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HM Treasury · 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024

Social protection spending as a share of GDP during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

Year ending March 2019 → Year ending March 2024 · 5 periods

↑ 5.6%+0.7% percent of GDP

Social protection spending as a share of GDP rose by 5.6% over the period, from 12.6% percent of GDP (Year ending March 2019, the level when the government took office) to 13.3% (Year ending March 2024, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2019: 12.6%
  2. Level when it left Year ending March 2024: 13.3%
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Social protection spending as a share of GDP: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%5%10%20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 12% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: 12.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2005: 12.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2006: 12.1% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2007: 11.9% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2008: 12% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2009: 12.8% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2010: 14.3% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2011: 14.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2012: 14.6% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2013: 14.7% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2014: 14.1% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2015: 13.9% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2016: 13.7% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2017: 13.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2018: 12.8% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2019: 12.6% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2020: 12.3% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2021: 14.3% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: 12.7% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: 12.5% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: 13.3% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: 13.3% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025
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Definition and caveats

Social protection spending divided by GDP for the same year.

Doesn’t measure: Spending per person or by benefit.