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Government Expense / United Kingdom
Public Finance

United Kingdom Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for United Kingdom, including latest value (41.23), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00
Economy Data Rating
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
76 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 12.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 13.5 / 15
Structural stability 7.6 / 10
Future capacity 9 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.7 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 88% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1972–2023 1972– 2023
1972 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

United Kingdom · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1972–2023
41.23 percent of GDP
40.65 percent of GDP
39.72 percent of GDP
10 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022 2023
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 31.17
France 47.26
Italy 47.28
United States 24.9
Japan 20.93

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

United Kingdom Snapshot

country profile
Population 69.23 m
GDP 3686.03 bn
Debt/GDP 131.07%
Inflation 3.27%
Unemployment 4.75%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

United Kingdom Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for United Kingdom. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: united kingdom government expense rate, government expense data united kingdom, united kingdom government expense statistics, united kingdom percent of gdp.