United Kingdom — Central government expenditure

millions of LCU · Annual · 1689–2025 · 337 observations

About this series

Central government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period.

For the United Kingdom, the central government expenditure reading stood at 1.21T LCU in 2025. Against 1.17T LCU in 2024, the period change was +3.72%. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 41.3% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2000–2025

PeriodValue
20251.21T LCU
20241.17T LCU
20231.14T LCU
20221.05T LCU
2021996.74B LCU
15 earlier values
20201.01T LCU
2019819.42B LCU
2018806.92B LCU
2017771.76B LCU
2016740.89B LCU
2015735.83B LCU
2014733.27B LCU
2013715.65B LCU
2012741.84B LCU
2011708.93B LCU
2010708.70B LCU
2009676.63B LCU
2008655.53B LCU
2007592.42B LCU
2006560.42B LCU

Values before 2006, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.