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Year Inflation GDP-UK £ billion nominal Population-UK million Total Spending-total percent GDP 1692 0.2 0.0649 9.100 6.56 a 1693 0.27 0.0668 9.100 8.35 a 1694 0.19 0.0687 9.100 8.15 a 1695 0.26 0.0707 9.100 8.80 a 1696 0.18 0.0727 9.100 11.00 a 1697 0.24 0.0748 9.100 10.58 a 1698 0.15 0.0769 9.100 5.37 a 1699 0.21 0.0791 9.100 5.93 a 1700 0.25 0.0814 9.100 3.93 a 1701 -5.29 0.0844 9.129 4.08 a 1702 -0.15 0.0821 9.158 6.10 a 1703 -0.9 0.0761 9.188 6.98 a 1704 2.1 0.0922 9.217 5.99 a 1705 -1.75 0.0859 9.247 6.84 a 1706 -2.37 0.0707 9.276 9.47 a 1707 -1.74 0.0782 9.306 11.19 a 1708 3.53 0.086 9.336 9.00 a 1709 7.9 0.0813 9.366 11.27 a 1710 2.94 0.0763 9.396 12.81 a 1711 -7.86 0.0772 9.426 19.62 a 1712 -2.37 0.0753 9.456 10.44 a 1713 2.56 0.074 9.487 8.60 a 1714 1.35 0.0824 9.517 7.51 a 1715 -3.98 0.0768 9.547 8.11 a 1716 0.38 0.08 9.578 8.85 a 1717 1.48 0.0857 9.609 6.87 a 1718 -0.63 0.09 9.640 7.06 a 1719 -1.79 0.0868 9.670 7.09 a 1720 3.64 0.0955 9.701 6.28 a 1721 -4.06 0.0879 9.733 6.68 a 1722 -2.09 0.087 9.764 8.02 a 1723 2.29 0.0869 9.795 6.53 a 1724 -0.04 0.086 9.826 6.32 a 1725 1.93 0.0899 9.858 6.14 a 1726 2.2 0.0891 9.889 6.22 a 1727 -1.3 0.0874 9.921 6.70 a 1728 5.87 0.0952 9.953 6.83 a 1729 -2.01 0.088 9.985 6.49 a 1730 -6.61 0.0842 10.017 6.62 a 1731 -0.91 0.0821 10.049 6.51 a 1732 -3.72 0.0845 10.081 5.89 a 1733 0.86 0.0871 10.114 5.28 a 1734 0.36 0.0871 10.146 7.30 a 1735 1.91 0.0867 10.178 6.75 a 1736 -0.75 0.0925 10.211 6.26 a 1737 -1.34 0.0863 10.244 5.94 a 1738 -1.53 0.0866 10.277 5.45 a 1739 0.67 0.0866 10.310 6.02 a 1740 7.8 0.0919 10.343 6.70 a 1741 1.33 0.0958 10.393 7.82 a 1742 -2.4 0.0957 10.444 8.91 a 1743 -1.1 0.0924 10.494 9.72 a 1744 -0.77 0.0904 10.545 10.40 a 1745 -2.57 0.0894 10.597 9.98 a 1746 2.79 0.0947 10.648 10.35 a 1747 -1.49 0.0976 10.700 11.73 a 1748 1.89 0.0984 10.752 11.19 a 1749 1.1 0.0989 10.805 12.68 a 1750 -0.44 0.0999 10.857 7.19 a 1751 0.46 0.0982 10.910 6.54 a 1752 2.82 0.1058 10.963 6.65 a 1753 -1.74 0.1049 11.016 5.67 a 1754 -0.82 0.1011 11.070 3.00 a 1755 -1.84 0.1023 11.124 6.96 a 1756 4.72 0.1054 11.184 9.10 a 1757 7.24 0.1191 11.245 9.42 a 1758 -0.8 0.1198 11.306 11.02 a 1759 -6.76 0.1136 11.368 13.54 a 1760 0.53 0.1175 11.430 15.31 a 1761 -2.19 0.1196 11.492 17.65 a 1762 1.95 0.1186 11.555 16.90 a 1763 5.39 0.1246 11.617 14.22 a 1764 1 0.1258 11.681 8.49 a 1765 1.05 0.1261 11.744 9.53 a 1766 1.04 0.1291 11.808 7.99 a 1767 3.19 0.1341 11.872 7.19 a 1768 -3.38 0.1308 11.937 6.99 a 1769 -3.97 0.133 12.002 7.19 a 1770 0.7 0.1303 12.067 8.08 a 1771 4.58 0.1387 12.133 7.29 a 1772 3.13 0.1395 12.199 7.69 a 1773 0.08 0.1421 12.265 7.02 a 1774 1.73 0.1414 12.332 6.77 a 1775 0.7 0.1469 12.399 7.06 a 1776 -2.02 0.1487 12.467 9.45 a 1777 2.83 0.1572 12.534 9.71 a 1778 0.12 0.1563 12.603 11.48 a 1779 -2.99 0.1512 12.671 13.04 a 1780 -0.4 0.1575 12.740 14.35 a 1781 12.51 0.1817 12.809 14.20 a 1782 0.45 0.1807 12.916 16.18 a 1783 -1.97 0.1762 13.023 13.34 a 1784 -3.86 0.1701 13.131 14.26 a 1785 0.34 0.1695 13.240 15.24 a 1786 5.8 0.1823 13.349 9.31 a 1787 -0.53 0.1783 13.460 8.68 a 1788 -3.25 0.1721 13.572 9.49 a 1789 -1.54 0.1733 13.684 9.24 a 1790 2.68 0.1911 13.798 8.79 a 1791 0.51 0.1929 13.912 9.33 a 1792 6.09 0.2124 14.134 7.98 a 1793 -1.01 0.2068 14.360 9.49 a 1794 0.96 0.2021 14.589 14.21 a 1795 11.01 0.2463 14.822 15.83 a 1796 2.96 0.258 15.059 16.42 a 1797 0.96 0.2586 15.299 22.29 a 1798 4.34 0.2723 15.544 17.41 a 1799 7.4 0.2996 15.792 15.83 a 1800 8.54 0.3398 16.044 14.57 a 1801 7.13 0.3671 16.300 13.89 a 1802 -14.54 0.318 16.508 20.60 a 1803 0.73 0.3137 16.718 17.47 a 1804 6.46 0.3337 16.931 15.88 a 1805 3.17 0.3645 17.147 17.23 a 1806 1.73 0.3694 17.365 19.33 a 1807 0.43 0.3951 17.586 18.45 