Net fiscal balance, the UK's nations
Public spending less revenue raised in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each financial year since 1999–2000, £ million, with North Sea oil and gas revenue shared by geography and by population, from the ONS's country and regional public sector finances.
United Kingdom
£151.8bn
2024/25
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:50 UTC- England, geographic share
- England, population share
- Wales, geographic share
- Wales, population share
- Scotland, geographic share
- Scotland, population share
- Northern Ireland, geographic share
- Northern Ireland, population share
Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
26 periods, newest first
| Period | England, geographic share | England, population share | Wales, geographic share | Wales, population share | Scotland, geographic share | Scotland, population share | Northern Ireland, geographic share | Northern Ireland, population share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | £87.3bn | £84.4bn | £22.8bn | £22.6bn | £25.9bn | £29.1bn | £15.8bn | £15.7bn |
| 2023/24 | £77.0bn | £73.5bn | £20.9bn | £20.7bn | £22.2bn | £26.2bn | £14.8bn | £14.6bn |
| 2022/23 | £73.2bn | £66.8bn | £20.6bn | £20.2bn | £19.2bn | £26.4bn | £14.3bn | £14.0bn |
| 2021/22 | £63.2bn | £61.1bn | £20.2bn | £20.1bn | £23.2bn | £25.4bn | £13.7bn | £13.6bn |
| 2020/21 | £231.6bn | £230.9bn | £25.7bn | £25.6bn | £36.2bn | £36.9bn | £17.5bn | £17.4bn |
| 2019/20 | £18.0bn | £17.3bn | £14.4bn | £14.3bn | £15.3bn | £16.1bn | £10.7bn | £10.7bn |
| 2018/19 | £5.8bn | £4.7bn | £13.8bn | £13.8bn | £14.5bn | £15.8bn | £10.1bn | £10.1bn |
| 2017/18 | £19.1bn | £18.1bn | £14.4bn | £14.3bn | £16.1bn | £17.1bn | £9.8bn | £9.7bn |
| 2016/17 | £17.8bn | £17.7bn | £13.7bn | £13.7bn | £16.2bn | £16.3bn | £9.5bn | £9.5bn |
| 2015/16 | £40.2bn | £40.4bn | £14.4bn | £14.4bn | £16.3bn | £16.1bn | £9.8bn | £9.8bn |
| 2014/15 | £57.2bn | £56.2bn | £14.9bn | £14.8bn | £15.0bn | £16.1bn | £10.4bn | £10.3bn |
| 2013/14 | £62.8bn | £60.1bn | £14.9bn | £14.7bn | £14.4bn | £17.5bn | £10.3bn | £10.2bn |
| 2012/13 | £82.3bn | £78.6bn | £15.4bn | £15.1bn | £15.5bn | £19.6bn | £10.6bn | £10.4bn |
| 2011/12 | £83.4bn | £77.0bn | £16.0bn | £15.5bn | £12.3bn | £19.4bn | £10.4bn | £10.1bn |
| 2010/11 | £102.8bn | £96.4bn | £16.0bn | £15.5bn | £12.9bn | £20.0bn | £10.4bn | £10.1bn |
| 2009/10 | £116.6bn | £111.9bn | £16.4bn | £16.1bn | £16.1bn | £21.3bn | £10.5bn | £10.3bn |
| 2008/09 | £83.3bn | £76.1bn | £14.4bn | £13.9bn | £9.2bn | £17.1bn | £9.5bn | £9.2bn |
| 2007/08 | £20.6bn | £14.5bn | £11.3bn | £10.8bn | £5.7bn | £12.5bn | £7.4bn | £7.1bn |
| 2006/07 | £16.8bn | £11.9bn | £10.9bn | £10.6bn | £6.3bn | £11.8bn | £6.8bn | £6.6bn |
| 2005/06 | £23.1bn | £16.9bn | £10.5bn | £10.0bn | £4.9bn | £11.8bn | £6.9bn | £6.6bn |
| 2004/05 | £28.0bn | £24.4bn | £10.0bn | £9.7bn | £6.9bn | £10.9bn | £6.8bn | £6.6bn |
| 2003/04 | £21.7bn | £19.0bn | £8.6bn | £8.4bn | £7.0bn | £10.0bn | £6.2bn | £6.1bn |
| 2002/03 | £15.1bn | £12.0bn | £8.3bn | £8.0bn | £5.3bn | £8.9bn | £6.3bn | £6.2bn |
| 2001/02 | −£8.9bn | −£12.0bn | £6.4bn | £6.1bn | £2.7bn | £6.2bn | £5.4bn | £5.3bn |
| 2000/01 | −£27.4bn | −£30.5bn | £5.5bn | £5.3bn | £691m | £4.2bn | £4.9bn | £4.8bn |
| 1999/00 | −£23.3bn | −£25.0bn | £5.0bn | £4.9bn | £2.6bn | £4.4bn | £4.3bn | £4.2bn |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesnetfiscalbalancetables
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 28 October 2026, 12:38 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesnetfiscalbalancetables/dataSHA-256 39e9f6ff166d583f002b6bab2cff6fdf3d9959aa792149ed21ac4509d5a5c3f2 · 2,680 bytes
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Verification
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:50 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 12:50 UTC; 208 of 208 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T12:38:47Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 208 of 208 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 208 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 208 of 208 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS edition is current | the financialyearending2025 edition counts at 2025-03-31, 576 days before retrieval (limit 900) |
| Pass | Recomputed from the expenditure and revenue tables | 208 of 208 figures match total current and capital expenditure less total current receipts in the financialyearending2025 expenditure and revenue tables, within £1 million |
| Pass | The twelve areas add up to the UK | in 26 of 26 years the twelve ITL1 areas' balances sum to the UK's within £4 million of rounding, and the headline is the UK sheet's |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesnetfiscalbalancetables – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- A positive balance is a deficit: the public sector spent more in the area than it raised there. The UK's balance is public sector net borrowing on these definitions; the four nations' balances, with spending that cannot be placed in one area shared out, add up to it.
- North Sea oil and gas revenue is shown two ways, as the ONS shows it: shared by where the oil and gas is (geographic share, mostly Scotland's) or by population. The UK is the same either way.