UK public sector net debt, % of GDP

Public sector net debt excluding public sector banks, as a share of gross domestic product, at the end of the month (not seasonally adjusted).

Unit: % of GDP Frequency: Monthly Coverage: United Kingdom, March 1993 to September 2026 Source: ONS

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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.

About this measure

Definition
Public sector net debt excluding public sector banks, as a share of gross domestic product, at the end of the month (not seasonally adjusted).
Unit
% of GDP
Frequency
Monthly
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

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  • This is the ONS's headline net debt measure, which differs from the general government gross debt used for EU comparisons.

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
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

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