a 1808 2.3 0.3858 17.811 19.00 a 1809 6.19 0.4218 18.037 18.49 a 1810 3.73 0.4647 18.267 17.54 a 1811 -3.3 0.4446 18.500 18.35 a 1812 5.82 0.4522 18.736 19.31 a 1813 2.14 0.4864 18.975 19.49 a 1814 -2.29 0.4645 19.217 23.94 a 1815 -7.47 0.4794 19.462 23.55 a 1816 -5.88 0.4261 19.710 23.35 a 1817 2.1 0.4422 19.962 16.12 a 1818 4.01 0.4595 20.217 12.77 a 1819 -5 0.429 20.474 13.43 a 1820 -6.67 0.4352 20.736 13.21 a 1821 -5.91 0.4169 21.000 14.01 a 1822 -6.65 0.3972 21.291 14.20 a 1823 1.57 0.4151 21.586 13.61 a 1824 2.06 0.4464 21.886 12.16 a 1825 8.23 0.4932 22.189 11.25 a 1826 -6.97 0.4325 22.497 12.51 a 1827 -3.67 0.4499 22.809 12.47 a 1828 -0.35 0.4497 23.125 12.43 a 1829 -4.1 0.4351 23.445 12.30 a 1830 -0.71 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 23.770 11.89 a 1831 -4.66 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.100 11.68 a 1832 -0.77 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.366 11.62 a 1833 -3.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.636 11.65 a 1834 2.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.908 10.59 a 1835 -0.3 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.183 10.04 a 1836 5.73 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.462 12.35 a 1837 -1.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.743 10.51 a 1838 0.38 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.028 9.45 a 1839 1.98 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.315 9.18 a 1840 -4.21 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.606 9.86 a 1841 -1.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.900 10.25 a 1842 -4.32 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.959 11.04 a 1843 -3.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.019 11.17 a 1844 0.73 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.079 10.40 a 1845 1.73 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.138 9.65 a 1846 -0.98 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.198 9.17 a 1847 6.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.258 9.03 a 1848 -8.45 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.319 10.14 a 1849 -0.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.379 9.99 a 1850 -6.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.439 10.19 a 1851 -1.53 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.500 9.74 a 1852 0.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.656 9.25 a 1853 9.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.813 8.40 a 1854 5.41 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.971 7.79 a 1855 0.67 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.129 9.63 a 1856 0.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.289 12.30 a 1857 -1.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.449 10.16 a 1858 -4.73 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.611 9.59 a 1859 3.14 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.773 8.48 a 1860 0.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.936 8.92 a 1861 2.51 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.100 8.95 a 1862 0.85 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.341 8.85 a 1863 3.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.584 7.89 a 1864 4.14 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.829 7.21 a 1865 -2.52 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.075 7.01 a 1866 2.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.324 6.73 a 1867 -1.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.575 6.88 a 1868 -2.