In 2023/24 the government of the United Kingdom's income was estimated to equate to approximately 40.5 percent of GDP, rising to 40.8 percent in the next financial year.
Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/30
(in million GBP)
Characteristic
Revenue as a share of GDP
2029/30*
42.4%
2028/29*
42.4%
2027/28*
42.5%
2026/27*
42.2%
2025/26*
41.7%
2024/25*
40.8%
2023/24
40.5%
2022/23
40.5%
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
36.8%
2012/13
36.9%
2011/12
37.3%
2010/11
37%
2009/10
36.1%
2008/09
36.1%
2007/08
37.4%
2006/07
37.2%
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
35.2%
1997/98
34.6%
1996/97
32.5%
1995/96
33.2%
1994/95
32.2%
1993/94
31.2%
1992/93
32.1%
1991/92
33.5%
1990/91
33.9%
1989/90
34.8%
1988/89
35.5%
1987/88
36.2%
1986/87
37.4%
1985/86
38.3%
1984/85
39.3%
1983/84
39.5%
1982/83
40.6%
1981/82
41%
1980/81
38.6%
1979/80
37.3%
1978/79
37%
1977/78
38.5%
1976/77
40.3%
1975/76
40.2%
1974/75
39.1%
1973/74
36.2%
1972/73
35.9%
1971/72
38.4%
1970/71
40.1%
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
40%
1944/45
39.4%
1943/44
38%
1942/43
35.3%
1941/42
32.7%
1940/41
28.7%
1939/40
26.3%
1938/39
25.7%
1937/38
25.3%
1936/37
25.3%
1935/36
25.8%
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
26%
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
13.5%
1913/14
13.1%
1912/13
13.1%
1911/12
12.8%
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. (October 30, 2024). Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/30 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 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 2029/30 (in million GBP)." Chart. October 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282837/uk-government-revenue-as-gdp/
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Office for Budget Responsibility. "Total Public Sector Current Receipts Expressed as a Percentage of Gdp in The United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/30 (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Oct 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 2029/30 (in million GBP) [Graph], Office for Budget Responsibility, October 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/282837/uk-government-revenue-as-gdp/