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| Year | Inflation | GDP-UK £ billion nominal | Population-UK million | Remaining Spending -total percent GDP | Welfare -total percent GDP | Health Care -total percent GDP | Education -total percent GDP | Interest -total percent GDP | Defence -total percent GDP | ||||||
| 1930 | -0.84 | MW gdp | 45.889 | 11.33 | a | 2.32 | a | 1.01 | a | 3.36 | a | 9.03 | a | 2.59 | a |
| 1931 | -1.83 | MW gdp | 46.074 | 12.12 | a | 2.80 | a | 1.35 | a | 3.84 | a | 9.49 | a | 2.73 | a |
| 1932 | -2.24 | MW gdp | 46.335 | 12.5 | a | 3.07 | a | 1.53 | a | 3.90 | a | 9.68 | a | 2.70 | a |
| 1933 | -1.39 | MW gdp | 46.520 | 11.14 | a | 3.69 | a | 1.73 | a | 3.59 | a | 9.46 | a | 2.60 | a |
| 1934 | -0.87 | MW gdp | 46.666 | 10.57 | a | 3.46 | a | 1.67 | a | 3.38 | a | 7.79 | a | 2.60 | a |
| 1935 | 0.79 | MW gdp | 46.869 | 10.65 | a | 3.37 | a | 1.66 | a | 3.37 | a | 7.15 | a | 2.61 | a |
| 1936 | 0.89 | MW gdp | 47.081 | 10.68 | a | 3.39 | a | 1.71 | a | 3.41 | a | 6.76 | a | 2.94 | a |
| 1937 | 3.46 | MW gdp | 47.289 | 10.65 | a | 3.13 | a | 1.69 | a | 3.34 | a | 6.36 | a | 3.69 | a |
| 1938 | 2.36 | MW gdp | 47.494 | 10.92 | a | 2.95 | a | 1.76 | a | 3.39 | a | 6.33 | a | 3.78 | a |
| 1939 | 2.88 | MW gdp | 47.548 | 11.07 | a | 2.78 | a | 1.78 | a | 3.29 | a | 6.01 | a | 4.55 | a |
| 1940 | 11.13 | MW gdp | 46.029 | 9.44 | a | 2.27 | a | 1.49 | a | 2.71 | a | 5.13 | a | 9.09 | a |
| 1941 | 11.47 | MW gdp | 44.870 | 7.49 | a | 1.77 | a | 1.21 | a | 2.17 | a | 4.36 | a | 37.98 | a |
| 1942 | 7.49 | MW gdp | 44.323 | 7.66 | a | 1.60 | a | 1.16 | a | 2.03 | a | 4.47 | a | 44.04 | a |
| 1943 | 4.44 | MW gdp | 48.262 | 6.91 | a | 1.58 | a | 1.19 | a | 2.11 | a | 4.75 | a | 49.25 | a |
| 1944 | 5.01 | MW gdp | 48.460 | 6.67 | a | 1.65 | a | 1.31 | a | 2.20 | a | 5.26 | a | 49.97 | a |
| 1945 | 1.63 | MW gdp | 48.669 | 7.26 | a | 1.76 | a | 1.46 | a | 2.42 | a | 5.93 | a | 53.44 | a |
| 1946 | 2.81 | MW gdp | 48.988 | 8.06 | a | 1.82 | a | 1.60 | a | 3.09 | a | 6.24 | a | 45.95 | a |
| 1947 | 9.08 | MW gdp | 49.539 | 19.95 | a | 2.40 | a | 2.08 | a | 3.46 | a | 6.03 | a | 16.74 | a |
| 1948 | 6.3 | MW gdp | 50.033 | 18.12 | a | 3.33 | a | 2.24 | a | 3.77 | a | 5.65 | a | 7.99 | a |
| 1949 | 3.18 | MW gdp | 50.331 | 16.02 | a | 3.28 | a | 2.43 | a | 4.13 | a | 5.05 | a | 6.74 | a |
| 1950 | 1.34 | MW gdp | 50.382 | 15.91 | a | 3.16 | a | 2.77 | a | 4.43 | a | 4.92 | a | 6.31 | a |
| 1951 | 8.55 | MW gdp | 50.287 | 15.36 | a | 2.73 | a | 3.48 | a | 3.39 | a | 4.15 | a | 10.19 | a |
| 1952 | 7.1 | MW gdp | 50.429 | 14.84 | a | 2.92 | a | 3.28 | a | 3.47 | a | 4.21 | a | 11.50 | a |
| 1953 | 1.83 | MW gdp | 50.593 | 14.52 | a | 3.01 | a | 3.15 | a | 3.39 | a | 4.11 | a | 11.26 | a |
| 1954 | 1.13 | MW gdp | 50.765 | 13.67 | a | 2.87 | a | 3.09 | a | 3.45 | a | 3.93 | a | 10.34 | a |
| 1955 | 4.92 | MW gdp | 50.946 | 13 | a | 3.05 | a | 3.05 | a | 3.43 | a | 4.02 | a | 9.00 | a |
