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United Kingdom: Expense (% of GDP)

41.23percent · 2023+3.0% since 2013

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1972 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202341.229
202240.651
202142.947
202047.533
201936.406
201837.197
201736.843
201637.012
201538.213
201439.146
201340.031
201243.131
201142.512
201043.939
200943.491
200840.997
200738.237
200637.953
200537.73
200437.287
200336.831
200235.656
200134.261
200033.973
199933.557
199833.859
199734.297
199635.721
199536.981
199437.08
199337.369
199237.641
199134.784
199032.583
198929.655
198830.972
198733.137
198634.978
198535.933
198436.82
198336.882
198237.672
198137.484
198035.56
197933.98
197834.489
197734.528
197636.445
197536.489
197433.254
197328.838
197229.512

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Expense (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expense-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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