# United Kingdom IIP: gross external debt

United Kingdom IIP: gross external debt was 8,613,454 GBP million in Q2 2026, down 0.06% from Q1 2026 and up 9.4% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5,847,675 GBP million (Q2 2016) to 8,618,378 GBP million (Q1 2026), averaging 7,061,872 GBP million.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EXTDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: GBP million
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (158 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/iip-gross-external-debt

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 8,613,454 GBP million |
| Q1 2026 | 8,618,378 GBP million |
| Q4 2025 | 8,160,173 GBP million |
| Q3 2025 | 8,156,451 GBP million |
| Q2 2025 | 7,874,494 GBP million |
| Q1 2025 | 7,870,459 GBP million |
| Q4 2024 | 7,737,404 GBP million |
| Q3 2024 | 7,676,338 GBP million |
| Q2 2024 | 7,719,056 GBP million |
| Q1 2024 | 7,692,295 GBP million |
| Q4 2023 | 7,429,277 GBP million |
| Q3 2023 | 7,446,645 GBP million |
| Q2 2023 | 7,124,081 GBP million |
| Q1 2023 | 7,257,024 GBP million |
| Q4 2022 | 7,315,374 GBP million |
| Q3 2022 | 7,642,011 GBP million |
| Q2 2022 | 7,544,471 GBP million |
| Q1 2022 | 7,405,198 GBP million |
| Q4 2021 | 7,262,683 GBP million |
| Q3 2021 | 7,209,485 GBP million |
| Q2 2021 | 7,038,119 GBP million |
| Q1 2021 | 6,975,593 GBP million |
| Q4 2020 | 7,059,526 GBP million |
| Q3 2020 | 6,985,355 GBP million |

## API

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

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