"Figure 2: UK net borrowing was driven by greater net borrowing by corporations and government, offset by a fall in households' net borrowing","" "Net lending (+) or borrowing (-) position by sector as a percentage of GDP, seasonally adjusted, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2012 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. NPISH = Non-profit institutions serving households. 2. Sum of net lending or borrowing positions may not sum to zero in later years due to unbalanced Supply and Use tables in the compilation of GDP. To find out more see: [Balancing the Three Approaches to Measuring Gross Domestic Product, 2012](https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105230343/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/naa1-rd/united-kingdom-national-accounts/the-blue-book--2012-edition/art---balancing-the-three-approaches-to-measuring-gdp.html)" "Unit","%" "","" "","Non-financial corporations","Financial corporations","Households","NPISH","General Government","UK total" "2012 Q1","0.8","1.1","3.6","0.4","-8.6","-2.7" "2012 Q2","-0.9","1.6","3.9","0.2","-9.2","-4.4" "2012 Q3","-0.5","-0.3","3.9","0.4","-6.9","-3.4" "2012 Q4","-0.2","0.8","2.4","0.1","-7.8","-4.7" "2013 Q1","-0.2","-1.2","1.5","0","-5","-4.9" "2013 Q2","-1.4","-1.9","2.6","0.2","-3.4","-3.9" "2013 Q3","-3.1","0.6","3.0","0.3","-6.2","-5.3" "2013 Q4","-2.4","0.0","2.8","-0.3","-6.7","-6.6" "2014 Q1","-0.8","-0.2","2.6","-0.2","-6.1","-4.6" "2014 Q2","-1.5","-0.6","2.5","0.2","-4.7","-4.1" "2014 Q3","-0.9","-1.0","2.0","0.2","-5.4","-5.1" "2014 Q4","-2.0","-1.5","2.5","-0.2","-5.3","-6.4" "2015 Q1","-1.6","-1.8","2.5","0","-4.4","-5.3" "2015 Q2","-1.6","-1.2","2.9","0","-3.7","-3.7" "2015 Q3","-3.5","0.2","3.4","0.3","-4.7","-4.2" "2015 Q4","-3.3","-2.7","3.2","0.1","-4.2","-6.9" "2016 Q1","-1.8","-1.7","1.6","0.2","-3.6","-5.4" "2016 Q2","-2.1","-2.2","1.1","0.2","-2.2","-5.3" "2016 Q3","-2.8","-1.1","0.9","0.1","-3.5","-6.5" "2016 Q4","0.1","-1.1","-0.7","0.1","-2.5","-4.1" "2017 Q1","-0.2","0.2","-1.8","0.2","-1.6","-3.1" "2017 Q2","-0.5","-0.9","-1.0","0.2","-2.5","-4.3" "2017 Q3","-0.5","0.0","-1.2","0.1","-2","-3.2" "2017 Q4","-0.6","-0.7","-1.2","0.1","-1.3","-3.1" "2018 Q1","-0.7","0.3","-1.2","0","-2.5","-3.4" "2018 Q2","-0.8","-1.3","-1.1","0.1","-1","-3.4" "2018 Q3","-1.8","-0.8","-1.4","0.3","-1.4","-4.5" "2018 Q4","-2.0","-1.0","-0.8","0.2","-1.5","-4.6"