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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(LKPSI) Public sector debt interest (current)
18680.98845
18691.01425
18701.08385
18711.16376
18721.22857
18731.28537
18741.28218
18751.25239
18761.23599
18771.21999
18781.19679
18791.150110
18801.235710
18811.255511
18821.293514
18831.30111
18841.263610
18851.236510
18861.24610
18871.296511
18881.345111
18891.417611
18901.451711
18911.451711
18921.418611
18931.418714
18941.49614
18951.530315
18961.581715
18971.621216
18981.711116
18991.814917
19001.885519
19011.900620
19021.910422
19031.884824
19041.887226
19051.955929
19062.034431
19072.107732
19082.008134
19092.051135
19102.137936
19112.224337
19122.31939
19132.417341
19142.44540
19152.928541
19163.393342
19174.197543
19184.980943
19195.34743
19205.92343
19214.86447
19224.41959
19234.21766
19244.32869
19254.46971
19264.31178
19274.55985
19284.55995
19294.651102
19304.575106
19314.279113
19324.186116
19334.261121
19344.478132
19354.679123
19364.944123
19375.288125
19385.454129
19395.8514133
19407.0835135
19418.512137
19429.3023138
19439.875137
19449.9346138
19459.6429137
19469.6769129
194710.4317127
194811.429134
194912.172118
195012.742127
1993769.8553864
1995851.8453470
1996909.9933656
1997953.4053568
1998998.501357
19991043.25541
20001100.75313
20011146.14385
20021191.44304
20031258.33266
20041322.64236
20051398.75385
20061472.04440
20071544.64518
20081593.6700
20091592.3451
20101567.8179
20111634.2600
20121680.1561
20131735.1515
20141809.7547
20151892.4706
20161942.6776
20172029.4844
20182115.1831
20192190.4850
20202258.3667
20212110.5739
20222400.6802
20232637.1870
202427791105
20252933.21098
20263062.61132
20273164.21167
20283277.11203

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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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