United Kingdom: General government revenue (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1830–2025 · 196 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govrev_GDP
- 2025
- 40.6%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +0.8 pointsfrom 39.9%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 39.2%10 years
- Record high and low
- 44.0% (1949)low 4.31% (1847)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 42.4 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 42.2 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 41.9 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 41.5 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 41.3 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 41.0 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 40.6 | |
| 2024 | 39.9 | |
| 2023 | 40.2 | |
| 2022 | 40.5 | |
| 2021 | 39.5 | |
| 2020 | 38.8 | |
| 2019 | 38.0 | |
| 2018 | 38.2 | |
| 2017 | 38.3 | |
| 2016 | 38.0 |
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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