• Government spending GDP share UK 2020

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Government expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom was 35.4 percent in 2019/20, which was an increase of 0.4 percent compared with 2018/19, and the first time since 2010/11 that spending as a share of GDP has increased annually.

Total public sector current expenditure as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1977/78 to 2019/20

	Expenditure as share of GDP
2019/20	35.4%
2018/19	35%
2017/18	35.6%
2016/17	35.9%
2015/16	36.9%
2014/15	37.5%
2013/14	38.3%
2012/13	39.5%
2011/12	40.2%
2010/11	40.8%
2009/10	40.7%
2008/09	38.1%
2007/08	36%
2006/07	35.6%
2005/06	35.8%
2004/05	35.8%
2003/04	35%
2002/03	33.7%
2001/02	33.1%
2000/01	32.6%
1999/00	32.1%
1998/99	32.5%
1997/98	33%
1996/97	33%
1995/96	34.1%
1994/95	34.3%
1993/94	34.4%
1992/93	34.6%
1991/92	32.7%
1990/91	30.9%
1989/90	30.6%
1988/89	31.1%
1987/88	33.3%
1986/87	34.9%
1985/86	35.5%
1984/85	36.8%
1983/84	36.7%
1982/83	37.2%
1981/82	37.2%
1980/81	36.3%
1979/80	34.3%
1978/79	34.4%
1977/78	34.7%

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July 2020

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 1977 to March 31, 2020

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