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United Kingdom: Government consumption

Millions of local currency · 1830–2025 · 196 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gcons

2025
628 billionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+6.2%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+5.3%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$828 billionUS dollars

Government consumption

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2026650,626Forecast
2025628,304
2024591,782
2023558,426
2022526,249
2021508,719
2020475,664
2019426,592
2018399,065
2017388,577
2016382,760

Sources

  • Thomas, Hills & Dimsdale1830–2016
  • Sefton & Weale1920–1990
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2019
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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