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United Kingdom: Household consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1830–2025 · 196 observations · forecasts to 2026 · hcons_GDP

2025
62.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 62.4%
Average, 2016–2025
62.7%10 years
Record high and low
87.9% (1830)low 51.1% (1943)

Household consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202661.8Forecast
202562.1
202462.4
202362.9
202263.0
202159.9
202059.2
201963.9
201864.7
201764.2
201664.7

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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