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UK National Debt As Pct GDP

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Year GDP-UK £ billion Population-UK million Public Net Debt-total percent GDP 1945 9.908 49.035 215.64 a 1946 9.968 49.242 237.12 a 1947 10.772 49.450 237.94 a 1948 11.974 49.659 213.97 a 1949 12.726 49.868 197.77 a 1950 13.308 50.079 193.89 a 1951 14.784 50.290 175.34 a 1952 15.983 50.536 161.99 a 1953 17.121 50.784 152.16 a 1954 18.126 51.032 146.66 a 1955 19.49 51.282 138.19 a 1956 20.956 51.533 129.03 a 1957 22.105 51.785 122.18 a 1958 23.05 52.039 118.14 a 1959 24.348 52.294 112.44 a 1960 25.977 52.550 106.76 a 1961 27.413 52.807 103.06 a 1962 28.711 53.111 99.87 a 1963 30.409 53.417 98.15 a 1964 33.228 53.725 90.97 a 1965 35.888 54.034 84.82 a 1966 38.189 54.345 82.07 a 1967 40.281 54.658 79.41 a 1968 43.656 54.973 78.33 a 1969 47.023 55.289 72.27 a 1970 51.696 55.608 63.99 a 1971 57.67 55.928 57.99 a 1972 64.621 55.970 55.46 a 1973 74.545 56.013 49.48 a 1974 84.513 56.055 47.87 a 1975 106.717 56.097 43.48 a 1976 126.274 56.140 44.81 a 1977 146.973 56.182 45.70 a 1978 169.344 56.225 46.76 a 1979 199.22 56.267 43.61 a 1980 233.184 56.310 42.11 a 1981 256.279 56.358 44.40 a 1982 281.024 56.465 44.55 a 1983 307.207 56.572 43.13 a 1984 329.913 56.680 43.59 a 1985 361.758 56.788 43.45 a 1986 389.149 56.896 41.81 a 1987 428.665 57.004 39.14 a 1988 478.51 57.112 34.98 a 1989 525.274 57.221 29.30 a 1990 570.283 57.330 26.69 a 1991 598.664 57.439 25.27 a 1992 622.08 57.604 26.70 a 1993 654.196 57.770 30.97 a 1994 692.987 57.936 36.05 a 1995 733.266 58.103 39.55 a 1996 781.726 58.270 41.20 a 1997 830.013 58.438 41.93 a 1998 879.152 58.606 40.14 a 1999 928.871 58.775 37.85 a 2000 976.282 58.944 35.38 a 2001 1021.62 59.114 30.58 a 2002 1075.37 59.455 29.34 a 2003 1139.44 59.799 30.46 a 2004 1202.37 60.145 31.84 a 2005 1254.29 60.493 33.80 a 2006 1328.6 60.843 34.85 a 2007 1405.8 61.194 35.57 a 2008 1433.87 61.548 36.61 a 2009 1393.85 61.904 43.70 b 2010 1458.45 62.262 54.30 e Legend: a - actual outturn b - estimated outturn in HM Treasury 2009 budget e - estimate in HM Treasury 2009 budget

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Data Sources for 1945_2010:

Sources for 1945:

GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Spending: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics

Sources for 2010:

GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Spending: HM Treasury PESA

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