United Kingdom Budget Deficit 1980s

General government net lending/borrowing as % of GDP · IMF WEO
-2.07% decade average (1980-1989)

United Kingdom's budget deficit during the 1980s ranged from -3.77% (1981) to 0.48% (1989), averaging -2.07% over 10 years of data.

1980s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1980 -2.84% 13th
1981 -3.77% −0.93% 15th
1982 -2.27% +1.50% 18th
1983 -2.87% −0.60% 19th
1984 -3.16% −0.29% 18th
1985 -2.48% +0.68% 22nd
1986 -2.34% +0.14% 25th
1987 -1.67% +0.66% 22nd
1988 0.25% +1.92% 33rd
1989 0.48% +0.23% 36th