.5%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
ONS
Source
Office for National Statistics (ONS), United Kingdom
Dataset or series code
HF6X · dataset details
Observation period
March 1993 to September 2026 for United Kingdom
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution
Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0