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GDP monthly estimate, UK: April 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- Monthly real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have fallen by 0.3% in April 2025, following growth of 0.2% in March 2025.
- Real GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.7% in the three months to April 2025, compared with the three months to January 2025, largely driven by growth in the services sector in this period.
- Monthly services output fell by 0.4% in April 2025, following growth of 0.4% in March 2025, and was the largest contributor to the fall in GDP in the month; but grew by 0.6% in the three months to April 2025.
GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: January to March 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.7% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2025, following growth of 0.1% in the previous quarter.
- In output terms, growth in Quarter 1 2025 was driven by an increase of 0.7% in the services sector, production also grew, by 1.1%, while the construction sector showed no growth.
- In expenditure terms, growth in the latest quarter was driven by increases in gross fixed capital formation, net trade and household consumption.
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)
£ 646,833 m 2025 Q1- Release date:
- 15 May 2025
- Next release:
- 30 June 2025
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Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
0.7 % 2025 Q1- Release date:
- 15 May 2025
- Next release:
- 30 June 2025
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Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth rate CVM SA %
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
1.3 % 2025 Q1- Release date:
- 15 May 2025
- Next release:
- 30 June 2025
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Gross Domestic Product at market prices: Current price: Seasonally adjusted £m
Current Prices (CP)
£ 738,562 m 2025 Q1- Release date:
- 15 May 2025
- Next release:
- 30 June 2025
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Gross Domestic Product: quarter on quarter growth rate: CP SA %
Current Prices (CP)
1.6 % 2025 Q1- Release date:
- 15 May 2025
- Next release:
- 30 June 2025
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Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth quarter growth: CP SA %
Current Prices (CP)
5.8 % 2025 Q1- Release date:
- 15 May 2025
- Next release:
- 30 June 2025
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Monthly gross domestic product by gross value added
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Revisions triangles
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GDP monthly estimate, UK: April 2025
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Regional economic activity by gross domestic product, UK: 1998 to 2023
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GDP, UK regions and countries: July to September 2022
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