 When the war ended Britain had a national debt of £250 million (36,570 billion in 2018 about 20 pounds debt per capita vs. 11 pounds per capita average income) which generated a yearly interest of over £9.5 million (3.8 percent).This debt was piled on to the already outstanding debt from the Seven Years' War 73 million in 1755 to 137 million in 1763.Servicing the debt cost 5 million annually when government revenue was 8 million.