# United Kingdom INS: GEN: EXP: Total expenditure (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: EXP: Total expenditure (ended 2018) () was down 19.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −3.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 8,546.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since the series began in Q1 1992.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.4% (Q4 2018) to 27.8% (Q2 2012), averaging −1.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKHE.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1992-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (108 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-exp-total-expenditure-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 8,546.0 £m | −19.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 9,279.0 £m | −3.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 9,576.0 £m | 6.6 |
| Q1 2018 | 9,772.0 £m | −3.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 10,600 £m | −8.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 9,653.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 8,987.0 £m | −4.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 10,099 £m | −1.3 |
| Q4 2016 | 11,543 £m | 4.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 9,494.0 £m | 4.8 |
| Q2 2016 | 9,427.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q1 2016 | 10,229 £m | 14.7 |
| Q4 2015 | 11,092 £m | −1.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 9,056.0 £m | −3.2 |
| Q2 2015 | 10,198 £m | −5.4 |
| Q1 2015 | 8,916.0 £m | −11.9 |
| Q4 2014 | 11,270 £m | 7.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 9,359.0 £m | −6.7 |
| Q2 2014 | 10,777 £m | −1.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 10,123 £m | −1.8 |
| Q4 2013 | 10,516 £m | 6.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 10,035 £m | 1.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 10,974 £m | −11.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 10,305 £m | 0.08 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKHE.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKHE.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```