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United Kingdom: Government revenue (% of GDP)

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

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203142.4Forecast
203042.2Forecast
202941.9Forecast
202841.5Forecast
202741.3Forecast
202641.0Forecast
202540.6
202439.9
202340.2
202240.5
202139.5
202038.8
201938.0
201838.2
201738.3
201638.0

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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