Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Estimates of GDP are released on a monthly and quarterly basis. Monthly estimates are released alongside other short-term economic indicators. The two quarterly estimates contain data from all three approaches to measuring GDP and are called the First quarterly estimate of GDP and the Quarterly National Accounts. Data sources feeding into the two types of releases are consistent with each other.

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Gross Domestic Product: chained volume measures: Seasonally adjusted £m

Chained Volume Measures (CVM)

£ 546,556 m

2021 Q2

Release date:: 30 September 2021
Next release:: 22 December 2021

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GDP monthly estimate, UK: August 2021

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Gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.4% in August 2021 and remains 0.8% below its pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic level (February 2020).
Services output grew by 0.4% in August 2021 with output in consumer-facing services increasing by 1.2%, while all other services rose by 0.1%; consumer-facing services remain 4.7% below their pre-pandemic levels, while all other services are now 0.4% above.
Accommodation and food service activities, and arts, entertainment and recreation contributed most positively to services growth in August 2021, partially offset by falls in health output and retail trade.

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Gross Domestic Product: chained volume measures: Seasonally adjusted £m

Chained Volume Measures (CVM)

£ 546,556 m 2021 Q2

Release date:

30 September 2021

Next release:

22 December 2021
Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %

Chained Volume Measures (CVM)

5.5 % 2021 Q2

Release date:

30 September 2021

Next release:

11 November 2021
Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth rate CVM SA %

Chained Volume Measures (CVM)

23.6 % 2021 Q2

Release date:

30 September 2021

Next release:

22 December 2021
Gross Domestic Product at market prices: Current price: Seasonally adjusted £m

Current Prices (CP)

£ 577,800 m 2021 Q2

Release date:

30 September 2021

Next release:

22 December 2021
Gross Domestic Product: quarter on quarter growth rate: CP SA %

Current Prices (CP)

3.1 % 2021 Q2

Release date:

30 September 2021

Next release:

22 December 2021
Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth quarter growth: CP SA %

Current Prices (CP)

17.9 % 2021 Q2

Release date:

30 September 2021

Next release:

22 December 2021

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Datasets related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP quarterly national accounts time series

Annual and quarterly data for the latest gross domestic product (GDP) estimates in chained volume measures and at current market prices.
GDP first quarterly estimate time series

A detailed breakdown of the components of GDP.
Monthly gross domestic product: time series

Monthly estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) containing constant price gross value added (GVA) data for the UK.
UK National Accounts, The Blue Book time series

Datasets for each of the chapters in The Blue Book 2019 including the national accounts at a glance, financial and non-financial corporations, households and non-profit institutions serving households and summary supply and use tables.

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GDP monthly estimate, UK: August 2021

Gross domestic product (GDP) measures the value of goods and services produced in the UK. It estimates the size of and growth in the economy.
GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: April to June 2021

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.
Business investment in the UK: April to June 2021 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.
GDP, UK regions and countries: October to December 2020

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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