UK public spending on international services by year
Foreign economic aid and other international services.
£10.3 billion
0.3%
HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) put public spending on international services at £10.3 billion in 2025-26. In 2024-25 it was £10.4 billion, so the cash figure changed by -1.0%. Adjusted to 2025-26 prices, it was £9.1 billion in 2003-04 and £10.3 billion in 2025-26. As a share of GDP it was 0.3% in 2025-26; the highest share in the table is 0.6% in 2014-15.
Spending by year
| Year | Cash | Change on previous year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £10.3 billion | -1.0% | £10.3 billion | 0.3% |
| 2024-25 | £10.4 billion | -1.0% | £10.8 billion | 0.4% |
| 2023-24 | £10.5 billion | +22.1% | £11.3 billion | 0.4% |
| 2022-23 | £8.6 billion | +2.4% | £9.7 billion | 0.3% |
| 2021-22 | £8.4 billion | -25.7% | £10.2 billion | 0.4% |
| 2020-21 | £11.3 billion | -4.2% | £13.7 billion | 0.5% |
| 2019-20 | £11.8 billion | -0.8% | £15.1 billion | 0.5% |
| 2018-19 | £11.9 billion | +14.4% | £15.6 billion | 0.5% |
| 2017-18 | £10.4 billion | -3.7% | £14.0 billion | 0.5% |
| 2016-17 | £10.8 billion | +50.0% | £14.7 billion | 0.5% |
| 2015-16 | £7.2 billion | -31.4% | £10.0 billion | 0.4% |
| 2014-15 | £10.5 billion | +7.1% | £14.7 billion | 0.6% |
| 2013-14 | £9.8 billion | +27.3% | £13.9 billion | 0.5% |
| 2012-13 | £7.7 billion | – | £11.1 billion | 0.4% |
| 2011-12 | £7.7 billion | -1.3% | £11.3 billion | 0.5% |
| 2010-11 | £7.8 billion | +9.9% | £11.7 billion | 0.5% |
| 2009-10 | £7.1 billion | +10.9% | £10.8 billion | 0.5% |
| 2008-09 | £6.4 billion | -4.5% | £9.9 billion | 0.4% |
| 2007-08 | £6.7 billion | +6.3% | £10.8 billion | 0.4% |
| 2006-07 | £6.3 billion | +1.6% | £10.3 billion | 0.4% |
| 2005-06 | £6.2 billion | +12.7% | £10.5 billion | 0.4% |
| 2004-05 | £5.5 billion | +7.8% | £9.5 billion | 0.4% |
| 2003-04 | £5.1 billion | £9.1 billion | 0.4% |
PESA 2026 Tables 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, line "of which: international services". About these figures · CSV
Sources and receipts
- Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, Chapter 4 tables, HM Treasury.
File: PESA_2026_CP_Chapter_4_tables.xlsx. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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