United Kingdom — Government consumption (USD)

millions of USD · Annual · 1830–2026 · 197 observations

About this series

Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure. This series reports the amount in millions of US dollars.

For the United Kingdom, the government consumption reading stood at 823.97B USD in 2025. Against 756.43B USD in 2024, the period change was +8.93%. It was above the selected 10-year average of 632.51B USD. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 21.4% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2000–2026

PeriodValue
2026823.26B USD
2025823.97B USD
2024756.43B USD
2023694.02B USD
2022647.99B USD
15 earlier values
2021699.73B USD
2020610.11B USD
2019543.98B USD
2018532.12B USD
2017500.12B USD
2016516.61B USD
2015572.56B USD
2014609.21B USD
2013560.50B USD
2012562.96B USD
2011556.90B USD
2010534.61B USD
2009531.61B USD
2008595.84B USD
2007608.46B USD

Values before 2007, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.