United Kingdom External and Public Sector Debt Statistics from World Bank

World Bank data on the United Kingdom's external debt stocks and flows, focusing on high-income countries and emerging markets. The dataset includes quarterly external debt statistics and public sector debt details on valuation methods, instruments, and government tiers. Data are sourced from national statistical organizations, central banks, and multilateral institutions, with a last update recorded as 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Modeling sovereign debt sustainability based on quarterly external debt statistics.
• Analyzing public sector financial health based on debt instrument and valuation method data.
• Tracking global financial flows using detailed debt stocks and flows for developing and high-income countries.
• Comparing debt structures across government tiers (central, state, local) and extra-budgetary agencies.

Strengths

• Data sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations and central banks.
• Includes both quarterly external debt statistics and detailed public sector debt database components.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting flexible reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-04-28 02:06:16.233469; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group

Collection Method

Gathered from national statistical organizations and central banks as well as by various major multilateral institutions and World Bank staff.

Time Range

Quarterly time series (specific range not provided).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28.

Geography

United Kingdom