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United Kingdom - Government Debt to GDP 2019

Name: United Kingdom Government Debt to GDP 2019
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General government gross debt as % of GDP · IMF WEO

85.66% −0.69% from 2018 Global rank: 161st

United Kingdom's government debt to gdp was 85.66% in 2019, decreased +0.69% from 86.35% in 2018. This was the 161st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Government Debt to GDP by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.27%	413.5%
2nd	Liechtenstein	0.58%	18.0%
3rd	Brunei Darussalam	2.58%	-0.4%
4th	Afghanistan	6.14%	-16.9%
5th	Solomon Islands	7.82%	-1.6%
6th	Estonia	9.05%	6.3%
7th	Timor-Leste	9.51%	2.1%
8th	Kuwait	10.52%	-26.3%
9th	Tuvalu	11.61%	-1.8%
10th	Russian Federation	13.75%	0.9%
11th	Azerbaijan	17.66%	-5.5%
12th	Turkmenistan	17.72%	-21.3%
13th	Bulgaria	18.38%	-8.5%
14th	Kiribati	18.96%	-0.1%
15th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	19.39%	0.5%
16th	Micronesia, Federated States of	19.74%	-6.2%
17th	Kazakhstan	19.94%	-1.6%
18th	Saudi Arabia	20.34%	20.8%
19th	Cambodia	20.84%	-1.2%
20th	Comoros	21.23%	24.7%
21st	Nigeria	21.44%	5.2%
22nd	Botswana	21.51%	9.5%
23rd	Luxembourg	22.34%	7.0%
24th	Marshall Islands	25.13%	1.8%
25th	Uzbekistan	25.38%	45.4%
26th	Paraguay	25.77%	15.4%
27th	United Arab Emirates	25.82%	24.9%
28th	Guatemala	26.41%	0.0%
29th	Peru	26.50%	3.2%
30th	Haiti	26.53%	10.0%
31st	Chile	28.33%	9.8%
32nd	Moldova	28.79%	-9.5%
33rd	Czechia	29.55%	-6.7%
34th	Palau	30.49%	3.2%
35th	Eswatini	30.52%	15.4%
36th	Indonesia	30.56%	0.5%
37th	Türkiye	31.77%	7.7%
38th	New Zealand	31.81%	13.3%
39th	Bangladesh	31.95%	8.1%
40th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	32.78%	-5.0%
41st	Nepal	34.03%	9.5%
42nd	West Bank and Gaza	34.47%	4.0%
43rd	Andorra	35.37%	-2.7%
44th	Lithuania	35.59%	6.7%
45th	Sweden	35.78%	-10.4%
46th	Romania	36.53%	1.0%
47th	Philippines	36.97%	-0.5%
48th	Côte d'Ivoire	37.22%	5.4%
49th	Guinea	37.34%	-0.3%
50th	Uganda	37.54%	7.6%
51st	Myanmar	37.63%	-5.7%
52nd	Latvia	37.91%	-1.0%
53rd	Papua New Guinea	38.22%	4.2%
54th	Denmark	38.34%	-0.5%
55th	Chad	38.41%	13.7%
56th	Malta	39.25%	-5.3%
57th	Switzerland	39.64%	-0.4%
58th	Korea	39.73%	5.0%
59th	Niger	39.79%	7.5%
60th	Panama	39.83%	11.9%
61st	Georgia	40.05%	4.8%
62nd	Benin	40.38%	-1.1%
63rd	Tanzania	40.44%	-3.8%
64th	North Macedonia	40.45%	0.1%
65th	Norway	40.49%	2.9%
66th	Mali	40.73%	8.5%
67th	Algeria	40.88%	18.5%
68th	Viet Nam	40.99%	-6.4%
69th	Belarus	41.00%	-13.7%
70th	Thailand	41.06%	-2.1%
71st	Djibouti	41.13%	-13.4%
72nd	Malawi	41.19%	0.9%
73rd	Madagascar	41.25%	-3.8%
74th	Cameroon	41.60%	8.5%
75th	Iraq	41.71%	-6.0%
76th	Burkina Faso	41.73%	9.5%
77th	Tonga	42.80%	-6.6%
78th	South Sudan	43.10%	-44.5%
79th	Equatorial Guinea	43.19%	6.5%
80th	Tajikistan	43.21%	-6.7%
81st	Honduras	44.15%	1.4%
82nd	Nicaragua	44.20%	13.1%
83rd	Samoa	44.29%	-10.4%
84th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.62%	7.3%
85th	Central African Republic	44.89%	-6.2%
86th	Vanuatu	45.10%	-0.4%
87th	Poland	45.21%	-6.3%
88th	Sierra Leone	45.27%	2.5%
89th	Trinidad and Tobago	46.01%	10.9%
90th	Australia	46.72%	11.9%
91st	Netherlands	47.66%	-7.6%
92nd	Slovak Republic	48.01%	-2.6%
93rd	Liberia	48.55%	30.8%
94th	Puerto Rico (US)	48.83%	-6.9%
95th	Kyrgyz Republic	48.85%	-10.9%
96th	Seychelles	48.85%	-4.7%
97th	Serbia	49.45%	-3.3%
98th	Fiji	49.48%	8.1%
99th	Ukraine	50.45%	-16.4%
100th	Colombia	50.97%	-1.5%
