"Figure 13: The primary income deficit widened slightly to 1.3% of nominal gross domestic product in 2018","" "UK primary income balance as a percentage of nominal GDP, 1997 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% of nominal GDP" "","" "","Primary Income Credits","Primary Income Debits","Primary Income Balance" "1997","10.6","10.5","0.1" "1998","11","10","1" "1999","10.3","10.6","-0.3" "2000","12.6","12.2","0.4" "2001","12.6","11.9","0.7" "2002","10.8","9.5","1.3" "2003","10.3","9","1.3" "2004","11","10","1" "2005","14","12.7","1.3" "2006","17","16.9","0.1" "2007","20","20.5","-0.5" "2008","18.4","19.3","-0.9" "2009","11.7","12.4","-0.7" "2010","11.2","11.1","0.1" "2011","12.3","11.9","0.4" "2012","10.2","11.3","-1" "2013","9.1","11.1","-2" "2014","7.8","9.9","-2" "2015","7.1","9.4","-2.3" "2016","6.9","9.3","-2.4" "2017","9","10.2","-1.2" "2018","10","11.3","-1.3"