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United Kingdom: General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1798–2024 · 206 observations · gen_govtax_GDP

2024
28.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.0 pointsfrom 28.8%
Average, 2015–2024
27.5%10 years
Record high and low
34.6% (1945)low 4.79% (1874)

General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202428.8
202328.8
202228.7
202128.0
202026.5
201926.6
201827.0
201727.0
201626.9
201526.5

Sources

  • HM Treasury1798–2022
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2024

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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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