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.

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Prepare a suite of data for download by making a selection from one of the dropdown menus below. You can select:

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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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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 (LKCOI) Harbours (current) 1880 1 1 1881 1 1 1882 1 4 1883 1 1 1884 1 1 1885 1 1 1886 1 1 1887 1 1 1888 1 1 1889 1 1 1890 1 1 1891 1 1 1892 1 1 1893 1 2 1894 1 2 1895 2 2 1896 2 2 1897 2 2 1898 2 3 1899 2 3 1900 2 3 1901 2 3 1902 2 3 1903 2 4 1904 2 5 1905 2 5 1906 2 5 1907 2 4 1908 2 5 1909 2 5 1910 2 8 1911 2 8 1912 2 9 1913 2 10 1914 2 9 1915 3 10 1916 3 10 1917 4 10 1918 5 11 1919 5 13 1920 6 17 1921 5 20 1922 4 18 1923 4 17 1924 4 16 1925 4 16 1926 4 16 1927 5 16 1928 5 17 1929 5 16 1930 5 16 1931 4 15 1932 4 15 1933 4 14 1934 4 14 1935 5 14 1936 5 15 1937 5 15 1938 5 16 1939 6 16 1940 7 16 1941 9 15 1942 9 17 1943 10 18 1944 10 21 1945 10 24 1946 10 22 1947 10 23 1948 11 26 1949 12 27 1950 13 29

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

Year	GDP	(LKCOI) Harbours (current)

1880	1.2357	1
1881	1.2555	1
1882	1.2935	4
1883	1.301	1
1884	1.2636	1
1885	1.2365	1
1886	1.246	1
1887	1.2965	1
1888	1.3451	1
1889	1.4176	1
1890	1.4517	1
1891	1.4517	1
1892	1.4186	1
1893	1.4187	2
1894	1.496	2
1895	1.5303	2
1896	1.5817	2
1897	1.6212	2
1898	1.7111	3
1899	1.8149	3
1900	1.8855	3
1901	1.9006	3
1902	1.9104	3
1903	1.8848	4
1904	1.8872	5
1905	1.9559	5
1906	2.0344	5
1907	2.1077	4
1908	2.0081	5
1909	2.0511	5
1910	2.1379	8
1911	2.2243	8
1912	2.319	9
1913	2.4173	10
1914	2.445	9
1915	2.9285	10
1916	3.3933	10
1917	4.1975	10
1918	4.9809	11
1919	5.347	13
1920	5.923	17
1921	4.864	20
1922	4.419	18
1923	4.217	17
1924	4.328	16
1925	4.469	16
1926	4.311	16
1927	4.559	16
1928	4.559	17
1929	4.651	16
1930	4.575	16
1931	4.279	15
1932	4.186	15
1933	4.261	14
1934	4.478	14
1935	4.679	14
1936	4.944	15
1937	5.288	15
1938	5.454	16
1939	5.8514	16
1940	7.0835	16
1941	8.512	15
1942	9.3023	17
1943	9.875	18
1944	9.9346	21
1945	9.6429	24
1946	9.6769	22
1947	10.4317	23
1948	11.429	26
1949	12.172	27
1950	12.742	29

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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.