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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(PCNHE) Northern Ireland Housing Executive
1994810.79482
1995851.84570
1996909.9930
1997953.4050
1998998.5010
19991043.2573
20001100.7559
20011146.1424
20021191.4425
20031258.33-49
20041322.64-1
20051398.7582
20061472.0482
20071544.6415
20081593.6254
20091592.3275
20101567.8260
20111634.2228
20121680.1202
20131735.1126
20141809.7110
20151892.421
20161942.6-6
20172029.4-4
20182115.1-3
20192190.4-5
20202258.3-10
20212110.5-8
20222400.6-9
20232637.14
20242779-2
20252933.214
20263062.612
20273164.273
20283277.198

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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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