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GDP quarterly national accounts, UK: July to September 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- UK real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have increased by an unrevised 0.1% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept), compared with growth of 0.2% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2025.
- GDP for 2024 as a whole is estimated to have increased by 1.1%, unrevised from the previous estimate.
- There have been minimal revisions to the quarterly path of total real GDP across 2024 and 2025, with Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2024 revised up 0.1 percentage points, and growth in Quarter 2 2025 revised down 0.1 percentage points.
Business investment in the UK: July to September 2025 revised results
What's in the bulletin?
- UK business investment increased by 1.5% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2025; this was revised up from a 0.3% decrease in the provisional estimate, mainly owing to a positive revision of other buildings and structures because of later survey data.
- The largest contributors to the increase in business investment were information and communications technology (ICT) and other machinery and equipment, and intellectual property products (IPP); this was partially offset by a negative contribution from other buildings and structures, and transport equipment.
- UK business investment is 2.7% above the level seen in Quarter 3 2024.
Time series related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Gross Domestic Product: chained volume measures: Seasonally adjusted £m
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
£ 705,603 m 2025 Q3- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
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Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
0.1 % 2025 Q3- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
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Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth rate CVM SA %
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
1.3 % 2025 Q3- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 31 March 2026
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Gross Domestic Product at market prices: Current price: Seasonally adjusted £m
Current Prices (CP)
£ 764,348 m 2025 Q3- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 12 February 2026
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Gross Domestic Product: quarter on quarter growth rate: CP SA %
Current Prices (CP)
1 % 2025 Q3- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 12 February 2026
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Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth quarter growth: CP SA %
Current Prices (CP)
4.8 % 2025 Q3- Release date:
- 22 December 2025
- Next release:
- 12 February 2026
Datasets related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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GDP – data tables
Annual and quarterly data for UK gross domestic product (GDP) estimates, in chained volume measures and current market prices.
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Monthly gross domestic product by gross value added
Gross value added (GVA) tables showing the monthly and annual growths and indices as published within the monthly gross domestic product (GDP) statistical bulletin.
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GDP at current prices – real-time database (YBHA)
Quarterly levels for UK gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices.
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GDP in chained volume measures – real-time database (ABMI)
Quarterly levels for UK gross domestic product (GDP), in chained volume measures at market prices.
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Contributions to monthly GDP
Contributions to growth within monthly gross domestic product (GDP), UK
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Revisions triangles
Comparison of gross domestic product (GDP) first estimates against estimates published later.
Publications related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Statistical bulletins
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GDP quarterly national accounts, UK: July to September 2025
Revised quarterly estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the UK. Uses additional data to provide a more precise indication of economic growth than the first estimate.
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GDP monthly estimate, UK: October 2025
Gross domestic product (GDP) measures the value of goods and services produced in the UK. It estimates the size of the economy and its growth.
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Regional economic activity by gross domestic product, UK: 1998 to 2023
Annual estimates of economic activity by UK country, region and local area using gross domestic product (GDP). Estimates are available in current market prices and in chained volume measures and include a full industry breakdown of balanced regional gross value added (GVA(B)).
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GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: July to September 2025
First quarterly estimate of gross domestic product (GDP). Contains current and constant price data on the value of goods and services to indicate the economic performance of the UK.
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Business investment in the UK: July to September 2025 revised results
Estimates of short-term indicators of investment in non-financial assets; business investment, and asset and sector breakdowns of total gross fixed capital formation.
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GDP, UK regions and countries: July to September 2022
Quarterly economic activity within the countries of the UK (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and the nine English regions (North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West).
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Methodology related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Gross and net measures of the UK economy
- Improvements to non-market adult social care output in the National Accounts
- Output approach to gross domestic product (GDP)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) QMI
- Quarterly Acquisitions and Disposals of Capital Assets Survey QMI
- Communicating the UK Economic Cycle
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