Monthly government deficit in the UK 1997-2021
The budget deficit in the United Kingdom was 12.8 billion British pounds in November 2021, compared with 17 billion pounds in the same month of 2020.
Monthly public sector current budget deficit in the United Kingdom from April 1997 to November 2021 (in million GBP)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (December 21, 2021). Monthly public sector current budget deficit in the United Kingdom from April 1997 to November 2021 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/282868/monthly-budget-deficit-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Monthly public sector current budget deficit in the United Kingdom from April 1997 to November 2021 (in million GBP)." Chart. December 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282868/monthly-budget-deficit-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2021). Monthly public sector current budget deficit in the United Kingdom from April 1997 to November 2021 (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282868/monthly-budget-deficit-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Monthly Public Sector Current Budget Deficit in The United Kingdom from April 1997 to November 2021 (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282868/monthly-budget-deficit-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Monthly public sector current budget deficit in the United Kingdom from April 1997 to November 2021 (in million GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282868/monthly-budget-deficit-uk/ (last visited May 04, 2025)
Monthly public sector current budget deficit in the United Kingdom from April 1997 to November 2021 (in million GBP) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), December 21, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/282868/monthly-budget-deficit-uk/