Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): United Kingdom

The latest reading SOTW holds for United Kingdom is 11,400,337 USD mn for 2026-Q2, from World Bank.

Source series · Listed tier · External · Quarterly · USD mn · WB.L.QEDS.EXTDEBT.USD.Q · GBR

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
11,400,337
USD mn · 2026-Q2
Previous
11,374,966
USD mn · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
3,187,523
USD mn · 2000-Q1
Readings shown
106
Every reading SOTW holds

United Kingdom · history

USD mn · Quarterly

Source: World Bank. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:20:01.272Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): United Kingdom: 106 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank.
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-Q211,400,337
2026-Q111,374,966
2025-Q410,979,921
2025-Q310,960,231
2025-Q210,790,025
2025-Q110,183,980
2024-Q49,706,960
2024-Q310,291,283
2024-Q29,769,623
2024-Q19,701,907
2023-Q49,461,556
2023-Q39,135,172
2023-Q29,009,825
2023-Q18,980,930
2022-Q48,828,193
2022-Q38,456,649
2022-Q29,135,600
2022-Q19,719,693
2021-Q49,756,688
2021-Q39,685,943
2021-Q29,756,944
2021-Q19,601,206
2020-Q49,473,884
2020-Q38,963,957
2020-Q28,659,745
2020-Q18,868,298
2019-Q48,483,481
2019-Q38,314,977
2019-Q28,215,727
2019-Q18,294,582
2018-Q48,190,459
2018-Q38,100,454
2018-Q28,252,798
2018-Q18,836,263
2017-Q48,430,440
2017-Q38,196,316
2017-Q27,805,136
2017-Q17,514,921
2016-Q47,302,552
2016-Q37,826,168
2016-Q27,887,344
2016-Q17,816,880
2015-Q47,922,823
2015-Q38,110,829
2015-Q28,168,068
2015-Q18,251,235
2014-Q48,731,721
2014-Q39,153,212
2014-Q29,386,006
2014-Q19,266,946
2013-Q49,097,350
2013-Q39,119,462
2013-Q29,385,856
2013-Q19,234,587
2012-Q49,430,578
2012-Q39,733,051
2012-Q29,476,374
2012-Q19,863,033
2011-Q49,415,194
2011-Q39,804,042
2011-Q29,640,698
2011-Q19,618,737
2010-Q49,198,155
2010-Q39,687,503
2010-Q28,764,861
2010-Q18,860,362
2009-Q49,113,471
2009-Q39,337,077
2009-Q29,262,819
2009-Q18,807,076
2008-Q49,185,467
2008-Q310,566,392
2008-Q211,288,914
2008-Q112,017,874
2007-Q411,198,024
2007-Q310,829,715
2007-Q210,176,556
2007-Q19,601,643
2006-Q48,908,909
2006-Q38,474,456
2006-Q28,168,471
2006-Q17,762,493
2005-Q47,162,729
2005-Q37,152,524
2005-Q26,969,430
2005-Q16,888,243
2004-Q46,611,708
2004-Q36,042,387
2004-Q25,757,521
2004-Q15,701,123
2003-Q45,213,617
2003-Q34,950,636
2003-Q24,777,193
2003-Q14,433,003
2002-Q44,231,837
2002-Q34,028,016
2002-Q23,942,795
2002-Q13,625,949
2001-Q43,645,447
2001-Q33,681,572
2001-Q23,512,494
2001-Q13,582,386
2000-Q43,342,709
2000-Q33,199,249
2000-Q23,227,700
2000-Q13,187,523

Source: World Bank. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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