A History of Britain in Numbers, Episode 2 ‘State Makes War’: https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/b052j579<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a great part of Britain’s history, was the principal link people had with the state to die for it and to be taxed for the expense?\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrew Dilnot, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, 2012-2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
This programme was about the ‘fiscal military state<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n18th century state spending on defence and war debt: 6 to 7% of GDP.\u00a0 On all other state expenditure: 2% of GDP.\u00a0 Over \u2154rds of national income was spent on defence, about the same as in ancient Rome.<\/p>\n
During the Napoleonic Wars, %age of GDP spent on warfare: about 30%.\u00a0 On everything else, about 2%.<\/p>\n
Spending on the military during the reign of Queen Victoria, when Britain sustained an empire, 2 to 3% (about \u00a316,000,000 in 1850, equivalent to \u00a31,500,000,00 today).\u00a0 Currently is is still 2 to 3%, but GDP has increased to about 25 times as much as it was in 1850.<\/p>\n
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