UK public spending on total public spending (Total Managed Expenditure) by year
All public sector spending, including spending not allocated to a function, as HM Treasury measures it.
£1,360.1 billion
44.3%
HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) put public spending on total public spending (Total Managed Expenditure) at £1,360.1 billion in 2025-26. In 2024-25 it was £1,290.0 billion, so the cash figure changed by +5.4%. Adjusted to 2025-26 prices, it was £882.0 billion in 2003-04 and £1,360.1 billion in 2025-26. As a share of GDP it was 44.3% in 2025-26; the highest share in the table is 52.3% in 2020-21.
Spending by year
| Year | Cash | Change on previous year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £1,360.1 billion | +5.4% | £1,360.1 billion | 44.3% |
| 2024-25 | £1,290.0 billion | +4.8% | £1,334.5 billion | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | £1,230.8 billion | +6.0% | £1,325.0 billion | 44.1% |
| 2022-23 | £1,160.7 billion | +11.5% | £1,315.2 billion | 44.1% |
| 2021-22 | £1,040.9 billion | -5.6% | £1,262.4 billion | 43.4% |
| 2020-21 | £1,102.9 billion | +24.6% | £1,340.7 billion | 52.3% |
| 2019-20 | £884.9 billion | +3.4% | £1,132.0 billion | 39.1% |
| 2018-19 | £856.1 billion | +2.1% | £1,124.0 billion | 39.1% |
| 2017-18 | £838.8 billion | +3.4% | £1,126.4 billion | 39.7% |
| 2016-17 | £811.4 billion | +2.2% | £1,103.5 billion | 40.0% |
| 2015-16 | £793.7 billion | +1.0% | £1,101.0 billion | 40.8% |
| 2014-15 | £786.2 billion | +2.8% | £1,098.1 billion | 41.6% |
| 2013-14 | £764.6 billion | +0.7% | £1,083.1 billion | 42.2% |
| 2012-13 | £759.2 billion | +1.8% | £1,097.7 billion | 43.8% |
| 2011-12 | £745.5 billion | +0.3% | £1,096.7 billion | 44.4% |
| 2010-11 | £743.0 billion | +3.2% | £1,116.4 billion | 45.5% |
| 2009-10 | £720.3 billion | +5.0% | £1,100.7 billion | 46.0% |
| 2008-09 | £685.8 billion | +9.0% | £1,061.4 billion | 43.0% |
| 2007-08 | £629.2 billion | +6.2% | £1,010.2 billion | 40.0% |
| 2006-07 | £592.4 billion | +4.8% | £969.8 billion | 39.7% |
| 2005-06 | £565.1 billion | +5.6% | £952.8 billion | 39.7% |
| 2004-05 | £534.9 billion | +8.2% | £926.6 billion | 39.7% |
| 2003-04 | £494.4 billion | £882.0 billion | 38.7% |
PESA 2026 Tables 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, line "Total Managed Expenditure(7)". About these figures · CSV
Sources and receipts
- Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, Chapter 4 tables, HM Treasury.
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