"Figure 4b: Debt metrics over the last 20 financial years as a percentage of GDP, UK","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. GDP used is a 12 month GDP centered on the end of March each year." "Unit","% of GDP" "","" "","Public Sector Net Debt excluding public sector banks (PSND ex)","Public Sector Net Debt excluding public sector banks and Bank of England (PSND ex BoE)","Public Sector Net Financial Liabilities excluding public sector banks (PSNFL ex) " "1997/98","37.1","37.1","35.8" "1998/99","35.3","35.4","34.7" "1999/00","32.7","32.8","30.9" "2000/01","28.5","28.6","29.7" "2001/02","27.9","28.0","29.7" "2002/03","29.1","29.2","32.4" "2003/04","30.3","30.4","32.1" "2004/05","32.9","33.0","34.0" "2005/06","33.9","34.0","33.9" "2006/07","34.6","34.8","34.2" "2007/08","35.3","35.5","34.9" "2008/09","50.2","50.2","48.2" "2009/10","64.6","63.8","55.0" "2010/11","71.3","71.0","60.4" "2011/12","75.2","75.5","66.8" "2012/13","78.8","77.5","71.6" "2013/14","80.9","78.6","73.2" "2014/15","83.3","81.1","75.2" "2015/16","84.0","81.7","76.6"