The United Kingdom recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 5.10 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The United Kingdom recorded a government budget deficit of 17434 GBP Million in October of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Government Budget Value - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The United Kingdom recorded a trade deficit of 1094 GBP Million in September of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The United Kingdom recorded a Current Account deficit of 28939 GBP Million in the second quarter of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Current Account - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Public Sector Net Borrowing in the United Kingdom increased to -17434 GBP Million in October from -19894 GBP Million in September of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Public Sector Net Borrowing.

Graph and download economic data for Trade Deficit in the United Kingdom (TDUKA) from 1816 to 2016 about budget, academic data, United Kingdom, and trade.

The United Kingdom recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 93.60 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about UK's Trade Balance

• UK's Trade Balance recorded a deficit of 33.7 USD bn in Sep 2025, compared with a deficit of 32.5 USD bn in the previous month
• UK's Trade Balance data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1957 to Sep 2025, with an averaged value of 3.8 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 13.0 USD mn in Dec 2030 and a record low of 0.7 USD mn in Dec 1990

CEIC calculates monthly Trade Balance from monthly Total Exports and monthly Total Imports and converts it into USD. UK Trade Info provides Total Exports and Total Imports in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Trade Balance prior to January 1996 is sourced from the International Monetary Fund.

Further information about UK's Trade Balance

• In the latest reports, UK's Total Exports reached 44.2 USD bn in Sep 2025, an increase of 14.8% YoY (year-on-year)
• Total Imports recorded 77.9 USD bn in Sep 2025, an increase of 14.8% YoY (year-on-year)

The United Kingdom recorded a Current Account deficit of 2.20 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Current Account to GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Quarterly transactions in trade in goods and services, primary, secondary and investment income, transactions with EU and non-EU countries and capital account.

In the third quarter of 2025, the value of exports from the United Kingdom amounted to approximately 234 billion British pounds, while imports to the country amounted to around 238 billion pounds, resulting in a trade deficit of around 4.5 billion pounds in this quarter. During this time period, the value of UK exports was highest in the fourth quarter of 2022, with the value of imports peaking in the first quarter of 2025. The UK's main trade partners Despite the UK leaving the EU in 2020 following the Brexit referendum of 2016, Europe remains the main destination for UK exports, with almost half of UK exports heading there in 2023. During the same year, just over 60 percent of imports came from European countries, compared with around 17.9 percent from countries in Asia, and 11.8 percent from the Americas. In terms of individual countries, the United States was the UK's leading export partner for both goods and services from the UK, while Germany was the main source of UK goods imports, and the U.S. for service imports. It is as yet unclear how the return of Donald Trump to the White House will impact UK/US trade relations, should the President follow through with threats made on the campaign trail to increase trade tariffs. Brexit rethink under Starmer? Although generally more pro-European than the previous government, the new Labour government, led by Keir Starmer, does not plan to rejoin the European Union, or the Single Market. Public opinion, while gradually turning against Brexit recently, has not coalesced around a particular trading relationship. In late 2023, a survey indicated that while 31 percent of British adults wanted to rejoin the EU, a further 30 percent wanted to simply improve relations with the EU, instead of rejoining. Just 11 percent of respondents wanted to join the single market but not the EU, while 10 percent were happy with the relationship as it was. At the start of 2025, after several months in office, the new government has not signalled any major change in direction regarding on this, but has broadly signalled it wants a better relationship with the EU.

Since the first quarter of 2016, the total trade deficit of the UK has widened, most notably in the first half of 2022. As of the second quarter of 202 the UK's trade balance reached 19 billion British pounds.

  UK’s EU and non-EU trade   UK runs a trade deficit with the EU, but this is not the case regarding trade with countries outside the European Union. Since 2012, the value of UK goods exported to non-EU countries has persistenly been greater than imports made from these countries, resulting in a healthy trade surplus.

  International UK trade after Brexit   Following the Brexit referendum of 2016,the UK government has sought to renew a number of trade agreements that come automatically with EU membership, such as Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA).

The United States had the largest account deficit of the G7 countries between 2010 and 2023. Moreover, its deficit increased sharply from 2019 to 2022, from minus *** billion U.S. dollars to minus ************ dollars in 2024. The account balance of the other six countries fluctuated more, with Germany having the highest positive balance at *** billion U.S. dollars. In terms of share of gross domestic product (GDP), the United Kingdom had the highest account balance deficit of the G7.

This dataset provides values for GOVERNMENT DEBT TO GDP reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

The United Kingdom's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$508.69 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The United Kingdom's main export partners were: the United States, China and Germany. The top three export commodities were: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Imports were valued at US$809.21 Billion. In 2024, The United Kingdom had a trade deficit of US$300.52 Billion.

Sri Lanka's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$12.11 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Sri Lanka's main export partners were: the United States, the United Kingdom and India. The top three export commodities were: Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted; Coffee, tea, mate and spices and Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted. Total Imports were valued at US$18.39 Billion. In 2024, Sri Lanka had a trade deficit of US$6.28 Billion.