You can download any of the raw data series used to compile the public revenue data in ukpublicrevenue.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.
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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.
| Year | GDP | (LREOT) Other receipts |
| 1868 | 0.9884 | 8 |
| 1869 | 1.0142 | 7 |
| 1870 | 1.0838 | 6 |
| 1871 | 1.1637 | 5 |
| 1872 | 1.2285 | 5 |
| 1873 | 1.2853 | 5 |
| 1874 | 1.2821 | 8 |
| 1875 | 1.2523 | 13 |
| 1876 | 1.2359 | 12 |
| 1877 | 1.2199 | 15 |
| 1878 | 1.1967 | 17 |
| 1879 | 1.1501 | 18 |
| 1880 | 1.2357 | 13 |
| 1881 | 1.2555 | 14 |
| 1882 | 1.2935 | 14 |
| 1883 | 1.301 | 12 |
| 1884 | 1.2636 | 12 |
| 1885 | 1.2365 | 11 |
| 1886 | 1.246 | 11 |
| 1887 | 1.2965 | 11 |
| 1888 | 1.3451 | 11 |
| 1889 | 1.4176 | 11 |
| 1890 | 1.4517 | 11 |
| 1891 | 1.4517 | 11 |
| 1892 | 1.4186 | 11 |
| 1893 | 1.4187 | 11 |
| 1894 | 1.496 | 11 |
| 1895 | 1.5303 | 12 |
| 1896 | 1.5817 | 12 |
| 1897 | 1.6212 | 12 |
| 1898 | 1.7111 | 13 |
| 1899 | 1.8149 | 13 |
| 1900 | 1.8855 | 14 |
| 1901 | 1.9006 | 14 |
| 1902 | 1.9104 | 15 |
| 1903 | 1.8848 | 26 |
| 1904 | 1.8872 | 20 |
| 1905 | 1.9559 | 17 |
| 1906 | 2.0344 | 17 |
| 1907 | 2.1077 | 18 |
| 1908 | 2.0081 | 8 |
| 1909 | 2.0511 | 18 |
| 1910 | 2.1379 | 20 |
| 1911 | 2.2243 | 14 |
| 1912 | 2.319 | 14 |
| 1913 | 2.4173 | 16 |
| 1914 | 2.445 | 16 |
| 1915 | 2.9285 | 16 |
| 1916 | 3.3933 | 16 |
| 1917 | 4.1975 | 17 |
| 1918 | 4.9809 | 18 |
| 1919 | 5.347 | 20 |
| 1920 | 5.923 | 29 |
| 1921 | 4.864 | 35 |
| 1922 | 4.419 | 37 |
| 1923 | 4.217 | 36 |
| 1924 | 4.328 | 37 |
| 1925 | 4.469 | 37 |
| 1926 | 4.311 | 40 |
| 1927 | 4.559 | 41 |
| 1928 | 4.559 | 43 |
| 1929 | 4.651 | 55 |
| 1930 | 4.575 | 58 |
| 1931 | 4.279 | 62 |
| 1932 | 4.186 | 64 |
| 1933 | 4.261 | 62 |
| 1934 | 4.478 | 72 |
| 1935 | 4.679 | 93 |
| 1936 | 4.944 | 65 |
| 1937 | 5.288 | 71 |
| 1938 | 5.454 | 75 |
| 1939 | 5.8514 | 66 |
| 1940 | 7.0835 | 78 |
| 1941 | 8.512 | 83 |
| 1942 | 9.3023 | 97 |
| 1943 | 9.875 | 103 |
| 1944 | 9.9346 | 106 |
| 1945 | 9.6429 | 112 |
| 1946 | 9.6769 | 118 |
GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Revenue: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
Debt: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
> revenue data sources for other years
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".
| 2025-26 Forecast | March 2025 £ billion | March 2026 £ billion |
| Central Government | £1,157.6 | £1,071.1 |
| Local Authorities | £71.4 | £67.9 |
| Total UK Revenue | £1,229.0 | £1,139.0 |
On March 11, 2026 we updated UK deficit forecast data for 2025-2065 to 2030-31 from the Office of Budget Responsibility's March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook report Table 6.5 Components of Net Borrowing in tab "6.5" in a zip file labeled "March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook - detailed forecast tables: aggregates" and a spreadsheet file named "efo-march-2026-detailed-forecast-tables-aggregates.xlsx".
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