# United Kingdom Government Debt to GDP

United Kingdom Government Debt to GDP was 101.1% in Q3 2026, up 0.6 percentage points from Q2 2026 and up 1.7 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2020.
Among the 37 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 9th highest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 82.3% (Q1 2019) to 102.2% (Q3 2020), averaging 92.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 1997-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/government-debt-to-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 101.1% |
| Q2 2026 | 100.5% |
| Q1 2026 | 99.1% |
| Q4 2025 | 100.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 99.4% |
| Q2 2025 | 98.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 96.8% |
| Q4 2024 | 96.4% |
| Q3 2024 | 96.2% |
| Q2 2024 | 96.5% |
| Q1 2024 | 95.4% |
| Q4 2023 | 96.1% |
| Q3 2023 | 94.8% |
| Q2 2023 | 95.2% |
| Q1 2023 | 92.5% |
| Q4 2022 | 93.2% |
| Q3 2022 | 92.3% |
| Q2 2022 | 93.9% |
| Q1 2022 | 94.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 97.3% |
| Q3 2021 | 97.6% |
| Q2 2021 | 99.4% |
| Q1 2021 | 99.1% |
| Q4 2020 | 100.7% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```