The government of the United Kingdom's total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product was 44.7 percent in 2023/24, compared with 44.7 percent in the previous year.
Total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1981/82 to 2023/24
Characteristic
Expenditure as share of GDP
2023/24
44.7%
2022/23
45.3%
2021/22
44.3%
2020/21
53.1%
2019/20
39.6%
2018/19
39.5%
2017/18
40.1%
2016/17
40.4%
2015/16
41.2%
2014/15
42.1%
2013/14
42.5%
2012/13
44.1%
2011/12
44.6%
2010/11
45.7%
2009/10
46.5%
2008/09
43.5%
2007/08
40.3%
2006/07
39.9%
2005/06
39.9%
2004/05
39.9%
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
35.6%
1995/96
37.4%
1994/95
37.6%
1993/94
37.9%
1992/93
38.3%
1991/92
36.9%
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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GOV.UK, & HM Treasury. (July 30, 2024). Total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1981/82 to 2023/24 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, und HM Treasury. "Total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1981/82 to 2023/24." Chart. July 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, HM Treasury. (2024). Total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1981/82 to 2023/24. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK, and HM Treasury. "Total Managed Expenditure as a Share of Gross Domestic Product in The United Kingdom from 1981/82 to 2023/24." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/
GOV.UK & HM Treasury, Total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1981/82 to 2023/24 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Total managed expenditure as a share of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom from 1981/82 to 2023/24 [Graph], GOV.UK, & HM Treasury, July 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298478/public-sector-expenditure-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/