Government expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom was 41.3 percent in 2020/21, which was a decrease of nearly six percent compared with 2019/20.
Total public sector current expenditure as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1977/78 to 2020/21
Characteristic
Expenditure as share of GDP
2020/21
41.3%
2019/20
47%
2018/19
35.6%
2017/18
35.2%
2016/17
36%
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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HM Treasury. (July 1, 2021). Total public sector current expenditure as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1977/78 to 2020/21 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
HM Treasury. "Total public sector current expenditure as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1977/78 to 2020/21." Chart. July 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
HM Treasury. (2021). Total public sector current expenditure as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1977/78 to 2020/21. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
HM Treasury. "Total Public Sector Current Expenditure as a Share of Gross Domestic Product (Gdp) in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1977/78 to 2020/21." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
HM Treasury, Total public sector current expenditure as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1977/78 to 2020/21 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 16, 2022)