| 1956 | 7.04 | MW gdp | 51.184 | 13.04 | a | 3.05 | a | 3.08 | a | 3.65 | a | 3.84 | a | 8.65 | a |
| 1957 | 4.08 | MW gdp | 51.430 | 13.09 | a | 3.02 | a | 3.15 | a | 3.87 | a | 3.65 | a | 7.79 | a |
| 1958 | 3.71 | MW gdp | 51.653 | 12.8 | a | 3.74 | a | 3.18 | a | 3.90 | a | 3.88 | a | 7.38 | a |
| 1959 | 0.76 | MW gdp | 51.956 | 13.25 | a | 3.85 | a | 3.28 | a | 3.99 | a | 3.76 | a | 7.04 | a |
| 1960 | 1.11 | MW gdp | 52.373 | 13.3 | a | 3.60 | a | 3.33 | a | 4.02 | a | 3.96 | a | 6.71 | a |
| 1961 | 3.88 | MW gdp | 52.807 | 14.46 | a | 3.83 | a | 3.53 | a | 3.96 | a | 4.50 | a | 6.66 | a |
| 1962 | 3.65 | MW gdp | 53.292 | 14.54 | a | 3.95 | a | 3.42 | a | 4.35 | a | 4.30 | a | 7.08 | a |
| 1963 | 1.55 | MW gdp | 53.625 | 14.07 | a | 4.52 | a | 3.43 | a | 4.46 | a | 4.14 | a | 6.85 | a |
| 1964 | 3.79 | MW gdp | 53.991 | 14.47 | a | 4.39 | a | 3.42 | a | 4.50 | a | 3.98 | a | 6.67 | a |
| 1965 | 6.06 | MW gdp | 54.350 | 14.85 | a | 4.81 | a | 3.56 | a | 4.65 | a | 3.95 | a | 6.53 | a |
| 1966 | 5.42 | MW gdp | 54.643 | 15.14 | a | 4.84 | a | 3.66 | a | 4.85 | a | 3.94 | a | 6.38 | a |
| 1967 | 3.05 | MW gdp | 54.959 | 17.31 | a | 5.05 | a | 3.84 | a | 5.12 | a | 4.10 | a | 6.55 | a |
| 1968 | 4.44 | MW gdp | 55.214 | 17.42 | a | 5.21 | a | 3.79 | a | 5.10 | a | 4.16 | a | 6.00 | a |
| 1969 | 6.76 | MW gdp | 55.461 | 16.77 | a | 4.96 | a | 3.64 | a | 5.04 | a | 4.09 | a | 5.25 | a |
| 1970 | 9.9 | MW gdp | 55.632 | 16.14 | a | 4.93 | a | 3.71 | a | 4.97 | a | 3.78 | a | 4.99 | a |
| 1971 | 8.57 | MW gdp | 55.928 | 16.39 | a | 4.75 | a | 3.75 | a | 5.03 | a | 3.57 | a | 5.06 | a |
| 1972 | 7.9 | MW gdp | 56.097 | 15.34 | a | 5.06 | a | 3.77 | a | 5.06 | a | 3.24 | a | 4.93 | a |
| 1973 | 9.37 | MW gdp | 56.223 | 15.24 | a | 4.97 | a | 3.70 | a | 5.09 | a | 3.35 | a | 5.02 | a |
| 1974 | 15.8 | MW gdp | 56.236 | 18.32 | a | 5.48 | a | 4.26 | a | 5.27 | a | 3.89 | a | 5.13 | a |
| 1975 | 25.7 | MW gdp | 56.226 | 19.72 | a | 5.72 | a | 4.58 | a | 6.04 | a | 3.66 | a | 5.07 | a |
| 1976 | 16 | MW gdp | 56.216 | 17.25 | a | 6.01 | a | 4.54 | a | 5.66 | a | 3.94 | a | 5.31 | a |
| 1977 | 14.17 | MW gdp | 56.190 | 14.09 | a | 6.03 | a | 4.33 | a | 5.19 | a | 3.99 | a | 5.13 | a |
| 1978 | 12.32 | MW gdp | 56.178 | 14.64 | a | 5.95 | a | 4.24 | a | 4.85 | a | 3.88 | a | 5.13 | a |
| 1979 | 14.97 | MW gdp | 56.240 | 15.02 | a | 5.66 | a | 4.12 | a | 4.60 | a | 4.06 | a | 5.13 | a |
| 1980 | 19.7 | MW gdp | 56.330 | 15.26 | a | 5.84 | a | 4.54 | a | 4.78 | a | 4.38 | a | 5.20 | a |
| 1981 | 12.31 | MW gdp | 56.358 | 14.85 | a | 6.18 | a | 4.63 | a | 4.79 | a | 4.56 | a | 5.03 | a |
| 1982 | 8.16 | MW gdp | 56.291 | 15.13 | a | 6.12 | a | 4.51 | a | 4.64 | a | 4.47 | a | 5.24 | a |
| 1983 | 5.78 | MW gdp | 56.316 | 14.32 | a | 6.51 | a | 4.13 | a | 4.27 | a | 3.96 | a | 4.61 | a |
| 1984 | 5.33 | MW gdp | 56.409 | 14.03 | a | 6.49 | a | 4.08 | a | 4.18 | a | 3.81 | a | 4.61 | a |
