Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): United Kingdom
The latest reading SOTW holds for United Kingdom is 4,107.46 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.
Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.GOVERNMENT.USD.Q · GBR
Government core debt is consolidated across government entities and valued at nominal/face value. Gross outstanding core debt: loans, debt securities, and currency/deposits, financed by all domestic and foreign lenders. Assets are not deducted. End-quarter stock converted to US dollars at the prevailing end-quarter exchange rate; not a credit-flow or PPP measure. BIS statistics are freely sourced and their inclusion must not result in any additional charge to users. BIS attribution is required; resale is not permitted by SOTW's rights policy. Collection time is not the original publication timestamp. Source dimensions, unit multipliers, confidentiality and observation flags are retained. Terms: https://data.bis.org/help/legal
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- Latest
- 4,107.46
- USD billions · 2026-Q1
- Previous
- 4,184.18
- USD billions · 2025-Q4
- Earliest held
- 651.76
- USD billions · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 105
- Every reading SOTW holds
United Kingdom · history
USD billions · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (USD billions) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 4,107.46 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4,184.18 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4,110.27 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4,105.66 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3,786.22 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3,617.40 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3,810.95 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3,546.37 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3,452.51 |
| 2023-Q4 | 3,458.76 |
| 2023-Q3 | 3,251.67 |
| 2023-Q2 | 3,337.14 |
| 2023-Q1 | 3,138.93 |
| 2022-Q4 | 3,026.14 |
| 2022-Q3 | 2,697.86 |
| 2022-Q2 | 2,947.03 |
| 2022-Q1 | 3,130.38 |
| 2021-Q4 | 3,238.59 |
| 2021-Q3 | 3,166.10 |
| 2021-Q2 | 3,208.63 |
| 2021-Q1 | 3,088.56 |
| 2020-Q4 | 3,039.08 |
| 2020-Q3 | 2,772.79 |
| 2020-Q2 | 2,566.66 |
| 2020-Q1 | 2,346.99 |
| 2019-Q4 | 2,526.86 |
| 2019-Q3 | 2,299.87 |
| 2019-Q2 | 2,374.93 |
| 2019-Q1 | 2,411.40 |
| 2018-Q4 | 2,379.04 |
| 2018-Q3 | 2,391.42 |
| 2018-Q2 | 2,393.50 |
| 2018-Q1 | 2,503.79 |
| 2017-Q4 | 2,441.29 |
| 2017-Q3 | 2,360.56 |
| 2017-Q2 | 2,274.98 |
| 2017-Q1 | 2,171.53 |
| 2016-Q4 | 2,153.62 |
| 2016-Q3 | 2,215.54 |
| 2016-Q2 | 2,294.89 |
| 2016-Q1 | 2,402.19 |
| 2015-Q4 | 2,497.67 |
| 2015-Q3 | 2,517.87 |
| 2015-Q2 | 2,609.87 |
| 2015-Q1 | 2,398.54 |
| 2014-Q4 | 2,528.68 |
| 2014-Q3 | 2,555.81 |
| 2014-Q2 | 2,681.06 |
| 2014-Q1 | 2,563.32 |
| 2013-Q4 | 2,514.12 |
| 2013-Q3 | 2,408.93 |
| 2013-Q2 | 2,261.72 |
| 2013-Q1 | 2,192.68 |
| 2012-Q4 | 2,340.81 |
| 2012-Q3 | 2,291.23 |
| 2012-Q2 | 2,157.99 |
| 2012-Q1 | 2,200.70 |
| 2011-Q4 | 2,096.91 |
| 2011-Q3 | 2,060.74 |
| 2011-Q2 | 2,079.66 |
| 2011-Q1 | 1,994.60 |
| 2010-Q4 | 1,894.21 |
| 2010-Q3 | 1,901.80 |
| 2010-Q2 | 1,713.60 |
| 2010-Q1 | 1,669.93 |
| 2009-Q4 | 1,630.83 |
| 2009-Q3 | 1,527.38 |
| 2009-Q2 | 1,484.63 |
| 2009-Q1 | 1,211.62 |
| 2008-Q4 | 1,183.50 |
| 2008-Q3 | 1,333.72 |
| 2008-Q2 | 1,372.46 |
| 2008-Q1 | 1,315.17 |
| 2007-Q4 | 1,338.58 |
| 2007-Q3 | 1,318.94 |
| 2007-Q2 | 1,281.30 |
| 2007-Q1 | 1,210.86 |
| 2006-Q4 | 1,214.19 |
| 2006-Q3 | 1,132.69 |
| 2006-Q2 | 1,097.44 |
| 2006-Q1 | 999.03 |
| 2005-Q4 | 987.25 |
| 2005-Q3 | 983.00 |
| 2005-Q2 | 977.66 |
| 2005-Q1 | 989.68 |
| 2004-Q4 | 1,017.06 |
| 2004-Q3 | 905.07 |
| 2004-Q2 | 893.89 |
| 2004-Q1 | 858.59 |
| 2003-Q4 | 829.05 |
| 2003-Q3 | 742.87 |
| 2003-Q2 | 714.07 |
| 2003-Q1 | 666.68 |
| 2002-Q4 | 680.61 |
| 2002-Q3 | 643.08 |
| 2002-Q2 | 626.08 |
| 2002-Q1 | 565.89 |
| 2001-Q4 | 580.25 |
| 2001-Q3 | 582.24 |
| 2001-Q2 | 565.58 |
| 2001-Q1 | 568.20 |
| 2000-Q4 | 618.50 |
| 2000-Q3 | 598.52 |
| 2000-Q2 | 627.93 |
| 2000-Q1 | 651.76 |
Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.