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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(LCSOP) Social protection (capital)
18831.3010
18841.26360
18851.23651
18861.2461
18871.29650
18881.34510
18891.41760
18901.45170
18911.45170
18921.41860
18931.41870
18941.4961
18951.53031
18961.58171
18971.62121
18981.71111
18991.81491
19001.88551
19011.90061
19021.91042
19031.88481
19041.88722
19051.95591
19062.03441
19072.10771
19082.00811
19092.05111
19102.13790
19112.22430
19122.3190
19132.41731
19142.4451
19152.92851
19163.39330
19174.19750
19184.98090
19195.3470
19205.9230
19214.8640
19224.4190
19234.2170
19244.3281
19254.4691
19264.3111
19274.5591
19284.5591
19294.6511
19304.5751
19314.2791
19324.1861
19334.2611
19344.4781
19354.6791
19364.9441
19375.2881
19385.4541
19395.85142
19407.08351
19418.5120
19429.30230
19439.8750
19449.93460
19459.64290
19469.67690
194710.43170
194811.4291
194912.1720
195012.7420
1997953.4054
19991043.25114
20001100.75108
20011146.14116
20021191.44120
20031258.33153
20041322.64155
20051398.75200
20061472.04323
20071544.64266
20081593.6342
20091592.3274
20101567.8376
20111634.2298
20121680.1222
20131735.1196
20141809.7271
20151892.4256
20161942.6241
20172029.4327
20182115.1247
20192190.4370
20202258.3424
20212110.5326
20222400.6396
20232637.1456
20242779561
20252933.2658
20263062.6599
20273164.2599
20283277.1599

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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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