UK government spending as a share of GDP 2023

The government of the United Kingdom's total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product was 45.6 percent in 2022/23, compared with 44.5 percent in the previous year.

Total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1981/82 to 2022/23

Characteristic	Expenditure as share of GDP
2022/23	45.6%
2021/22	44.5%
2020/21	53.1%
2019/20	39.5%
2018/19	39.4%
2017/18	40%
2016/17	40.2%
2015/16	41.1%
2014/15	42%
2013/14	42.5%
2012/13	44%
2011/12	44.6%
2010/11	45.7%
2009/10	46.3%
2008/09	43.5%
2007/08	40.2%
2006/07	39.9%
2005/06	39.9%
2004/05	40%
2003/04	38.9%
2002/03	37.6%
2001/02	36.3%
2000/01	35.1%
1999/00	34.8%
1998/99	35.2%
1997/98	35.7%
1996/97	35.5%
1995/96	37.3%
1994/95	37.6%
1993/94	37.8%
1992/93	38.4%
1991/92	36.8%
1990/91	35%
1989/90	34.7%
1988/89	34.6%
1987/88	37.2%
1986/87	39.3%
1985/86	40.4%
1984/85	42.5%
1983/84	42.8%
1982/83	43.2%
1981/82	42.9%

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1981 to 2023

Supplementary notes

This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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