"Figure 9: Central government receipts, expenditure and current budget deficit^1^ as a percentage of GDP by financial year; the financial year ending 1994 to the financial year ending March 2016^2^","" "UK, all data excluding public sector banks","" "","" "Notes","1. Current budget deficit is receipts minus expenditure but also includes the effects of depreciation. 2. Financial year 2015/16 represents the financial year ending 2016 (April 2015 to March 2016)." "Unit","% of GDP" "","" "","CG Receipts","CG Expenditure","CG Current Budget Deficit [1]" "1993/94 ","29.7 ","33.5 "," 4.8 " "1994/95 ","30.6 ","33.2 "," 3.5 " "1995/96 ","31.3 ","32.8 "," 2.4 " "1996/97 ","30.8 ","31.8 "," 1.9 " "1997/98 ","32.2 ","30.9 ","-0.3 " "1998/99 ","32.6 ","30.2 ","-1.5 " "1999/00 ","33.4 ","29.8 ","-2.6 " "2000/01 ","33.8 ","30.2 ","-2.7 " "2001/02 ","33.0 ","30.7 ","-1.5 " "2002/03 ","31.9 ","31.4 "," 0.4 " "2003/04 ","32.3 ","32.6 "," 1.1 " "2004/05 ","32.9 ","33.3 "," 1.3 " "2005/06 ","33.1 ","33.1 "," 0.8 " "2006/07 ","33.5 ","33.0 "," 0.4 " "2007/08 ","33.8 ","33.4 "," 0.4 " "2008/09 ","33.1 ","35.1 "," 3.0 " "2009/10 ","32.3 ","37.9 "," 6.6 " "2010/11 ","33.4 ","38.5 "," 6.1 " "2011/12 ","34.0 ","38.2 "," 5.3 " "2012/13 ","33.6 ","37.6 "," 5.0 " "2013/14 ","33.8 ","36.7 "," 3.9 " "2014/15","33.5 ","35.5 "," 3.0 " "2015/16","33.7 ","34.6 "," 1.9 "