Public Sector in United Kingdom 238 indicators covering public sector for United Kingdom. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Net operating balance, Transactions -164.72 billion 2025 down 64.5% 30th Overall primary balance, Transactions -63.92 billion 2025 down 20.5% 32nd Environmental taxes, Taxes on pollution 5.33 billion 2022 up 386.9% 16th Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions 437.13 billion 2025 up 101.7% 14th Subnational government expenditure 46.26 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 8.0% 16th Subnational government revenue 40.23 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 7.7% 23rd Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level of government's 0.9327 2020 down 1.0% 35th Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of 1 2020 unchanged 2nd Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.8366 2020 up 41.3% 20th Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 1.03 2020 up 1.5% 8th Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.7066 2020 up 16.5% 24th Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension 0.4119 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 174.4% 28th Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's 0.6837 2020 up 22.3% 33rd Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of 0.4119 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 174.4% 26th Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue 0.9941 2020 up 0.2% 10th Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.999 2020 down 0.1% 13th Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.8364 2020 up 0.0% 16th Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from 0.4296 2020 down 17.1% 12th Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure 0.8497 2020 up 22.9% 35th Excises, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item 1 2020 unchanged 1st Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue 1 2020 unchanged 3rd Other taxes, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 1 2020 unchanged 2nd Size of public procurement - government at a glance indicators, 2025 14.54 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 5.8% 14th Other revenue, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0.5818 2020 down 21.7% 44th Revenue decentralization, Percent 0.9099 2020 up 0.4% 7th Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 1.01 2020 up 0.6% 1st Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this 0.8742 2020 up 5.5% 21st General public services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.9841 2020 down 12.2% 44th Economic affairs, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.9465 2020 up 22.6% 13th Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.8427 2020 down 5.7% 14th Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's 0.6611 2020 up 12.5% 18th Public order and safety, Ratio of this level of government's 0.8452 2020 up 15.3% 45th Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's 2.74 2020 up 60.9% 2nd Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 0.9963 2020 down 0.2% 43rd Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's 0.4472 2020 down 8.4% 26th Deficit, Percent of own spending -0.3743 2020 down 96.5% 45th Transfer dependency method 2, Ratio of net transfers to own revenue -0.2522 2020 up 4.2% 35th Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending -0.211 2020 up 27.0% 29th Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent 0.1634 2020 up 265.6% 18th Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general) 0.7747 2020 up 8.1% 18th Consumption of fixed capital (CFC), Ratio of this level of 0.6569 2020 down 4.9% 15th NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Intermediate consumption by 8.68 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 3.6% 3rd NAAG Chapter 6: General Government — Other expenditure by general 7.61 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 23.8% 16th Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.9307 2020 up 2.7% 21st Size of public procurement - Government at a glance indicators, 2023 14.74 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 7.6% 14th Net official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries, by 15,288 2025 down 25.7% 3rd Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employee contributions -19.78 Percentage change 2024 down 4,099.4% 31st Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employer contributions -22.81 Percentage change 2024 down 56.6% 27th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 248.71 2024 down 12.1% 9th Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 1,774 2024 down 52.1% 4th Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs from OECD-DAC 3,347 2024 down 51.1% 5th Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's 1 2020 unchanged 2nd Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs as a percentage of 0.1% 2024 down 61.4% 14th Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 0.0% 2024 down 62.2% 14th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 0.0% 2024 down 31.3% 14th Official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries on 16,045 2025 down 31.5% 3rd Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 0.4% 2025 down 37.9% 14th Net official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 0.7% 2017 up 96.6% 8th ← Previous Page 4 of 4