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United Kingdom: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1689–2025 · 337 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
46.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 46.0%
Average, 2016–2025
44.6%10 years
Record high and low
61.4% (1944)low 3.77% (1700)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203145.2Forecast
203045.1Forecast
202945.1Forecast
202845.4Forecast
202745.7Forecast
202646.1Forecast
202546.1
202446.0
202346.3
202245.3
202147.3
202051.7
201940.5
201840.4
201740.8
201641.2

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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