In 2024/25 the government of the United Kingdom's income was estimated to equate to approximately 39.4 percent of GDP, compared with 40 percent in the previous financial year.
Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/30
Characteristic
Revenue as a share of GDP
2029/30*
41.7%
2028/29*
41.7%
2027/28*
41.9%
2026/27*
41.7%
2025/26*
41.1%
2024/25
39.4%
2023/24
40%
2022/23
40%
2021/22
39.1%
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
32.4%
1995/96
33.3%
1994/95
32.2%
1993/94
31.3%
1992/93
32.1%
1991/92
33.5%
1990/91
33.9%
1989/90
34.7%
1988/89
35.5%
1987/88
36.2%
1986/87
37.4%
1985/86
38.3%
1984/85
39.2%
1983/84
39.5%
1982/83
40.6%
1981/82
40.9%
1980/81
38.5%
1979/80
37.3%
1978/79
36.9%
1977/78
38.4%
1976/77
40.2%
1975/76
40.1%
1974/75
39%
1973/74
36.2%
1972/73
35.9%
1971/72
38.4%
1970/71
40%
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
39.9%
1944/45
39.4%
1943/44
38%
1942/43
35.3%
1941/42
32.6%
1940/41
28.7%
1939/40
26.3%
1938/39
25.7%
1937/38
25.3%
1936/37
25.3%
1935/36
25.7%
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
25.9%
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
13.4%
1913/14
13.1%
1912/13
13.1%
1911/12
12.7%
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. (April 25, 2025). Total public sector current receipts expressed as a percentage of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1900/01 to 2029/30 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/282837/uk-government-revenue-as-gdp/
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