In 2023/24 the government of the United Kingdom's income was estimated to equate to approximately 40.4 percent of GDP, compared with 40.3 percent in the previous financial year.
Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2028/29
(in million GBP)
Characteristic
Revenue as a share of GDP
2028/29*
41.2%
2027/28*
41.1%
2026/27*
40.9%
2025/26*
40.8%
2024/25*
40.9%
2023/24*
40.4%
2022/23
40.3%
2021/22
39%
2020/21
38%
2019/20
36.9%
2018/19
37.4%
2017/18
37.2%
2016/17
37.5%
2015/16
37%
2014/15
36.8%
2013/14
36.7%
2012/13
36.8%
2011/12
37.3%
2010/11
37%
2009/10
36.1%
2008/09
36%
2007/08
37.3%
2006/07
37.1%
2005/06
36.7%
2004/05
36%
2003/04
35.5%
2002/03
34.6%
2001/02
35.8%
2000/01
36.5%
1999/00
35.8%
1998/99
35.1%
1997/98
34.6%
1996/97
32.4%
1995/96
33.3%
1994/95
32.2%
1993/94
31.3%
1992/93
32.1%
1991/92
33.5%
1990/91
33.9%
1989/90
34.7%
1988/89
35.5%
1987/88
36.2%
1986/87
37.4%
1985/86
38.3%
1984/85
39.2%
1983/84
39.5%
1982/83
40.6%
1981/82
40.9%
1980/81
38.5%
1979/80
37.3%
1978/79
36.9%
1977/78
38.4%
1976/77
40.2%
1975/76
40.1%
1974/75
39%
1973/74
36.2%
1972/73
35.9%
1971/72
38.4%
1970/71
40%
1969/70
41.9%
1968/69
40.8%
1967/68
39.1%
1966/67
37.6%
1965/66
37%
1964/65
35.2%
1963/64
34.6%
1962/63
35.5%
1961/62
35.5%
1960/61
33.5%
1959/60
33.7%
1958/59
35.7%
1957/58
35.2%
1956/57
35.6%
1955/56
36%
1954/55
37.5%
1953/54
38%
1952/53
39.9%
1951/52
41.1%
1950/51
42.8%
1949/50
43.3%
1948/49
42.9%
1947/48
37%
1946/47
37.1%
1945/46
39.9%
1944/45
39.4%
1943/44
38%
1942/43
35.3%
1941/42
32.6%
1940/41
28.7%
1939/40
26.3%
1938/39
25.7%
1937/38
25.3%
1936/37
25.3%
1935/36
25.7%
1934/35
26.3%
1933/34
27.3%
1932/33
28.4%
1931/32
27.5%
1930/31
25.8%
1929/30
25%
1928/29
25.2%
1927/28
25%
1926/27
25.1%
1925/26
24.3%
1924/25
24.3%
1923/24
25.9%
1922/23
27.1%
1921/22
26.6%
1920/21
22.7%
1919/20
22.2%
1918/19
20.9%
1917/18
20%
1916/17
18.2%
1915/16
14.9%
1914/15
13.4%
1913/14
13.1%
1912/13
13.1%
1911/12
12.7%
1910/11
12.7%
1909/10
12.3%
1908/09
12.1%
1907/08
11.8%
1906/07
11.8%
1905/06
12.1%
1904/05
12.3%
1903/04
12.4%
1902/03
12.1%
1901/02
11.3%
1900/01
10.4%
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Office for Budget Responsibility. (March 6, 2024). Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2028/29 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/282837/uk-government-revenue-as-gdp/
Office for Budget Responsibility. "Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2028/29 (in million GBP)." Chart. March 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282837/uk-government-revenue-as-gdp/
Office for Budget Responsibility. (2024). Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2028/29 (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282837/uk-government-revenue-as-gdp/
Office for Budget Responsibility. "Total Public Sector Current Receipts Expressed as a Percentage of Gdp in The United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2028/29 (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282837/uk-government-revenue-as-gdp/
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Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2028/29 (in million GBP) [Graph], Office for Budget Responsibility, March 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/282837/uk-government-revenue-as-gdp/