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.828 10.63 a 1869 -0.06 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.083 10.58 a 1870 -0.85 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.341 9.00 a 1871 1.75 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.485 8.66 a 1872 5.12 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.874 8.48 a 1873 3.68 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.178 8.14 a 1874 -4.41 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.502 8.90 a 1875 -3.38 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.839 9.33 a 1876 -1.92 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.200 9.81 a 1877 -1.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.576 10.45 a 1878 -2.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.944 11.06 a 1879 -1.94 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.304 12.05 a 1880 -0.12 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.623 10.97 a 1881 -0.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.935 10.92 a 1882 1.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.207 11.05 a 1883 -2.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.450 11.08 a 1884 -1.87 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.724 11.23 a 1885 -1.27 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.016 11.87 a 1886 0.22 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.314 12.06 a 1887 -0.22 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.599 11.41 a 1888 0.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.881 10.85 a 1889 2.06 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.179 10.23 a 1890 1.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.485 10.36 a 1891 -2.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.802 10.72 a 1892 -0.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.134 11.57 a 1893 0.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.490 12.42 a 1894 0.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.859 12.38 a 1895 -1.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.221 12.44 a 1896 -0.98 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.599 12.45 a 1897 1.28 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.987 12.68 a 1898 0.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.381 12.57 a 1899 2.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.774 12.63 a 1900 4.12 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.155 14.06 a 1901 -1.43 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.538 17.18 a 1902 -1 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.893 18.30 a 1903 -0.28 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.247 18.38 a 1904 -1.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.611 16.37 a 1905 0.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.981 17.75 a 1906 1.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.361 15.17 a 1907 1.54 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.738 14.47 a 1908 -0.72 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.124 14.81 a 1909 -0.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.520 14.74 a 1910 1.43 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.916 15.97 a 1911 0.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.190 14.99 a 1912 2.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.374 14.83 a 1913 -0.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.582 14.99 a 1914 -0.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.957 15.65 a 1915 14.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.362 25.85 a 1916 14.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.536 51.46 a 1917 24.32 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.781 56.75 a 1918 16.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.582 58.09 a 1919 15.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.944 52.48 a 1920 16.64 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.646 33.51 a 1921 -8.