UK debt as a percentage of GDP has reached levels not seen since the early 1960s

Public sector net debt

250 %

End of the

second world war

200

150

October 2020

100

Financial crisis

50

0

1920

1940

1960

1980

2000

2020

Public sector net debt

250 %

End of the

second world war

200

150

October 2020

100

Financial crisis

50

0

1920

1940

1960

1980

2000

2020

Guardian graphic. Source: OBR, ONS. Note: Excluding public sector banks