Download UK Public Spending Data Series 1692-2028

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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 (LCHIB) Highways and Bridges (capital) 1884 1 2 1885 1 3 1886 1 2 1887 1 2 1888 1 1 1889 1 1 1890 1 1 1891 1 1 1892 1 1 1893 1 1 1894 1 2 1895 2 2 1896 2 2 1897 2 2 1898 2 2 1899 2 2 1900 2 3 1901 2 5 1902 2 6 1903 2 7 1904 2 5 1905 2 5 1906 2 3 1907 2 2 1908 2 2 1909 2 2 1910 2 3 1911 2 3 1912 2 2 1913 2 2 1914 2 4 1915 3 3 1916 3 1 1917 4 0 1918 5 0 1919 5 0 1920 6 1 1921 5 4 1922 4 7 1923 4 10 1924 4 9 1925 4 11 1926 4 11 1927 5 11 1928 5 9 1929 5 13 1930 5 18 1931 4 20 1932 4 20 1933 4 11 1934 4 9 1935 5 8 1936 5 9 1937 5 10 1938 5 13 1939 6 14 1940 7 10 1941 9 3 1942 9 2 1943 10 2 1944 10 1 1945 10 1 1946 10 1 1947 10 2 1948 11 4 1949 12 4 1950 13 6

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

Year	GDP	(LCHIB) Highways and Bridges (capital)

1884	1.2636	2
1885	1.2365	3
1886	1.246	2
1887	1.2965	2
1888	1.3451	1
1889	1.4176	1
1890	1.4517	1
1891	1.4517	1
1892	1.4186	1
1893	1.4187	1
1894	1.496	2
1895	1.5303	2
1896	1.5817	2
1897	1.6212	2
1898	1.7111	2
1899	1.8149	2
1900	1.8855	3
1901	1.9006	5
1902	1.9104	6
1903	1.8848	7
1904	1.8872	5
1905	1.9559	5
1906	2.0344	3
1907	2.1077	2
1908	2.0081	2
1909	2.0511	2
1910	2.1379	3
1911	2.2243	3
1912	2.319	2
1913	2.4173	2
1914	2.445	4
1915	2.9285	3
1916	3.3933	1
1917	4.1975	0
1918	4.9809	0
1919	5.347	0
1920	5.923	1
1921	4.864	4
1922	4.419	7
1923	4.217	10
1924	4.328	9
1925	4.469	11
1926	4.311	11
1927	4.559	11
1928	4.559	9
1929	4.651	13
1930	4.575	18
1931	4.279	20
1932	4.186	20
1933	4.261	11
1934	4.478	9
1935	4.679	8
1936	4.944	9
1937	5.288	10
1938	5.454	13
1939	5.8514	14
1940	7.0835	10
1941	8.512	3
1942	9.3023	2
1943	9.875	2
1944	9.9346	1
1945	9.6429	1
1946	9.6769	1
1947	10.4317	2
1948	11.429	4
1949	12.172	4
1950	12.742	6

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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.