Download UK Public Spending Data Series 1692-2028

raw data

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:

A group of functionally related spending data series
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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.

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.

Year GDP (CKTRA) Transport 1911 2 1 1912 2 2 1913 2 1 1914 2 1 1915 3 2 1916 3 1 1921 5 9 1922 4 11 1923 4 12 1924 4 14 1925 4 16 1926 4 18 1927 5 17 1928 5 30 1929 5 30 1930 5 32 1931 4 36 1932 4 37 1933 4 32 1934 4 35 1935 5 42 1936 5 43 1937 5 45 1938 5 31 1939 6 48 1940 7 46 1941 9 29 1942 9 22 1943 10 19 1944 10 17 1945 10 21 1946 10 34 1947 10 144 1948 11 170 1949 12 171 1950 13 151

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

Year	GDP	(CKTRA) Transport

1911	2.2243	1
1912	2.319	2
1913	2.4173	1
1914	2.445	1
1915	2.9285	2
1916	3.3933	1
1921	4.864	9
1922	4.419	11
1923	4.217	12
1924	4.328	14
1925	4.469	16
1926	4.311	18
1927	4.559	17
1928	4.559	30
1929	4.651	30
1930	4.575	32
1931	4.279	36
1932	4.186	37
1933	4.261	32
1934	4.478	35
1935	4.679	42
1936	4.944	43
1937	5.288	45
1938	5.454	31
1939	5.8514	48
1940	7.0835	46
1941	8.512	29
1942	9.3023	22
1943	9.875	19
1944	9.9346	17
1945	9.6429	21
1946	9.6769	34
1947	10.4317	144
1948	11.429	170
1949	12.172	171
1950	12.742	151

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Data Sources for 1950:

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 GDP and Public Debt Update -- March 2026

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.