| 1985 | 5.62 | MW gdp | 56.554 | 13.65 | a | 6.35 | a | 3.98 | a | 3.96 | a | 3.86 | a | 4.61 | a |
| 1986 | 4.62 | MW gdp | 56.684 | 12.83 | a | 6.46 | a | 3.92 | a | 3.81 | a | 3.99 | a | 4.50 | a |
| 1987 | 5.69 | MW gdp | 56.804 | 11.84 | a | 6.14 | a | 3.77 | a | 3.77 | a | 3.55 | a | 4.11 | a |
| 1988 | 6.25 | MW gdp | 56.916 | 11.2 | a | 5.69 | a | 3.69 | a | 3.67 | a | 3.24 | a | 3.76 | a |
| 1989 | 8.03 | MW gdp | 57.077 | 10.03 | a | 5.47 | a | 3.68 | a | 3.58 | a | 3.01 | a | 3.50 | a |
| 1990 | 8.12 | MW gdp | 57.238 | 10.92 | a | 5.48 | a | 3.66 | a | 3.68 | a | 2.81 | a | 3.48 | a |
| 1991 | 6.56 | MW gdp | 57.439 | 11.08 | a | 6.09 | a | 3.90 | a | 3.76 | a | 2.64 | a | 3.46 | a |
| 1992 | 3.16 | MW gdp | 57.585 | 11.7 | a | 6.49 | a | 4.27 | a | 4.01 | a | 2.30 | a | 3.56 | a |
| 1993 | 2.79 | MW gdp | 57.714 | 11.75 | a | 7.02 | i | 4.55 | i | 4.26 | i | 2.77 | a | 3.42 | a |
| 1994 | 1.4 | MW gdp | 57.862 | 11.61 | a | 7.32 | i | 4.57 | i | 4.25 | i | 2.57 | a | 3.22 | a |
| 1995 | 2.5 | MW gdp | 58.025 | 11.74 | a | 7.07 | i | 4.76 | i | 4.24 | i | 3.17 | a | 3.01 | a |
| 1996 | 4.22 | MW gdp | 58.164 | 12.09 | a | 7.02 | i | 4.37 | i | 4.02 | i | 3.32 | a | 2.72 | a |
| 1997 | -0.07 | MW gdp | 58.314 | 11.41 | a | 6.77 | i | 4.34 | i | 3.92 | i | 3.32 | a | 2.64 | a |
| 1998 | 1.07 | MW gdp | 58.475 | 12.04 | a | 6.23 | i | 4.33 | i | 3.92 | a | 2.97 | a | 2.44 | a |
| 1999 | 0.97 | MW gdp | 58.684 | 12.9 | a | 5.28 | a | 4.52 | a | 3.90 | a | 2.82 | a | 2.57 | a |
| 2000 | 1.89 | MW gdp | 58.886 | 12.45 | a | 5.39 | a | 4.52 | a | 3.90 | a | 2.31 | a | 2.53 | a |
| 2001 | 1.15 | MW gdp | 59.113 | 13.3 | a | 5.07 | a | 4.77 | a | 4.08 | a | 2.32 | a | 2.62 | a |
| 2002 | 2.15 | MW gdp | 59.366 | 14.14 | a | 4.99 | a | 5.05 | a | 4.30 | a | 1.89 | a | 2.39 | a |
| 2003 | 2.45 | MW gdp | 59.637 | 14.54 | a | 5.22 | a | 5.27 | a | 4.36 | a | 1.69 | a | 2.39 | a |
| 2004 | 2.59 | MW gdp | 59.950 | 14.44 | a | 5.61 | a | 5.69 | a | 4.63 | a | 1.71 | a | 2.46 | a |
| 2005 | 2.78 | MW gdp | 60.413 | 14.93 | a | 5.60 | a | 5.95 | a | 4.67 | a | 1.75 | a | 2.40 | a |
| 2006 | 2.88 | MW gdp | 60.827 | 15.04 | a | 5.55 | a | 6.09 | a | 4.74 | a | 1.78 | a | 2.40 | a |
| 2007 | 2.76 | MW gdp | 61.319 | 15.1 | a | 5.40 | a | 6.12 | a | 4.72 | a | 1.82 | a | 2.37 | a |
| 2008 | 3.07 | MW gdp | 61.824 | 15.22 | a | 5.69 | a | 6.44 | a | 4.95 | a | 1.93 | a | 2.41 | a |
| 2009 | -11.63 | 1582.7 | 62.261 | 17.08 | a | 6.29 | a | 6.87 | a | 5.24 | a | 1.98 | a | 2.59 | a |
| 2010 | 1.32 | 1558.1 | 62.760 | 18.21 | a | 7.11 | a | 7.50 | a | 5.68 | a | 1.97 | a | 2.73 | a |
| 2011 | 1.94 | 1627.2 | 63.285 | 18.36 | a | 6.90 | a | 7.36 | a | 5.62 | a | 2.90 | a | 2.76 | a |
| 2012 | 1.78 | 1672.3 | 63.705 | 17.98 | a | 7.06 | a | 7.25 | a | 5.17 | a | 3.01 | a | 2.64 | a |
| 2013 | 1.88 | 1727.5 | 64.106 | 18.75 | a | 6.77 | a | 7.20 | a | 4.86 | a | 2.87 | a | 2.43 | a |
