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United Kingdom: Central government expenditure

Millions of local currency · 1689–2024 · 336 observations · cgovexp

2024
1.17 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+2.2%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+4.7%a year

Central government expenditure

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Local currency

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20241,165,276
20231,140,060
20221,046,471
2021996,736
20201,009,110
2019819,415
2018806,921
2017771,757
2016740,887
2015735,828

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United Kingdom documentation (PDF)

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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 →

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