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Public sector net investment
Part of the Fiscal Resilience domain. Public sector net investment as a percentage of GDP, measuring the government's contribution to the long-term productive capital stock.
Latest data
Latest reading
2026
A lower reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Percentile: this metric is scored against its own history, where today sits between its best and worst recorded years.
Trend · 30% weight
Neutral: the latest reading matches the one before it, so no change is measured.
Volatility · 10% weight
100Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Public sector finances
- Update frequency
- Monthly
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- ONS
- Series ID
- MUB2/PUSF
- Frequency
- quarterly
- Accessed
- 13 August 2026
Known weakness
Investment spending is often subject to in-year underspend and reprinting; capital spending quality (what is being invested in) is not captured by the aggregate.
Notes
Verified official value from ONS (MUB2/PUSF), accessed 2026-08-13.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1.8 | |
| 2008 | 1.8 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2.5 | |
| 2012 | 1.9 | |
| 2013 | 1.9 | |
| 2014 | 1.5 | |
| 2015 | 1.9 | |
| 2016 | 1.7 | |
| 2017 | 1.8 | |
| 2018 | 2.2 | |
| 2019 | 2.1 | |
| 2020 | 1.9 | |
| 2021 | 3.4 | |
| 2022 | 2.2 | |
| 2023 | 1.8 | |
| 2024 | 2.4 | |
| 2025 | 2.6 | |
| 2026 | 2.6 |