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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.

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£ 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(CKGGS) General services
18020.3180
18030.31370
18040.33370
18050.36450
18060.36940
18070.39510
18080.38580
18090.42180
18100.46470
18110.44460
18120.45220
18130.48640
18140.46450
18150.47940
18160.42610
18170.44220
18180.45950
18190.4290
18200.43520
18210.41690
18220.39720
18230.41510
18240.44640
18250.49320
18260.43250
18270.44991
18280.44970
18290.43510
18300.45151
18310.44430
18320.44321
18330.43430
18340.46070
18350.48720
18360.52790
18370.51380
18380.54060
18390.56310
18400.54180
18410.51910
18420.49190
18430.49340
18440.53260
18450.56790
18460.58540
18470.61370
18480.58271
18490.59071
18500.54440
18510.56171
18520.58351
18530.65821
18540.71631
18550.71751
18560.75681
18570.74931
18580.71141
18590.76411
18600.78051
18610.81481
18620.81731
18630.89091
18640.94021
18650.9571
18660.98861
18670.9771
18680.98841
18691.01421
18701.08381
18711.16371
18721.22851
18731.28531
18741.28211
18751.25231
18761.23591
18771.21991
18781.19671
18791.15011
18801.23571
18811.25551
18821.29352
18831.3012
18841.26362
18851.23652
18861.2462
18871.29652
18881.34512
18891.41761
18901.45172
18911.45172
18921.41862
18931.41872
18941.4962
18951.53032
18961.58172
18971.62122
18981.71112
18991.81492
19001.88552
19011.90062
19021.91042
19031.88482
19041.88723
19051.95593
19062.03443
19072.10773
19082.00813
19092.05113
19102.13793
19112.22433
19122.3193
19132.41734
19142.4453
19152.92854
19163.39333
19174.19753
19184.98093
19195.3473
19205.92310
19214.86412
19224.41911
19234.2176
19244.3286
19254.4697
19264.3117
19274.5596
1993769.8554835
1994810.7944554
1995851.8454977
1996909.9935047
1997953.4054907
1998998.5014538
19991043.255413
20001100.756220
20011146.145143
20021191.44431
20031258.33374
20041322.64470
20051398.75489
20061472.04594
20071544.64569
20081593.6597
20091592.3482
20101567.8468
20111634.2588
20121680.1555
20131735.1453
20141809.7467
20151892.4492
20161942.6453
20172029.4577
20182115.1576
20192190.4718
20202258.3852
20212110.51349
20222400.62234
20232637.11465
202427791818
20252933.21548
20263062.61905
20273164.22221
20283277.12338

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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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