"Figure 1: Debt interest to revenue ratio (DIR) for the financial years ending 1947 to 2019","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. [Appendix I: Debt interest to revenue ratio for the financial years ending 1947 to 2019](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/publicsectordebtinteresttorevenueratioappendixi), presents the data underlying Figure 1." "Unit","%" "","" "Date","Debt interest ratio","DIR level" "1946/1947","14.8","6" "1947/1948","12.6","6" "1948/1949","8.0","6" "1949/1950","7.3","6" "1950/1951","6.8","6" "1951/1952","7.3","6" "1952/1953","8.3","6" "1953/1954","8.0","6" "1954/1955","7.0","6" "1955/1956","7.4","6" "1956/1957","6.5","6" "1957/1958","6.7","6" "1958/1959","7.7","6" "1959/1960","11.1","6" "1960/1961","11.6","6" "1961/1962","11.3","6" "1962/1963","10.5","6" "1963/1964","10.5","6" "1964/1965","9.8","6" "1965/1966","9.0","6" "1966/1967","9.0","6" "1967/1968","9.5","6" "1968/1969","8.8","6" "1969/1970","8.3","6" "1970/1971","7.9","6" "1971/1972","7.9","6" "1972/1973","7.8","6" "1973/1974","8.6","6" "1974/1975","9.0","6" "1975/1976","8.5","6" "1976/1977","9.3","6" "1977/1978","9.5","6" "1978/1979","9.6","6" "1979/1980","9.9","6" "1980/1981","10.0","6" "1981/1982","9.9","6" "1982/1983","9.2","6" "1983/1984","9.0","6" "1984/1985","9.4","6" "1985/1986","9.3","6" "1986/1987","8.9","6" "1987/1988","8.4","6" "1988/1989","7.5","6" "1989/1990","6.7","6" "1990/1991","6.2","6" "1991/1992","5.3","6" "1992/1993","6.0","6" "1993/1994","6.9","6" "1994/1995","7.4","6" "1995/1996","7.9","6" "1996/1997","8.1","6" "1997/1998","7.8","6" "1998/1999","7.0","6" "1999/2000","5.6","6" "2000/2001","5.3","6" "2001/2002","4.9","6" "2002/2003","4.9","6" "2003/2004","4.7","6" "2004/2005","4.7","6" "2005/2006","4.4","6" "2006/2007","4.8","6" "2007/2008","4.7","6" "2008/2009","5.5","6" "2009/2010","5.1","6" "2010/2011","6.7","6" "2011/2012","6.7","6" "2012/2013","5.9","6" "2013/2014","5.5","6" "2014/2015","4.8","6" "2015/2016","4.8","6" "2016/2017","4.8","6" "2017/2018","5.2","6" "2018/2019","4.1","6"