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Download UK Public Spending Data Series 1692-2028

You can download any of the raw data series used to compile the public spending data in ukpublicspending.co.uk. You select the data series you want and then copy-paste the tab delimited data from a textbox on this page into your spreadsheet.

Warning: Be careful about using raw data. The raw data series are not “curated,” meaning that you cannot be sure if the data series applies for a specific year and a specific function. A data series typically does not extend the whole length of UK history. Check out multiyear download if you want full-length curated data series.

Download Instructions:

Prepare a suite of data for download by making a selection from one of the dropdown menus below. You can select:

  1. A group of functionally related spending data series
  2. An individual spending data series
You can also remove individual data series that you don’t want.

Select Functional Data Series Group: Select a group of data series to download (you can add individual data series later):

Add Individual Data Series: Select Spending Data Series to add to download (you can add more later):

Change Data Units: You can download data in raw format (i.e., in the units used in the database for each item, or in £ billion, £ million, or percent of GDP.

raw
£ billion
£ million
percent GDP

Select Fiscal Year: You can select the budget for which you want to download estimated public spending.

Copy and Paste: When you have created the dataset you want then just copy the tab-delimited text in the textbox below (click cursor in text box, then press ctrl-A then press ctrl-C) and paste it into your spreadsheet.

Here is a formatted version of the data you have selected.

YearGDP(CKDMD) Military defence
18020.3180
18030.31371
18040.33370
18050.36451
18060.36941
18070.39510
18080.38582
18090.42180
18100.46470
18110.44460
18120.45220
18130.48642
18140.46452
18230.41511
18490.59071
18520.58350
18530.65820
18540.71630
18560.75682
18570.74934
18580.71142
18590.76411
18600.78051
18610.81483
18620.81731
18640.94020
18660.98861
18680.98842
18691.01425
18701.08381
18711.16371
18721.22850
18741.28211
18751.25230
18781.19674
18791.15012
18801.23573
18811.25551
18821.29351
18831.3014
18841.26361
18851.23651
18861.24610
18871.29650
18881.34510
19152.9285357
19163.39331400
19174.19751974
19184.98092403
19195.3472198
19205.92387
19407.0835409
19418.5123220
19429.30234085
19439.8754840
19449.93464950
19459.64295125
19469.67694410
194710.4317414
194811.42994
194912.17257
195012.74261
1993769.85522910
1994810.79422632
1995851.84522354
1996909.99321382
1997953.40522143
1998998.50121506
19991043.2523719
20001100.7524069
20011146.1425582
20021191.4422374
20031258.3323123
20041322.6424696
20051398.7524909
20061472.0426401
20071544.6429384
20081593.629802
20091592.331431
20101567.832274
20111634.232913
20121680.133539
20131735.132261
20141809.733021
20151892.433749
20161942.634012
20172029.434995
20182115.136409
20192190.437980
20202258.340257
20212110.542433
20222400.645766
20232637.150375
2024277951524
20252933.257073
20263062.658171
20273164.263007
20283277.168239

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Data Sources for 2028:

GDP: OBR EFO supp. economy tables
Spending: HM Treasury PESA
Debt: OBR Public Finances Databank

> spending data sources for other years

On July 23, 2026 ukpublicspending.co.uk updated UK GDP and public debt outturn and forecasts released with the Office of Budget Responsibility in March 2026.

Recent and forecast GDP comes from the UK Office of Budget Responsibility's Economic and fiscal outlook report, using table 1.1 from tab "1.1" and table 1.2 from tab "1.2" in a spreadsheet file labeled "March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook -- detailed forecast tables: economy". UK GDP previous to 2009 comes from Measuring Worth. The data goes back to 1700.

Note that chain-linked GDP is now in 2019 pounds.

Public sector net debt, outturn and forecast, comes from a tab called "Aggregates (£bn)" in the Public Finances Databank spreadsheet at the Office of Budget Responsibility. 

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