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.904 34.35 a 1922 -14.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.332 36.71 a 1923 -7.53 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.563 30.42 a 1924 -2.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.886 27.44 a 1925 -0.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.040 27.40 a 1926 -0.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.218 30.16 a 1927 -1.94 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.432 29.82 a 1928 -0.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.622 29.43 a 1929 -0.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.731 28.48 a 1930 -0.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.889 29.64 a 1931 -1.83 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.074 32.33 a 1932 -2.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.335 33.38 a 1933 -1.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.520 32.21 a 1934 -0.87 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.666 29.47 a 1935 0.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.869 28.81 a 1936 0.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.081 28.89 a 1937 3.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.289 28.86 a 1938 2.36 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.494 29.13 a 1939 2.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.548 29.48 a 1940 11.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.029 30.13 a 1941 11.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.870 54.98 a 1942 7.49 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.323 60.95 a 1943 4.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.262 65.79 a 1944 5 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.460 67.07 a 1945 1.64 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.669 72.27 a 1946 2.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.988 66.76 a 1947 9.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 49.539 50.66 a 1948 6.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.033 41.08 a 1949 3.19 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.331 37.63 a 1950 1.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.382 37.49 a 1951 8.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.287 39.28 a 1952 7.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.429 40.20 a 1953 1.83 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.593 39.43 a 1954 1.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.765 37.33 a 1955 4.91 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.946 35.53 a 1956 7.05 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.184 35.29 a 1957 4.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.430 34.55 a 1958 3.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.653 34.86 a 1959 0.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.956 35.15 a 1960 1.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.373 34.90 a 1961 3.88 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.807 36.92 a 1962 3.65 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.292 37.62 a 1963 1.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.625 37.46 a 1964 3.77 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.991 37.43 a 1965 6.05 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.350 38.35 a 1966 5.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.643 38.81 a 1967 3.03 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.959 41.98 a 1968 4.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.214 41.69 a 1969 6.75 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.461 39.77 a 1970 9.92 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.632 38.53 a 1971 8.57 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.928 38.56 a 1972 7.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.097 37.39 a 1973 9.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.223 37.35 a 1974 15.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.236 42.32 a 1975 25.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.226 44.77 a 1976 16.02 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.216 42.67 a 1977 14.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.190 38.72 a 1978 12.31 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.178 38.65 a 1979 14.98 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.240 38.54 a 1980 19.69 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.330 39.95 a 1981 12.31 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.358 40.00 a 1982 8.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.291 40.07 a 1983 5.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.316 37.77 a 1984 5.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.409 37.18 a 1985 5.63 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.554 36.39 a 1986 4.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.684 35.51 a 1987 5.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.804 33.13 a 1988 6.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.916 31.24 a 1989 8.21 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.077 29.27 a 1990 8.58 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.238 29.95 a 1991 6.64 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.439 30.91 a 1992 3.29 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.585 32.32 a 1993 3.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.714 33.74 a 1994 1.91 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.862 33.49 a 1995 2.68 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.025 33.93 a 1996 4.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.164 33.44 a 1997 -0.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.314 32.34 a 1998 1.33 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.475 31.89 a 1999 1.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.684 31.89 a 2000 1.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.886 30.96 a 2001 1.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.113 31.94 a 2002 2.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.366 32.66 a 2003 2.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.637 33.42 a 2004 2.65 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.950 34.41 a 2005 3.02 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.413 35.16 a 2006 2.86 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.827 35.56 a 2007 2.31 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.319 35.57 a 2008 3.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.824 36.54 a 2009 0.87 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 62.261 40.05 a 2010 1.32 1558.1 62.760 43.20 a Legend: a - actual outturn Data Sources for 1692: GDP: data from measuringworth.com (but now unsupported) Spending: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Historical-Statistics-B-Mitchell/dp/1107402441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366835878&sr=8-1 B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics Debt: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Historical-Statistics-B-Mitchell/dp/1107402441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366835878&sr=8-1 B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics Data Sources for 2010: GDP: obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2018/ OBR EFO supp. economy tables Spending: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury/series/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-pesa HM Treasury PESA Debt: obr.uk/data/ OBR Public Finances Databank

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Below is a formatted version of the dataset displayed in the chart. Included is a column of nominal or chained GDP for each year charted.

UK Public Spending As Percent Of GDP
Fiscal Years 1692 to 2010
Year	Inflation	GDP-UK £ billion nominal	Population-UK million	Total Spending -total -total percent GDP
1692	0.2	0.0649	9.100	6.56	a
1693	0.27	0.0668	9.100	8.35	a
1694	0.19	0.0687	9.100	8.15	a
1695	0.26	0.0707	9.100	8.80	a
1696	0.18	0.0727	9.100	11.00	a
1697	0.24	0.0748	9.100	10.58	a
1698	0.15	0.0769	9.100	5.37	a
1699	0.21	0.0791	9.100	5.93	a
1700	0.25	0.0814	9.100	3.93	a
1701	-5.29	MW gdp	9.129	4.08	a
1702	-0.15	MW gdp	9.158	6.10	a
1703	-0.9	MW gdp	9.188	6.98	a
1704	2.1	MW gdp	9.217	5.99	a
1705	-1.75	MW gdp	9.247	6.84	a
1706	-2.37	MW gdp	9.276	9.47	a
1707	-1.74	MW gdp	9.306	11.19	a
1708	3.53	MW gdp	9.336	9.00	a
1709	7.9	MW gdp	9.366	11.27	a
1710	2.94	MW gdp	9.396	12.81	a
1711	-7.86	MW gdp	9.426	19.62	a
1712	-2.37	MW gdp	9.456	10.44	a
1713	2.56	MW gdp	9.487	8.60	a
1714	1.35	MW gdp	9.517	7.51	a
1715	-3.98	MW gdp	9.547	8.11	a
1716	0.38	MW gdp	9.578	8.85	a
1717	1.48	MW gdp	9.609	6.87	a
1718	-0.63	MW gdp	9.640	7.06	a
1719	-1.79	MW gdp	9.670	7.09	a
1720	3.64	MW gdp	9.701	6.28	a
1721	-4.06	MW gdp	9.733	6.68	a
1722	-2.09	MW gdp	9.764	8.02	a
1723	2.29	MW gdp	9.795	6.53	a
1724	-0.04	MW gdp	9.826	6.32	a
1725	1.93	MW gdp	9.858	6.14	a
1726	2.2	MW gdp	9.889	6.22	a
1727	-1.3	MW gdp	9.921	6.70	a
1728	5.87	MW gdp	9.953	6.83	a
1729	-2.01	MW gdp	9.985	6.49	a
1730	-6.61	MW gdp	10.017	6.62	a
1731	-0.91	MW gdp	10.049	6.51	a
1732	-3.72	MW gdp	10.081	5.89	a
1733	0.86	MW gdp	10.114	5.28	a
1734	0.36	MW gdp	10.146	7.30	a
1735	1.91	MW gdp	10.178	6.75	a
1736	-0.75	MW gdp	10.211	6.26	a
1737	-1.34	MW gdp	10.244	5.94	a
1738	-1.53	MW gdp	10.277	5.45	a
1739	0.67	MW gdp	10.310	6.02	a
1740	7.8	MW gdp	10.343	6.70	a
1741	1.33	MW gdp	10.393	7.82	a
1742	-2.4	MW gdp	10.444	8.91	a
1743	-1.1	MW gdp	10.494	9.72	a
1744	-0.77	MW gdp	10.545	10.40	a
1745	-2.57	MW gdp	10.597	9.98	a
1746	2.79	MW gdp	10.648	10.35	a
1747	-1.49	MW gdp	10.700	11.73	a
1748	1.89	MW gdp	10.752	11.19	a
1749	1.1	MW gdp	10.805	12.68	a
1750	-0.44	MW gdp	10.857	7.19	a
1751	0.46	MW gdp	10.910	6.54	a
1752	2.82	MW gdp	10.963	6.65	a
1753	-1.74	MW gdp	11.016	5.67	a
1754	-0.82	MW gdp	11.070	3.00	a
1755	-1.84	MW gdp	11.124	6.96	a
1756	4.72	MW gdp	11.184	9.10	a
1757	7.24	MW gdp	11.245	9.42	a
1758	-0.8	MW gdp	11.306	11.02	a
1759	-6.76	MW gdp	11.368	13.54	a
1760	0.53	MW gdp	11.430	15.31	a
1761	-2.19	MW gdp	11.492	17.65	a
1762	1.95	MW gdp	11.555	16.90	a
1763	5.39	MW gdp	11.617	14.22	a
1764	1	MW gdp	11.681	8.49	a
1765	1.05	MW gdp	11.744	9.53	a
1766	1.04	MW gdp	11.808	7.99	a
1767	3.19	MW gdp	11.872	7.19	a
1768	-3.38	MW gdp	11.937	6.99	a
1769	-3.97	MW gdp	12.002	7.19	a
1770	0.7	MW gdp	12.067	8.08	a
1771	4.58	MW gdp	12.133	7.29	a
1772	3.13	MW gdp	12.199	7.69	a
1773	0.08	MW gdp	12.265	7.02	a
1774	1.73	MW gdp	12.332	6.77	a
1775	0.7	MW gdp	12.399	7.06	a
1776	-2.02	MW gdp	12.467	9.45	a
1777	2.83	MW gdp	12.534	9.71	a
1778	0.12	MW gdp	12.603	11.48	a
1779	-2.99	MW gdp	12.671	13.04	a
1780	-0.4	MW gdp	12.740	14.35	a
1781	12.51	MW gdp	12.809	14.20	a
1782	0.45	MW gdp	12.916	16.18	a
1783	-1.97	MW gdp	13.023	13.34	a
1784	-3.86	MW gdp	13.131	14.26	a
1785	0.34	MW gdp	13.240	15.24	a
1786	5.8	MW gdp	13.349	9.31	a
1787	-0.53	MW gdp	13.460	8.68	a
1788	-3.25	MW gdp	13.572	9.49	a
1789	-1.54	MW gdp	13.684	9.24	a
1790	2.68	MW gdp	13.798	8.79	a
1791	0.51	MW gdp	13.912	9.33	a
1792	6.09	MW gdp	14.134	7.98	a
1793	-1.01	MW gdp	14.360	9.49	a
1794	0.96	MW gdp	14.589	14.21	a
1795	11.01	MW gdp	14.822	15.83	a
1796	2.96	MW gdp	15.059	16.42	a
1797	0.96	MW gdp	15.299	22.29	a
1798	4.34	MW gdp	15.544	17.41	a
1799	7.4	MW gdp	15.792	15.83	a
1800	8.54	MW gdp	16.044	14.57	a
1801	7.13	MW gdp	16.300	13.89	a
1802	-14.54	MW gdp	16.508	20.60	a
1803	0.73	MW gdp	16.718	17.47	a
1804	6.46	MW gdp	16.931	15.88	a
1805	3.17	MW gdp	17.147	17.23	a
1806	1.73	MW gdp	17.365	19.33	a
1807	0.43	MW gdp	17.586	18.45	a
1808	2.3	MW gdp	17.811	19.00	a
1809	6.19	MW gdp	18.037	18.49	a
1810	3.73	MW gdp	18.267	17.54	a
1811	-3.3	MW gdp	18.500	18.35	a
1812	5.82	MW gdp	18.736	19.31	a
1813	2.14	MW gdp	18.975	19.49	a
1814	-2.29	MW gdp	19.217	23.94	a
1815	-7.47	MW gdp	19.462	23.55	a
1816	-5.88	MW gdp	19.710	23.35	a
1817	2.1	MW gdp	19.962	16.12	a
1818	4.01	MW gdp	20.217	12.77	a
1819	-5	MW gdp	20.474	13.43	a
1820	-6.67	MW gdp	20.736	13.21	a
1821	-5.91	MW gdp	21.000	14.01	a
1822	-6.65	MW gdp	21.291	14.20	a
1823	1.57	MW gdp	21.586	13.61	a
1824	2.06	MW gdp	21.886	12.16	a
1825	8.23	MW gdp	22.189	11.25	a
1826	-6.97	MW gdp	22.497	12.51	a
1827	-3.67	MW gdp	22.809	12.47	a
1828	-0.35	MW gdp	23.125	12.43	a
1829	-4.1	MW gdp	23.445	12.30	a
1830	-0.71	MW gdp	23.770	11.89	a
1831	-4.66	MW gdp	24.100	11.68	a
1832	-0.77	MW gdp	24.366	11.62	a
1833	-3.13	MW gdp	24.636	11.65	a
1834	2.61	MW gdp	24.908	10.59	a
1835	-0.3	MW gdp	25.183	10.04	a
1836	5.73	MW gdp	25.462	12.35	a
1837	-1.82	MW gdp	25.743	10.51	a
1838	0.38	MW gdp	26.028	9.45	a
1839	1.98	MW gdp	26.315	9.18	a
1840	-4.21	MW gdp	26.606	9.86	a
1841	-1.44	MW gdp	26.900	10.25	a
1842	-4.32	MW gdp	26.959	11.04	a
1843	-3.39	MW gdp	27.019	11.17	a
1844	0.73	MW gdp	27.079	10.40	a
1845	1.73	MW gdp	27.138	9.65	a
1846	-0.98	MW gdp	27.198	9.17	a
1847	6.26	MW gdp	27.258	9.03	a
1848	-8.45	MW gdp	27.319	10.14	a
1849	-0.56	MW gdp	27.379	9.99	a
1850	-6.6	MW gdp	27.439	10.19	a
1851	-1.53	MW gdp	27.500	9.74	a
1852	0.7	MW gdp	27.656	9.25	a
1853	9.4	MW gdp	27.813	8.40	a
1854	5.41	MW gdp	27.971	7.79	a
1855	0.67	MW gdp	28.129	9.63	a
1856	0.39	MW gdp	28.289	12.30	a
1857	-1.39	MW gdp	28.449	10.16	a
1858	-4.73	MW gdp	28.611	9.59	a
1859	3.14	MW gdp	28.773	8.48	a
1860	0.17	MW gdp	28.936	8.92	a
1861	2.51	MW gdp	29.100	8.95	a
1862	0.85	MW gdp	29.341	8.85	a
1863	3.6	MW gdp	29.584	7.89	a
1864	4.14	MW gdp	29.829	7.21	a
1865	-2.52	MW gdp	30.075	7.01	a
1866	2.11	MW gdp	30.324	6.73	a
1867	-1.35	MW gdp	30.575	6.88	a
1868	-2.78	MW gdp	30.828	10.63	a
1869	-0.06	MW gdp	31.083	10.58	a
1870	-0.85	MW gdp	31.341	9.00	a
1871	1.75	MW gdp	31.485	8.66	a
1872	5.12	MW gdp	31.874	8.48	a
1873	3.68	MW gdp	32.178	8.14	a
1874	-4.41	MW gdp	32.502	8.90	a
1875	-3.38	MW gdp	32.839	9.33	a
1876	-1.92	MW gdp	33.200	9.81	a
1877	-1.97	MW gdp	33.576	10.45	a
1878	-2.17	MW gdp	33.944	11.06	a
1879	-1.94	MW gdp	34.304	12.05	a
1880	-0.12	MW gdp	34.623	10.97	a
1881	-0.79	MW gdp	34.935	10.92	a
1882	1.34	MW gdp	35.207	11.05	a
1883	-2.56	MW gdp	35.450	11.08	a
1884	-1.87	MW gdp	35.724	11.23	a
1885	-1.27	MW gdp	36.016	11.87	a
1886	0.22	MW gdp	36.314	12.06	a
1887	-0.22	MW gdp	36.599	11.41	a
1888	0.47	MW gdp	36.881	10.85	a
1889	2.06	MW gdp	37.179	10.23	a
1890	1.47	MW gdp	37.485	10.36	a
1891	-2.6	MW gdp	37.802	10.72	a
1892	-0.11	MW gdp	38.134	11.57	a
1893	0.76	MW gdp	38.490	12.42	a
1894	0.61	MW gdp	38.859	12.38	a
1895	-1.07	MW gdp	39.221	12.44	a
1896	-0.98	MW gdp	39.599	12.45	a
1897	1.28	MW gdp	39.987	12.68	a
1898	0.82	MW gdp	40.381	12.57	a
1899	2.35	MW gdp	40.774	12.63	a
1900	4.12	MW gdp	41.155	14.06	a
1901	-1.43	MW gdp	41.538	17.18	a
1902	-1	MW gdp	41.893	18.30	a
1903	-0.28	MW gdp	42.247	18.38	a
1904	-1.08	MW gdp	42.611	16.37	a
1905	0.46	MW gdp	42.981	17.75	a
1906	1.42	MW gdp	43.361	15.17	a
1907	1.54	MW gdp	43.738	14.47	a
1908	-0.72	MW gdp	44.124	14.81	a
1909	-0.35	MW gdp	44.520	14.74	a
1910	1.43	MW gdp	44.916	15.97	a
1911	0.6	MW gdp	42.190	14.99	a
1912	2.6	MW gdp	42.374	14.83	a
1913	-0.16	MW gdp	42.582	14.99	a
1914	-0.81	MW gdp	42.957	15.65	a
1915	14.34	MW gdp	41.362	25.85	a
1916	14.79	MW gdp	40.536	51.46	a
