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United Kingdom: General government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1830–2025 · 196 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govrev_GDP

2025
41.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 40.7%
Average, 2016–2025
39.7%10 years
Record high and low
44.0% (1949)low 4.33% (1847)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of General government revenue (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203143.3Forecast
203043.1Forecast
202942.8Forecast
202842.4Forecast
202742.2Forecast
202641.3Forecast
202541.3
202440.7
202340.7
202241.5
202140.2
202039.2
201938.3
201838.6
201738.6
201638.2

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1830–2023
  • GPIH government budgets1868–1975
  • Feinstein1900–1964
  • HM Treasury1900–2022
  • Sefton & Weale1920–1990
  • OECD Economic Outlook1970–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1973–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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