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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025 · percent of GDP

Defence spending as a share of GDP

Defence spending as a share of GDP: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%1%2%20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 2.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: 2.3% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2005: 2.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2006: 2.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2007: 2.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2008: 2.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2009: 2.3% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2010: 2.4% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2011: 2.4% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2012: 2.3% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2013: 2.1% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2014: 2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2015: 2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2016: 1.9% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2017: 1.8% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2018: 1.8% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2019: 1.9% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2020: 1.9% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2021: 2.1% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: 2.1% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: 2.1% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: 2.1% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: 2.2% percent of GDP · published 17 July 2025
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2025, chapter 4: expenditure by function, PESA 2025 (published 17 July 2025). Data presentation: Civometry.

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