United Kingdom - Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU)

The value for Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) in United Kingdom was 783,787,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 783,787,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 21,291,000,000 in 1972.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 21,291,000,000
1973 23,129,000,000
1974 29,401,000,000
1975 37,605,000,000
1976 44,094,000,000
1977 50,030,000,000
1978 54,891,000,000
1979 64,147,000,000
1980 81,414,000,000
1981 91,383,000,000
1982 106,060,000,000
1983 112,212,000,000
1984 120,304,000,000
1985 133,447,000,000
1986 139,338,000,000
1987 148,688,000,000
1988 165,288,000,000
1989 178,680,000,000
1990 200,769,000,000
1991 213,926,000,000
1992 218,135,000,000
1993 216,530,000,000
1994 235,538,000,000
1995 263,312,000,000
1996 278,786,000,000
1997 297,475,000,000
1998 324,036,000,000
1999 343,894,000,000
2000 370,995,000,000
2001 382,651,000,000
2002 387,289,000,000
2003 408,863,000,000
2004 444,712,000,000
2005 485,631,000,000
2006 508,041,000,000
2007 538,505,000,000
2008 566,257,000,000
2009 517,150,000,000
2010 550,884,000,000
2011 576,516,000,000
2012 583,571,000,000
2013 622,576,000,000
2014 636,382,000,000
2015 659,735,000,000
2016 696,314,000,000
2017 733,901,000,000
2018 758,287,000,000
2019 783,787,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance