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Debt interest as share of revenue
Part of the Fiscal Resilience domain. Central government debt interest payments as a share of total public sector receipts, measuring how much of tax revenue is consumed by debt servicing.
Latest data
Latest reading
2025-26
Change between the two latest observations (2024 to 2025-26), in stress score.
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Since the August 2026 release
What changed on this indicator between the two releases: new observation, source changed.
Blended from two measured components: (2/3 weight) and trend (1/3 weight); where no trend can be computed the metric is scored on its level alone. Volatility is published as a diagnostic and does not enter the blend. Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 2/3 weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 1/3 weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · diagnostic, not blended
50Provisional: fewer than four historical readings are available, so this defaults to a mid range score rather than a measured figure.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Economic and Fiscal Outlook
- Update frequency
- Biannual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- ONS / OBR
- Series ID
- debt interest as % of receipts
- Frequency
- annual
- Accessed
- 25 August 2026
Known weakness
Biannual OBR publication means data is updated infrequently; the ratio is sensitive to short-term interest rate movements that may reverse without structural change.
Notes
Verified official value from ONS / OBR (debt interest as % of receipts), accessed 2026-08-25.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.2 | |
| 2025 | 8.7 |