101st	Mexico	51.87%	-0.6%
102nd	Ecuador	52.06%	5.2%
103rd	Oman	52.46%	17.4%
104th	Dominican Republic	53.46%	5.2%
105th	Rwanda	53.64%	9.0%
106th	Zimbabwe	53.89%	63.5%
107th	Guyana	54.03%	12.7%
108th	Armenia	54.15%	-3.4%
109th	St. Kitts and Nevis	54.26%	0.7%
110th	Togo	54.93%	-5.3%
111th	Ireland	55.91%	-9.0%
112th	South Africa	56.10%	8.9%
113th	San Marino	56.21%	-0.8%
114th	Costa Rica	56.43%	8.9%
115th	Malaysia	57.08%	2.6%
116th	Namibia	57.57%	18.1%
117th	Mauritania	57.69%	-2.5%
118th	Lesotho	58.22%	20.8%
119th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.63%	10.5%
120th	Germany	58.68%	-3.4%
121st	Kenya	59.09%	4.7%
122nd	Israel	59.30%	-1.3%
123rd	China	59.44%	7.0%
124th	Nauru	59.57%	-16.2%
125th	Uruguay	59.63%	3.0%
126th	Gabon	59.78%	-4.1%
127th	Burundi	60.05%	13.4%
128th	Morocco	60.27%	-0.3%
129th	Bahamas, The	60.31%	-1.9%
130th	Qatar	62.09%	19.0%
131st	St. Lucia	62.11%	3.0%
132nd	Grenada	62.70%	-8.5%
133rd	Ghana	62.93%	1.5%
134th	Hungary	64.99%	-5.6%
135th	Guinea-Bissau	65.13%	10.3%
136th	Finland	65.33%	0.1%
137th	Iceland	65.72%	5.6%
138th	Slovenia	66.02%	-7.0%
139th	Albania	66.58%	-2.8%
140th	Mongolia	66.84%	-12.7%
141st	Tunisia	67.30%	-7.7%
142nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.16%	-1.8%
143rd	Lao PDR	69.13%	14.1%
144th	Croatia	70.88%	-2.7%
145th	Austria	71.01%	-4.8%
146th	Aruba	72.09%	-1.7%
147th	India	75.06%	6.7%
148th	Maldives	77.20%	9.3%
149th	Congo, Republic of	77.61%	9.0%
150th	El Salvador	77.91%	1.2%
151st	Belize	78.62%	-0.5%
152nd	Pakistan	78.71%	18.7%
153rd	Montenegro	79.64%	9.3%
154th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	80.09%	-8.9%
155th	Mauritius	81.07%	28.4%
156th	Senegal	81.49%	32.4%
157th	Antigua and Barbuda	81.59%	-3.3%
158th	Sri Lanka	82.59%	-1.2%
159th	Gambia, The	82.97%	-0.8%
160th	Suriname	84.03%	22.4%
161st	United Kingdom	85.66%	-0.8%
162nd	Brazil	87.12%	2.8%
163rd	Jamaica	87.72%	-0.6%
164th	Argentina	89.84%	5.4%
165th	Canada	90.21%	-0.6%
166th	Yemen, Republic of	91.48%	5.3%
167th	Cyprus	92.29%	-8.3%
168th	Jordan	92.92%	6.4%
169th	Bahrain	97.13%	7.5%
170th	Belgium	97.57%	-2.5%
171st	Spain	97.58%	-2.1%
172nd	Dominica	97.68%	14.1%
173rd	France	98.10%	-0.4%
174th	Mozambique	98.26%	-6.9%
175th	São Tomé and Principe	98.64%	2.9%
176th	Bhutan	100.78%	-2.5%
177th	Angola	101.37%	22.8%
178th	Zambia	103.33%	27.3%
179th	Barbados	107.65%	-5.7%
180th	United States	108.75%	1.0%
181st	Cabo Verde	109.76%	-2.2%
182nd	Portugal	116.11%	-4.1%
183rd	Singapore	127.91%	16.9%
184th	Italy	133.90%	-0.2%
185th	Lebanon	172.10%	11.0%
186th	Greece	183.69%	-3.1%
187th	Sudan	216.50%	3.2%
188th	Japan	236.38%	1.7%
189th	Eritrea	260.39%	-2.5%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's government debt to gdp in 2019?▾

United Kingdom's government debt to gdp in 2019 was 85.66%. This ranked 161st globally.

How did United Kingdom's government debt to gdp change in 2019?▾

United Kingdom's government debt to gdp decreased by 0.8% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 2019?▾

Eritrea had the highest government debt to gdp in 2019 at 260.39%.

What is the government debt to gdp of United Kingdom in 2019?▾

The government debt to gdp of United Kingdom in 2019 was 85.66%. This ranked 161st globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for United Kingdom's government debt to gdp?▾

United Kingdom's government debt to gdp went from 86.35% in 2018 to 85.66% in 2019, a 0.8% decrease.

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