# United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Overseas government, provincial & municipal securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Overseas government, provincial & municipal securities (ended 2018) () was 34,305 £m in 2018, up 27.1% from 2017.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1962.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16,900 £m (2009) to 34,305 £m (2018), averaging 23,402 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-AHVT.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1962-01-01 to 2018-01-01 (57 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-bal-overseas-government-provincial-and-municipal-securities-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2018 | 34,305 £m |
| 2017 | 26,994 £m |
| 2016 | 26,762 £m |
| 2015 | 22,306 £m |
| 2014 | 22,643 £m |
| 2013 | 23,462 £m |
| 2012 | 23,768 £m |
| 2011 | 21,424 £m |
| 2010 | 17,335 £m |
| 2009 | 16,900 £m |
| 2008 | 21,527 £m |
| 2007 | 22,434 £m |
| 2006 | 21,776 £m |
| 2005 | 19,037 £m |
| 2004 | 15,075 £m |
| 2003 | 16,340 £m |
| 2002 | 16,031 £m |
| 2001 | 20,383 £m |
| 2000 | 19,206 £m |
| 1999 | 16,684 £m |
| 1998 | 15,493 £m |
| 1997 | 13,079 £m |
| 1996 | 11,800 £m |
| 1995 | 11,721 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-AHVT.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-AHVT.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```