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Below is a formatted version of the dataset displayed in the chart. Included is a column of nominal or chained GDP for each year charted.
Year | Inflation | GDP-UK £ billion nominal | Population-UK million | Total Spending -fed percent GDP | |
2016 | 0.81 | 1937.6 | 65.648 | 31.62 | a |
2017 | 2.1 | 2021.7 | 66.040 | 31.31 | a |
2018 | 1.7 | 2102.3 | 66.436 | 31.11 | a |
2019 | 1.82 | 2176.7 | 66.797 | 30.97 | a |
2020 | 2.61 | 2247.1 | 67.844 | 31.05 | a |
Legend: Data Sources for 2016: Data Sources for 2020: |
Expenditure data since 1983 comes from HM Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis reports.
Detailed table of spending data sources here.
Gross Domestic Product data comes from measuringworth.com.
Central government spending data begins in 1692.
Local authority spending data begins in 1868.
Sources for 2016:
GDP: OBR EFO supp. economy tables
Spending: HM Treasury PESA
Debt: OBR Public Finances Databank
Sources for 2020:
GDP: OBR EFO supp. economy tables
Spending: HM Treasury PESA
Debt: OBR Public Finances Databank
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On March 16, 2024 we updated UK revenue forecast data for 2023-24 to 2026-27 from the Office of Budget Responsibility's March 2024 Economic and fiscal outlook report in a zip file labeled "March 2024 Economic and fiscal outlook - charts and tables (zip file)" and a spreadsheet file named "Annex_A_charts_and_tables_March_2024.xlsx" and Table A.5: Current Receipts in tab "TA.5".
2022-23 Forecast | March 2023 £ billion | March 2024 £ billion |
Central Government | £951.9 | £987.4 |
Local Authorities | £68.1 | £670.6 |
Total UK Revenue | £1,020.0 | £1,058.0 |
On March 16, 2024 we updated UK deficit forecast data for 2023-24 to 2028-29 from the Office of Budget Responsibility's March 2024 Economic and fiscal outlook report Table 6.5 Components of Net Borrowing in tab "6.5" in a zip file labeled "March 2024 Economic and fiscal outlook - detailed forecast tables (zip file)" and a spreadsheet file named "Detailed_forecast_tables_Aggregates_March_2024.xlsx".
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