United Kingdom's gross national expenditure (current LCU) was 3.08 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 57.64% from 1.95 trillion in 2015 (4.66% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.08 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.11 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.95 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 3.08 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 59.14 billion | 1970 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.45 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 59.14 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, United Kingdom's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 5.7% on 2024 (from 2.92 trillion to 3.08 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4.4% and a typical year strayed about 3.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 21.9% in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.5% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 115.48 billion a year. A straight line explains 88% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, United Kingdom had the 66th highest value of the 130 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to United Kingdom in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 56 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,080,955,000,000 |
| 2024 | 2,915,613,000,000 |
| 2023 | 2,784,305,000,000 |
| 2022 | 2,608,696,000,000 |
| 2021 | 2,321,713,000,000 |
| 2020 | 2,109,052,000,000 |
| 2019 | 2,279,948,000,000 |
| 2018 | 2,197,633,000,000 |
| 2017 | 2,123,275,000,000 |
| 2016 | 2,039,165,000,000 |
Gross national expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Albania — 2.69 trillion (2024)
- Armenia — 11.94 trillion (2025)
- Austria — 499.55 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 121.07 billion (2025)
- Belarus — 291.24 billion (2025)
- Belgium — 654.97 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 66.96 billion (2025)
- Bulgaria — 117.22 billion (2025)
- Croatia — 97.66 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — 34.42 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for United Kingdom
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$214.36 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$170.78 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$849.56 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 645.22 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 21.23% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.42 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.84 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Kingdom's gross national expenditure (current LCU)?
- 3.08 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 5,110% from 59.14 billion in 1970 (7.45% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.08 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 59.14 billion in 1970.
- How does United Kingdom rank?
- 66th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (current LCU) unusual for United Kingdom?
- In 2025, United Kingdom's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 5.7% on 2024 (from 2.92 trillion to 3.08 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4.4% and a typical year strayed about 3.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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