Total managed expenditure as a share of GDP during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
Year ending March 2010 → Year ending March 2015 · 5 periods
↓ 9.5%−4.4% percent of GDP
Total managed expenditure as a share of GDP fell by 9.5% over the period, from 46.4% percent of GDP (Year ending March 2010, the level when the government took office) to 42% (Year ending March 2015, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2010: 46.4%
Level when it left Year ending March 2015: 42%
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.
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Definition and caveats
Total managed expenditure divided by GDP for the same financial year.
Doesn’t measure: How large the state is in cash or per person.