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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(LCTRA) Transport (capital)
18841.26360
18851.23650
18861.2460
18931.41870
18941.4960
18951.53030
18961.58170
18971.62120
18981.71112
18991.81492
19001.88552
19011.90064
19021.91045
19031.88485
19041.88724
19051.95591
19062.03443
19072.10774
19082.00814
19092.05112
19102.13792
19112.22432
19122.3191
19132.41732
19142.4451
19152.92852
19163.39331
19174.19750
19184.98090
19195.3470
19205.9232
19214.8643
19224.4195
19234.2174
19244.3283
19254.4693
19264.3113
19274.5593
19284.5593
19294.6513
19304.5753
19314.2793
19324.1863
19334.2612
19344.47811
19354.6792
19364.9442
19375.2883
19385.4545
19395.85143
19407.08352
19418.5120
19429.30230
19439.8751
19449.93461
19459.64291
19469.67691
194710.43172
194811.4295
194912.17210
195012.74211
1993769.8551701
1998998.5011325
19991043.251203
20001100.751165
20011146.141552
20021191.442028
20031258.332629
20041322.642793
20051398.752960
20061472.043398
20071544.643373
20081593.63537
20091592.33916
20101567.84332
20111634.24359
20121680.14088
20131735.15158
20141809.75605
20151892.46148
20161942.66164
20172029.46313
20182115.16981
20192190.46448
20202258.36510
20212110.56343
20222400.66841
20232637.17898
202427798583
20252933.28027
20263062.69503
20273164.210453
20283277.111499

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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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