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Indicator: Social investment as a per cent of GDP B5
Social investment as percentage of GDP: 1970 to 1992 [1]  
Indicator Chart
Change since
cross 1970
cross 1990
cross 1992

Coverage: United Kingdom

Source: ONS

Objective: Investment (in modern plant and machinery, as well as research and development) is vital to our future prosperity
  • Social investment (railways, hospitals, schools etc.) at current prices was around 2.0 per cent of GDP in 1990, decreasing to 1.7 per cent of GDP in 2002 (see Headline indicator H2).
  • Estimates of social investment disaggregated by asset type for 1993 and later years are not available, so this chart has not been updated since the last publication.
Note: [1] Not updated since QoLC (1999)

Page last modified: 21 April 2004  |  Page published: 21 April 2004