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Would you like to download public spending data from ukpublicspending.co.uk, spending data that covers central government and local authority spending? No problem. We have four ways you can download spending data. And more to come.

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Click to download your public spending data for Fiscal Year 1901

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Here is how to develop your own custom set of UK public spending data. You can use controls on the table below to change the data, including:

The fiscal year
The view including the UN-sponsored COFOG spending classifications.
The level of spending detail
The spending units, including billions and millions of pounds, percent of GDP, and percent of overall spending

To get what you want, just follow the easy steps outlined below.

Step 1: Select the data set you want

In the table below, click the controls to get the data you want.

Click the “-1yr” and “+1yr” text-links or the “FY 1901” drop-down to change the year from 1901 to the year you want.
Click the “Change View” controls to change the data labels to the view you want.
Click the expander [+] controls to add more detail.
Click the “£ billion” drop-down to change the units.

Go ahead and use the controls on the table below to get the particular spending information you want to download.

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Spending Units: By default, public spending is displayed in billions of pounds. By using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select millions of pounds, percent of GDP, percent of central government spending, and percent of total spending. Fiscal Year: The default year displayed is the current HM Treasury fiscal year. But you can select any year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. You can increase or decrease the year using the “yr” text links in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a year to get close, then select the year you want. UK or Country/Region: By default, the table shows values for all spending in the United Kingdom. But you can select individual countries by selecting the country dropdown control in the table heading. Pie Chart: You can select a pie chart. You can create a pie chart for central government, local authority, and overall spending/revenue. full screen
GDP: £1,900.6 million(1)	United Kingdom Central Government and Local Authority Spending -5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 1901 +1yr +5yr Amounts in £ billion	Pop: 41.5 million

Change View:	default COFOG	Central (2)	Gen. Gov.(2)	Local (2)	Total	charts
[+] Pensions		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Health Care		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Education		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Bar Chart: Click on a chart icon to display a bar chart. There are chart icons along the base of the table; they create charts to depict the numbers in the chart columns. There are also chart icons along the right edge of the table; they create charts to depict the numbers in the table rows. [+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers on public spending. Defence		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
[+] Welfare		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Protection		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Transport		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] General Government		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Other Spending		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
[+] Interest		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Balance		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Total Spending: Start chart		0.2	0.0	0.1	0.3
[+] Public Net Debt		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
[+] Current Budget Deficit		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+] Gross Domestic Product		1.9	0.0	0.0	1.9
[+] Inflation		-1.4	0.0	0.0	-1.4
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Key: Pie Chart: You can select a pie chart. You can create a pie chart for central government, local authority, and overall spending/revenue. outturn GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP Spending: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics Debt: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics				Switch to revenue

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OK. Now you are ready to download your data.

Step 2: Copy Your Data

We offer four ways of downloading your data:

A simple text table with the top-line numbers for total spending across all governments.
A tab-delimited table that you can cut and paste into your spreadsheet program.
A simple table using html <table> tags without styling.
A fully styled html <table> with all the styles included.

Top-line numbers

If you want just the top-line total numbers for overall public spending, federal, state, and local, then here they are:

Use your cursor to copy and paste the following lines into your own content:

United Kingdom Central Government
and Local Authority Spending
Fiscal Year 1901
Amounts in £ billion

Pensions: £0.0
Health Care: £0.0
Education: £0.0
Defence: £0.1
Welfare: £0.0
Protection: £0.0
Transport: £0.0
General Government: £0.0
Other Spending: £0.1
Interest: £0.0
Balance: £0.0
Total Spending: £0.3
Public Net Debt: £0.6
Current Budget Deficit: £0.0
Gross Domestic Product: £1.9
Inflation: £-1.4

source: ukpublicspending.co.uk

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Here is a bar chart of the top-line numbers. Right click the cursor to copy or save the image:

Tab-delimited Table

Here is the spending table with columns tab-delimited. You can cut and paste directly into a spreadsheet:

You can copy all the text in the textbox by clicking your cursor in the box. Then press Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C and paste the text into your spreadsheet.

United Kingdom Central Government and Local Authority Spending Fiscal Year 1901 Amounts in £ billion Central General Local Total Pensions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Health Care 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Education 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Defence 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 Welfare 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Protection 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Transport 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 General Government 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Other Spending 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 Interest 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Balance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total Spending 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 Public Net Debt 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 Current Budget Deficit 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Gross Domestic Product 1.9 0.0 0.0 1.9 Inflation -1.4 0.0 0.0 -1.4 Legend: a - outturn -- actual reported spending GDP: www.measuringworth.org/ukgdp/ Measuring Worth - UK GDP 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

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Simple html <table>

Maybe you want to get the data formatted in html for insertion into your content as a table. Here is the data in html with a simple table setup. There are no fancy tags or styles. Just a straight table with <table>, <tr>, and <td> tags.

You can copy all the text in the textbox by clicking your cursor in the box. Then press Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C and paste the html into your content.

<table><caption>United Kingdom Central Government<br>and Local Authority Spending<br>Fiscal Year 1901<br>Amounts in £ billion<tr><td> <td>Fed<td>General<br>Gov<td>State<td>Local<td>Total<tr><td>Pensions<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Health Care<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Education<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Defence<td>0.1<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.1<tr><td>Welfare<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Protection<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Transport<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>General Government<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Other Spending<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.1<tr><td>Interest<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Balance<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Total Spending<td>0.2<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.1<td>0.3<tr><td>Public Net Debt<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.6<tr><td>Current Budget Deficit<td>0.0<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Gross Domestic Product<td>1.9<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>1.9<tr><td>Inflation<td>-1.4<td>0.0<td style="text-align:center">0.0<td>-1.4<tr><td colspan=6>source: <a href="http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk">ukpublicspending.co.uk</a></table>

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Fully styled table

Here in the textbox is the full table with styles but without controls. The styles are built around an id called “ukgs342”. It shouldn’t interfere with your styles.

You can copy all the text in the textbox by clicking your cursor in the box. Then press Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C and paste into your content.

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Download Data as CSV File

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Data Sources for 1901:

GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Spending: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
Debt: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics

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UK GDP and Public Debt Update -- March 2026

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.