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United Kingdom

77 series · 1086–2025 · High income · Europe & Central Asia

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1086–20253,036,899 (2025)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1791–20254,000,209 (2025)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1270–20252,201,341 (2025)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1500–202531,603 (2025)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1789–20253,364,308 (2025)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1270–2025138.0 (2025)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1789–202548,299 (2025)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1830–20252,480,362 (2025)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1830–202581.7 (2025)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1830–20253,267,138 (2025)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1830–20251,836,035 (2025)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1830–202560.5 (2025)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1830–20252,418,429 (2025)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1830–2025644,327 (2025)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1830–202521.2 (2025)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1830–2025848,709 (2025)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1830–2025595,607 (2025)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1830–202519.6 (2025)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1830–2025784,535 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1850–2025573,803 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1850–202518.9 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1850–2025755,814 (2025)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1280–2025930,600 (2025)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1280–202530.6 (2025)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1791–20251,225,788 (2025)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1560–2025969,670 (2025)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1560–202531.9 (2025)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1791–20251,277,251 (2025)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1772–2025-74,369 (2025)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1772–2025-2.45 (2025)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1791–20250.759 (2025)
Real effective exchange rateIndex, 2015 = 100REER1870–202597.3 (2025)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1791–2025-97,959 (2025)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp1689–20251,399,710 (2025)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp1830–20251,399,710 (2025)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP1830–202546.1 (2025)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp1689–20241,193,583 (2024)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP1689–202441.3 (2024)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev1689–20251,233,874 (2025)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev1830–20251,233,874 (2025)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev1689–20241,022,398 (2024)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP1830–202540.6 (2025)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP1689–202435.4 (2024)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax1798–2024833,386 (2024)
General government tax revenueMillions of local currencygen_govtax1798–2024833,386 (2024)
Central government tax revenueMillions of local currencycgovtax1830–2024788,315 (2024)
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govtax_GDP1798–202428.8 (2024)
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovtax_GDP1830–202427.3 (2024)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP1689–2025-5.46 (2025)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP1700–2025-5.46 (2025)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef1700–2025-165,836 (2025)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP1689–2024-6.96 (2024)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef1689–2024-201,185 (2024)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP1700–2025102.3 (2025)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP1700–2025102.3 (2025)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt1700–20253,107,225 (2025)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP1727–2024100.7 (2024)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt1727–20242,911,433 (2024)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt1700–20253,107,225 (2025)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef1689–2025-165,836 (2025)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP1689–202546.1 (2025)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP1689–202540.6 (2025)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP1798–202428.8 (2024)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Short-term interest ratePercentstrate1695–20254.22 (2025)
Long-term interest ratePercentltrate1727–20254.58 (2025)
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate1694–20253.75 (2025)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01750–2020183,197 (2020)
M1Millions of local currencyM11922–20252,270,701 (2025)
M2Millions of local currencyM21844–20162,000,228 (2016)
M3Millions of local currencyM31880–20253,736,968 (2025)
M4Millions of local currencyM41870–20202,547,679 (2020)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
House price indexIndex, 2015 = 100HPI1845–2025143.6 (2025)
Real house price indexIndex, 2015 = 100rHPI1845–2025103.8 (2025)
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1209–2025138.4 (2025)
InflationPercentinfl1210–20253.37 (2025)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1500–202569.7 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp1760–20254.85 (2025)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →