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Amount outstanding in overdrafts from high street banks in the United Kingdom 1997-2017

Amount outstanding in overdraft lending from high street banks in the United Kingdom from December 1997 to December 2017 (Figures are expressed in millions of British Pounds, except where otherwise indicated)

The data displays the total amount outstanding in overdrafts from the UK high street banks from December 1997 to December 2017. it can be seen that the highest amount of overdraft lending still outstanding happened during the financial crisis of 2008 where almost 10.1 billion GBP was outstanding in overdrafts. Since then the amount has fallen to just over 6.5 billion GBP as of December 2017.

Dec '97 4676
Dec '98 5071
Dec '99 5346
Dec '00 5729
Dec '01 6788
Dec '02 7378
Dec '03 7974
Dec '04 8771
Dec '05 9866
Dec '06 9829
Dec '07 9735
Dec '08 10081
Dec '09 9812
Dec '10 9553
Dec '11 8782
Dec '12 8693
Dec '13 7884
Dec '14 7174
Dec '15 6993
Dec '16 6736
Dec '17 6538