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UK National Debt As Pct GDP

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Year GDP-UK £ billion Population-UK million (2005) Public Net Debt-total £ bln 2005 1945 317.311 49.035 684.26 a 1946 309.51 49.242 733.92 a 1947 305.56 49.450 727.04 a 1948 314.496 49.659 672.93 a 1949 324.95 49.868 642.64 a 1950 335.288 50.079 650.08 a 1951 344.425 50.290 603.90 a 1952 344.614 50.536 558.23 a 1953 357.84 50.784 544.49 a 1954 372.531 51.032 546.34 a 1955 385.425 51.282 532.63 a 1956 389.004 51.533 501.92 a 1957 395.426 51.785 483.12 a 1958 396.699 52.039 468.67 a 1959 413.664 52.294 465.11 a 1960 435.716 52.550 465.16 a 1961 445.87 52.807 459.51 a 1962 450.695 53.111 450.12 a 1963 470.067 53.417 461.39 a 1964 495.835 53.725 451.04 a 1965 506.915 54.034 429.97 a 1966 516.673 54.345 424.02 a 1967 529.418 54.658 420.39 a 1968 551.664 54.973 432.10 a 1969 563.097 55.289 406.96 a 1970 575.736 55.608 368.40 a 1971 587.805 55.928 340.86 a 1972 609.275 55.970 337.91 a 1973 653.124 56.013 323.16 a 1974 644.539 56.055 308.55 a 1975 640.534 56.097 278.52 a 1976 657.418 56.140 294.60 a 1977 673.025 56.182 307.57 a 1978 694.765 56.225 324.85 a 1979 713.38 56.267 311.12 a 1980 698.528 56.310 294.17 a 1981 689.289 56.358 306.08 a 1982 703.711 56.465 313.51 a 1983 729.215 56.572 314.51 a 1984 748.691 56.680 326.33 a 1985 775.643 56.788 337.05 a 1986 806.765 56.896 337.30 a 1987 843.572 57.004 330.21 a 1988 886.02 57.112 309.96 a 1989 906.236 57.221 265.52 a 1990 913.299 57.330 243.75 a 1991 900.58 57.439 227.60 a 1992 901.901 57.604 240.81 a 1993 921.945 57.770 285.52 a 1994 961.407 57.936 346.56 a 1995 990.751 58.103 391.83 a 1996 1019.34 58.270 420.01 a 1997 1054.23 58.438 442.01 a 1998 1094.7 58.606 439.42 a 1999 1134.72 58.775 429.52 a 2000 1185.3 58.944 419.35 a 2001 1222.65 59.114 373.87 a 2002 1255.14 59.455 368.24 a 2003 1299.38 59.799 395.82 a 2004 1337.78 60.145 425.91 a 2005 1365.68 60.493 461.65 a 2006 1401.29 60.843 488.33 a 2007 1449.86 61.194 515.67 a 2008 1433.87 61.548 525.00 a 2009 1371.16 61.904 599.18 b 2010 1366.81 62.262 742.24 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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