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Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: October to December 2025 and July to September 2025
Productivity flash estimates for Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2025, based on the GDP first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics, and productivity overview for Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2025.
UK productivity flash estimate: July to September 2023
Labour productivity for Quarter 3 (July to September) 2023 based on data from the gross domestic product (GDP) first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics.Time series related to Labour productivity
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1.1 % 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 17 February 2026
- Next release:
- 19 May 2026
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99.6 Index, base year = 100 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 17 February 2026
- Next release:
- 19 May 2026
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100.1 Index, base year = 100 2025 Q3
- Release date:
- 17 February 2026
- Next release:
- 19 May 2026
Datasets related to Labour productivity
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Output per hour worked by division, UK
Estimates for gross value added (GVA), hours worked and output per hour worked for bespoke industries and division level industry, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007. Contains annual and quarterly statistics.
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Output per worker, UK
Estimates for gross value added (GVA), workers, and output per worker. Contains annual and quarterly statistics.
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Output per job, UK
Estimates for gross value added (GVA), jobs and output per job by section level industry, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Contains annual and quarterly statistics. Contains estimates for industry quarter-on-quarter, year-on-year and quarter-on-year contributions to output per job.
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Output per hour worked, UK
Estimates for gross value added (GVA), hours worked and output per hour worked for whole economy and section level industries, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007. Contains annual and quarterly statistics. Includes estimates for industry quarter-on-quarter, year-on-year and quarter-on-year contributions to whole economy output per hour worked.
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Unit labour cost and unit wage cost time series
Unit labour cost, average labour compensation per hour worked, labour share and unit wage cost for the whole UK economy, unit wage cost for manufacturing.
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Labour productivity time series
Quarterly output per hour, output per job and output per worker for the whole UK economy and a range of industries.
Publications related to Labour productivity
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Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK
Productivity flash estimates for Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2025, based on the GDP first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics, and productivity overview for Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2025.
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UK productivity flash estimate
Labour productivity for Quarter 3 (July to September) 2023 based on data from the gross domestic product (GDP) first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics.
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Subregional productivity in the UK
Estimates for subregional labour productivity measured as gross value added (GVA) per hour worked and GVA per filled job.
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International comparisons of productivity (ICP) methodology updates
An update on the work in progress to develop a UK-tailored component method for estimating labour inputs for productivity estimates.
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Firm-level labour productivity measures from the Annual Business Survey, UK
Labour productivity firm-level experimental statistics using the Annual Business Survey. Covering non-financial business economy for the UK, 1998 to 2019.
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Coronavirus and the effects on UK productivity measures
How the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the wider containment efforts are expected to impact on UK productivity estimates, and challenges on data collection.
Methodology related to Labour productivity
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