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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026 · per cent of GDP

Transport spending as a share of GDP

Transport spending as a share of GDP: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%1%2%20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 1.2% per cent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: 1.3% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2005: 1.2% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2006: 1.2% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2007: 1.3% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2008: 1.3% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2009: 1.3% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2010: 1.5% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2011: 1.3% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2012: 1.2% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2013: 1.2% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2014: 1.1% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2015: 1.2% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2016: 1.4% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2017: 1.4% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2018: 1.4% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2019: 1.5% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2020: 1.5% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2021: 2.3% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2022: 1.9% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2023: 1.7% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2024: 1.7% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2025: 1.6% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2026: 1.6% per cent of GDP · published 2 September 2026
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, chapter 4: expenditure by function, 2026-09-02 (published 2 September 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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