United Kingdom Government Budget 1948-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The United Kingdom recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 2.30 percent of the country's GDP in 2016-17 fiscal year. Government Budget in the United Kingdom averaged -2.46 percent of GDP from 1948 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 4.80 percent of GDP in 1949 and a record low of -9.90 percent of GDP in 2010.

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United Kingdom Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	85.30	82.60	85.30	21.70	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-2.30	-3.80	4.80	-9.90	percent of GDP	[+]
Government Budget Value	4575.00	14728.00	17509.00	-15409.00	GBP Million	[+]
Government Spending	91747.00	91337.00	91747.00	31633.00	GBP Million	[+]
Government Spending to GDP	42.10	42.90	51.20	35.70	percent	[+]
Government Debt	272.00	11719.00	13213.00	-20054.00	GBP Million	[+]
Military Expenditure	54216.80	53862.20	65610.30	30315.10	USD Million	[+]
Credit Rating	94.83					[+]
Asylum Applications	2935.00	2770.00	5040.00	1655.00	persons	[+]
Government Revenues	62396.00	72974.00	74377.00	17298.00	GBP Million	[+]

United Kingdom Government Budget

Government Budget is an itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). A budget deficit occurs when an government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus. This page provides - United Kingdom Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Government Budget - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-2.30	-3.80	4.80	-9.90	1948 - 2017	percent of GDP	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	-1.90	Dec/17	-2.4	2.2	-4.2	%	Yearly
Brazil	-7.80	Dec/17	-9	-2	-10.2	%	Yearly
Canada	-0.90	Dec/17	0	5.1	-8.3	%	Yearly
China	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.8	0.58	-3.8	%	Yearly
Euro Area	-1.50	Dec/16	-2.1	-0.3	-7.3	%	Yearly
France	-2.60	Dec/17	-3.4	1.5	-7.2	%	Yearly
Germany	1.10	Dec/17	0.8	1.1	-9.4	%	Yearly
India	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.5	-2.04	-7.8	%	Yearly
Indonesia	-2.46	Dec/16	-2.58	3.02	-2.58	%	Yearly
Italy	-2.30	Dec/17	-2.5	-1.3	-7.3	%	Yearly
Japan	-4.50	Dec/17	-4.5	2.58	-9.5	%	Yearly
Mexico	-2.60	Dec/16	-3.4	3.3	-3.4	%	Yearly
Netherlands	1.10	Dec/17	0.4	1.9	-8.6	%	Yearly
Russia	-1.50	Dec/17	-3.4	9.88	-7.9	%	Yearly
South Korea	-2.40	Dec/16	-3	3.47	-4.1	%	Yearly
Spain	-3.10	Dec/17	-4.5	2.2	-11	%	Yearly
Switzerland	1.20	Dec/17	0.4	1.9	-3.2	%	Yearly
Turkey	-1.50	Dec/17	-1.1	-0.6	-33	%	Yearly
United Kingdom	-2.30	Dec/17	-3.8	4.8	-9.9	%	Yearly
United States	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.2	4.5	-9.8	%	Yearly