1917	24.32	MW gdp	39.781	56.75	a
1918	16.81	MW gdp	39.582	58.09	a
1919	15.24	MW gdp	42.944	52.48	a
1920	16.64	MW gdp	43.646	33.51	a
1921	-8.17	MW gdp	43.904	34.35	a
1922	-14.46	MW gdp	44.332	36.71	a
1923	-7.53	MW gdp	44.563	30.42	a
1924	-2.09	MW gdp	44.886	27.44	a
1925	-0.26	MW gdp	45.040	27.40	a
1926	-0.42	MW gdp	45.218	30.16	a
1927	-1.94	MW gdp	45.432	29.82	a
1928	-0.89	MW gdp	45.622	29.43	a
1929	-0.84	MW gdp	45.731	28.48	a
1930	-0.84	MW gdp	45.889	29.64	a
1931	-1.83	MW gdp	46.074	32.33	a
1932	-2.24	MW gdp	46.335	33.38	a
1933	-1.39	MW gdp	46.520	32.21	a
1934	-0.87	MW gdp	46.666	29.47	a
1935	0.79	MW gdp	46.869	28.81	a
1936	0.9	MW gdp	47.081	28.89	a
1937	3.46	MW gdp	47.289	28.86	a
1938	2.36	MW gdp	47.494	29.13	a
1939	2.89	MW gdp	47.548	29.48	a
1940	11.13	MW gdp	46.029	30.13	a
1941	11.46	MW gdp	44.870	54.98	a
1942	7.49	MW gdp	44.323	60.95	a
1943	4.44	MW gdp	48.262	65.79	a
1944	5	MW gdp	48.460	67.07	a
1945	1.64	MW gdp	48.669	72.27	a
1946	2.81	MW gdp	48.988	66.76	a
1947	9.08	MW gdp	49.539	50.66	a
1948	6.34	MW gdp	50.033	41.08	a
1949	3.19	MW gdp	50.331	37.63	a
1950	1.34	MW gdp	50.382	37.49	a
1951	8.55	MW gdp	50.287	39.28	a
1952	7.11	MW gdp	50.429	40.20	a
1953	1.83	MW gdp	50.593	39.43	a
1954	1.13	MW gdp	50.765	37.33	a
1955	4.91	MW gdp	50.946	35.53	a
1956	7.05	MW gdp	51.184	35.29	a
1957	4.08	MW gdp	51.430	34.55	a
1958	3.7	MW gdp	51.653	34.86	a
1959	0.76	MW gdp	51.956	35.15	a
1960	1.11	MW gdp	52.373	34.90	a
1961	3.88	MW gdp	52.807	36.92	a
1962	3.65	MW gdp	53.292	37.62	a
1963	1.55	MW gdp	53.625	37.46	a
1964	3.77	MW gdp	53.991	37.43	a
1965	6.05	MW gdp	54.350	38.35	a
1966	5.42	MW gdp	54.643	38.81	a
1967	3.03	MW gdp	54.959	41.98	a
1968	4.44	MW gdp	55.214	41.69	a
1969	6.75	MW gdp	55.461	39.77	a
1970	9.92	MW gdp	55.632	38.53	a
1971	8.57	MW gdp	55.928	38.56	a
1972	7.9	MW gdp	56.097	37.39	a
1973	9.39	MW gdp	56.223	37.35	a
1974	15.8	MW gdp	56.236	42.32	a
1975	25.7	MW gdp	56.226	44.77	a
1976	16.02	MW gdp	56.216	42.67	a
1977	14.17	MW gdp	56.190	38.72	a
1978	12.31	MW gdp	56.178	38.65	a
1979	14.98	MW gdp	56.240	38.54	a
1980	19.69	MW gdp	56.330	39.95	a
1981	12.31	MW gdp	56.358	40.00	a
1982	8.16	MW gdp	56.291	40.07	a
1983	5.78	MW gdp	56.316	37.77	a
1984	5.34	MW gdp	56.409	37.18	a
1985	5.63	MW gdp	56.554	36.39	a
1986	4.6	MW gdp	56.684	35.51	a
1987	5.82	MW gdp	56.804	33.13	a
1988	6.47	MW gdp	56.916	31.24	a
1989	8.21	MW gdp	57.077	29.27	a
1990	8.58	MW gdp	57.238	29.95	a
1991	6.64	MW gdp	57.439	30.91	a
1992	3.29	MW gdp	57.585	32.32	a
1993	3.07	MW gdp	57.714	33.74	a
1994	1.91	MW gdp	57.862	33.49	a
1995	2.68	MW gdp	58.025	33.93	a
1996	4.24	MW gdp	58.164	33.44	a
1997	-0.15	MW gdp	58.314	32.34	a
1998	1.33	MW gdp	58.475	31.89	a
1999	1.42	MW gdp	58.684	31.89	a
2000	1.17	MW gdp	58.886	30.96	a
2001	1.55	MW gdp	59.113	31.94	a
2002	2.16	MW gdp	59.366	32.66	a
2003	2.46	MW gdp	59.637	33.42	a
2004	2.65	MW gdp	59.950	34.41	a
2005	3.02	MW gdp	60.413	35.16	a
2006	2.86	MW gdp	60.827	35.56	a
2007	2.31	MW gdp	61.319	35.57	a
2008	3.42	MW gdp	61.824	36.54	a
2009	0.87	1582.7	62.261	40.05	a
2010	1.32	1558.1	62.760	43.20	a
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UK Revenue and Deficit Forecast -- March 2026

On March 11, 2026 we updated UK revenue forecast data for 2025-26 to 2030-31 from the Office of Budget Responsibility's March 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook report in a zip file labeled "March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook - charts and tables (zip file)" and a spreadsheet file named "efo-march-2026-charts-and-tables-annex-tables.xlsx" and Table A.5: Current Receipts in tab "TA.5".

**UK Government Revenue Forecast**
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Local Authorities	£71.4	£67.9
Total UK Revenue	£1,229.0	£1,139.0

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