Government spending as a percentage of GDP in the UK 1900-2030
Government spending in the United Kingdom was approximately 44.9 percent of GDP in 2023/24, compared with 45.3 percent in the previous financial year.
Total managed expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/23
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Office for Budget Responsibility. (October 30, 2024). Total managed expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/23 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/282778/uk-government-spending-as-gdp/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Office for Budget Responsibility. "Total managed expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/23." Chart. October 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282778/uk-government-spending-as-gdp/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Office for Budget Responsibility. (2024). Total managed expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/23. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282778/uk-government-spending-as-gdp/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Office for Budget Responsibility. "Total Managed Expenditure Expressed as a Percentage of Gdp in The United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/23." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282778/uk-government-spending-as-gdp/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Office for Budget Responsibility, Total managed expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/23 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282778/uk-government-spending-as-gdp/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 22, 2025)
Total managed expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/23 [Graph], Office for Budget Responsibility, October 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/282778/uk-government-spending-as-gdp/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed