In 2024/25, the government of the United Kingdom spent approximately *** percent of its gross domestic product on public order and safety, unchanged from the previous financial year.
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HM Treasury, & Institute for Fiscal Studies . (July 17, 2025). Public order and safety expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1978/79 to 2024/25 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/578491/uk-public-order-spending-share/
HM Treasury, und Institute for Fiscal Studies . "Public order and safety expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1978/79 to 2024/25." Chart. July 17, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/578491/uk-public-order-spending-share/
HM Treasury, Institute for Fiscal Studies . (2025). Public order and safety expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1978/79 to 2024/25. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/578491/uk-public-order-spending-share/
HM Treasury, and Institute for Fiscal Studies . "Public Order and Safety Expenditure as a Share of Gdp in The United Kingdom from 1978/79 to 2024/25." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jul 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/578491/uk-public-order-spending-share/
HM Treasury & Institute for Fiscal Studies , Public order and safety expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1978/79 to 2024/25 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/578491/uk-public-order-spending-share/ (last visited May 09, 2026)
Public order and safety expenditure as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom from 1978/79 to 2024/25 [Graph], HM Treasury, & Institute for Fiscal Studies , July 17, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/578491/uk-public-order-spending-share/