Corrections and notices

Corrections

13 November 2025

Missing data have been identified in the PRDY time series, which contains data for the whole economy on a quarterly basis. The missing series are:

  • LNNM - Productivity jobs: Whole economy SA: Index 2023=100: UK
  • LNNN - Output per filled job: Whole economy SA: Index 2023=100: UK
  • LNNP - Output per filled job: Whole economy: % change per annum SA: UK
  • LNNO - Productivity jobs: Whole economy: % change per annum: SA: UK
  • TXET - Ratio of Whole economy jobs to Whole economy workers: SA

The error affects the PRDY time series published on 13 November 2025. No other data are affected, and the missing data are now available. Please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk for more information.

05 December 2025

An error has been identified in data used in the Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: July to September 2025 and April to June 2025 and Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: April to June 2025 and January to March 2025.

The error causes small changes in figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the bulletins released in 14 August 2025 and 13 November 2025. For the latest bulletin:

  • Figure 4 - In 2025Q1 the decrease (-0.1) in RTI hours worked causes an increase (0.1) in RTI output per worker

  • Figure 5 - In 2025Q1 the decrease (-0.1) in RTI hours worked causes an increase (0.1) in RTI output per hour

  • Figure 6 - Small (less than 0.01) changes in contributions

  • Figure 7 - Corrections to hours growth and OPH growths to all sectors.

The error also causes small changes in the datasets Output per hour, Output per hour worked by division, Labour cost labour income and the time series PRDY and UCST released in the 14 August 2025 and 13 November 2025.

This error was caused by a processing error. Please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk for more information. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Notices

13 November 2025

We apologise for the delay in the update to our PRDY and UCST time series. This was caused by an error in the publishing process. The updated data are now ready to view.

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  • Release date:
    13 November 2025
  • Next release:
    17 February 2026
  • Dataset ID:
    PRDY

About this Dataset

Quarterly output per hour, output per job and output per worker for the whole UK economy and a range of industries.

Edition in this dataset

Previous versions of this data are available.

Important notes and usage information

We have taken a new approach to reduce volatility in our industry estimates. We only include industry sections, there are no manufacturing sub-sections or other bespoke industry levels. Imputed rental is excluded from Industry L: real estate. Estimates of output per job are not included in this release.