| 2014 | 1.96 | 1800.8 | 64.597 | 17.87 | a | 6.32 | a | 7.19 | a | 4.70 | a | 2.74 | a | 2.44 | a |
| 2015 | 1.25 | 1879.5 | 65.110 | 17.79 | a | 6.08 | a | 7.13 | a | 4.53 | a | 2.45 | a | 2.41 | a |
| 2016 | 0.74 | 1931.5 | 65.648 | 18.52 | a | 5.88 | a | 7.17 | a | 4.40 | a | 2.38 | a | 2.32 | a |
| 2017 | 2.31 | 2015.8 | 66.040 | 18.48 | a | 5.59 | a | 7.07 | a | 4.21 | a | 2.46 | a | 2.28 | a |
| 2018 | 1.61 | 2099.8 | 66.436 | 18.22 | a | 5.37 | a | 7.02 | a | 4.10 | a | 2.66 | a | 2.25 | a |
| 2019 | 2.13 | 2170.2 | 66.797 | 18.27 | a | 5.25 | a | 7.05 | a | 4.06 | a | 2.36 | a | 2.29 | a |
| 2020 | 2.39 | 2240.8 | 67.844 | 18.17 | a | 5.35 | a | 7.33 | a | 4.04 | a | 2.24 | a | 2.29 | a |
| 2021 | 4.63 | 2085.6 | 68.138 | 26.7 | a | 6.74 | a | 10.48 | a | 4.58 | a | 2.00 | a | 2.55 | a |
| 2022 | -0.5 | 2357.8 | 68.414 | 19.53 | a | 5.90 | a | 9.17 | a | 4.25 | a | 3.04 | a | 2.31 | a |
| 2023 | 7.24 | 2583.2 | 68.671 | 19.33 | a | 5.82 | a | 8.23 | a | 4.15 | a | 4.22 | a | 2.35 | a |
| 2024 | 6.15 | 2749 | 68.921 | 19.34 | a | 6.19 | a | 8.07 | a | 4.15 | a | 3.06 | a | 2.33 | a |
| 2025 | 3.81 | 2881.3 | 68.339 | 19.1 | e | 6.13 | e | 8.39 | e | 4.12 | e | 2.98 | e | 2.48 | e |
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Spending Data Sources
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.
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Data Sources for 1930_2025:
Sources for 1930:
GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Spending: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
Debt: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
Sources for 2025:
GDP: OBR EFO supp. economy tables
Spending: HM Treasury PESA
Debt: OBR Public Finances Databank
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On July 23, 2025, HM Treasury published its Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) for 2025. ukpublicspending.co.uk uses the PESA tables of public spending at the "sub-function" level as its major data source for UK public spending.
ukpublicspending.co.uk has now updated its spending tables using data from PESA 2025. The update includes outturn spending data for 2023-24, and plans data for 2024-25. ukpublicspending.co.uk uses PESA's Table 6.4 for Central Government expenditure, Table 7.4 for Local Authority expenditure, and Table 8.3 for Public Corporation capital expenditure.
Since HM Treasury does not provide plans estimates for future Local Authority spending, ukpublicspending.co.uk provides "guesstimates" instead. This is done by extending the percentage increase in spending between 2023-24 and 2024-25 for each sub-function for the plans year. It is assumed that local authority spending reductions will not carry through to plans years.
Country and Region spending has been updated up to 2023-24. These are obtained from Chapters 9 and 10 in the PESA document.
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