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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(CKEUT) EU transactions
1993769.8551912
1994810.7941877
1995851.8451253
1996909.9933355
1997953.4051802
1998998.5012153
19991043.25-2622
20001100.75-2723
20011146.14-2579
20021191.44-4844
20031258.33-1885
20041322.64-2079
20051398.75-892
20061472.04-598
20071544.64-1802
20081593.6-1531
20091592.3-2931
20101567.8904
20111634.23628
20121680.14311
20131735.16705
20141809.77211
20151892.46225
20161942.67671
20172029.44723
20182115.15360
20192190.47850
20202258.35828
20212110.56988
20222400.6-1946
20232637.1-2055
2024277942
20252933.2-1412
20263062.6-166
20273164.265
20283277.1-92

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Data Sources for 2028:

GDP: OBR EFO supp. economy tables
Spending: HM Treasury PESA
Debt: OBR Public Finances Databank

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