Government Expense / United Kingdom
United Kingdom Government Expense
United Kingdom government expense data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 41.23%.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-17 05:11:28
GM ECONOMY RATING
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
59 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
6.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
13.0 / 20
External stability
4.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
6.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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United Kingdom · government expense data as percent of GDP.
Latest
41.23%
Previous
40.65%
Range avg.
39.72%
Rank
10
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CountryUnited Kingdom
IndicatorGovernment Expense
41.23%2023 · Rank 10
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
United Kingdom recorded 41.23% for Government Expense in 2023, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 40.65% in 2022; the absolute change was 0.58 percentage points.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (39.72%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 36.41% in 2019 to 47.53% in 2020.
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