Download UK Public Spending Data Series 1692-2026

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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.

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Year GDP (CKSOP) Social protection 1909 2 2 1910 2 7 1911 2 8 1912 2 10 1913 2 14 1914 2 16 1915 3 17 1916 3 15 1917 4 17 1918 5 16 1919 5 17 1920 6 27 1921 5 59 1922 4 59 1923 4 49 1924 4 47 1925 4 51 1926 4 52 1927 5 59 1928 5 57 1929 5 59 1930 5 67 1931 4 83 1932 4 93 1933 4 118 1934 4 114 1935 5 113 1936 5 121 1937 5 120 1938 5 119 1939 6 120 1940 7 119 1941 9 115 1942 9 116 1943 10 124 1944 10 131 1945 10 134 1946 10 138 1947 10 207

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

Year	GDP	(CKSOP) Social protection

1909	2.0511	2
1910	2.1379	7
1911	2.2243	8
1912	2.319	10
1913	2.4173	14
1914	2.445	16
1915	2.9285	17
1916	3.3933	15
1917	4.1975	17
1918	4.9809	16
1919	5.347	17
1920	5.923	27
1921	4.864	59
1922	4.419	59
1923	4.217	49
1924	4.328	47
1925	4.469	51
1926	4.311	52
1927	4.559	59
1928	4.559	57
1929	4.651	59
1930	4.575	67
1931	4.279	83
1932	4.186	93
1933	4.261	118
1934	4.478	114
1935	4.679	113
1936	4.944	121
1937	5.288	120
1938	5.454	119
1939	5.8514	120
1940	7.0835	119
1941	8.512	115
1942	9.3023	116
1943	9.875	124
1944	9.9346	131
1945	9.6429	134
1946	9.6769	138
1947	10.4317	207

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Data Sources for 1947:

GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Spending: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
Debt: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics

> spending data sources for other years

UK Revenue and Deficit Forecast -- March 2026

On March 11, 2026 we updated UK revenue forecast data for 2025-26 to 2030-31 from the Office of Budget Responsibility's March 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook report in a zip file labeled "March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook - charts and tables (zip file)" and a spreadsheet file named "efo-march-2026-charts-and-tables-annex-tables.xlsx" and Table A.5: Current Receipts in tab "TA.5".

**UK Government Revenue Forecast**
2025-26 Forecast	March 2025 £ billion	March 2026 £ billion
Central Government	£1,157.6	£1,071.1
Local Authorities	£71.4	£67.9
Total UK Revenue	£1,229.0	£1,139.0

On March 11, 2026 we updated UK deficit forecast data for 2025-2065 to 2030-31 from the Office of Budget Responsibility's March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook report Table 6.5 Components of Net Borrowing in tab "6.5" in a zip file labeled "March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook - detailed forecast tables: aggregates" and a spreadsheet file named "efo-march-2026-detailed-forecast-tables-aggregates.xlsx".