Government spending in the United Kingdom was last recorded at 41.1 percent of GDP in 2017 . Government Spending to GDP in the United Kingdom averaged 43.02 percent from 1973 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 51.20 percent in 1981 and a record low of 35.40 percent in 1999.
Government Spending to GDP in the United Kingdom is expected to be 41.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Government Spending to GDP is projected to trend around 40.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.