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United Kingdom - Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP) 16.08

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

16.08 (2024)

Global rank

#n/a of 77 economies

Share of global total

3.1%

Growth since 2017

1.07×

Ranking Race — Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#55201720222025#21#152023 overtook Kiribati2024 overtook Slovenia
United KingdomMauritiusNew ZealandTürkiye

Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. United Kingdom climbed from #21 to #15 (overtook Kiribati). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — United Kingdom

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2023
Overtook Kiribati in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Slovenia in global rank auto

Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2024

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20172022202414.6915.3916.0916.79
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