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Productivity overview, UK: October to December 2022
The main findings from official statistics and analysis of UK productivity, presenting a summary of recent developments.
UK productivity flash estimate: January to March 2023
Labour productivity for Quarter 1 (January to March) 2023 based on data from the gross domestic product (GDP) first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics.
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A roundup of the latest data and trends on the economy, business and jobs
Time series related to Labour productivity
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0 % 2022 Q4
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- 26 April 2023
- Next release:
- 7 July 2023
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102.1 Index, base year = 100 2022 Q4
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- 26 April 2023
- Next release:
- 7 July 2023
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100.4 Index, base year = 100 2022 Q4
- Release date:
- 26 April 2023
- Next release:
- 7 July 2023
Datasets related to Labour productivity
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Labour productivity: Tables 1 to 8 and R1
Quarterly output per hour, output per job and output per worker for the whole UK economy and a range of industries.
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Labour productivity by industry division
Productivity hours and output per hour by industry division (two-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)). Seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted. Experimental Statistics, UK.
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Breakdown of contributions, whole economy and sectors
Provides estimates of contributions to labour productivity, measured as output per hour (OPH), using the "Generalised Exactly Additive Decomposition" (GEAD) methodology as described in Tang and Wang (2004), UK.
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Flash productivity by section
Flash estimate of labour productivity for Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2023 based on the latest data from the gross domestic product (GDP) first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics.
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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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Subregional productivity: labour productivity indices by UK ITL2 and ITL3 subregions
Annual labour productivity (gross value added (GVA) per hour worked and GVA per filled job) indices by UK ITL2 and ITL3 subregions.
Publications related to Labour productivity
Articles
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Productivity overview, UK
The main findings from official statistics and analysis of UK productivity, presenting a summary of recent developments.
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UK productivity flash estimate
Labour productivity for Quarter 1 (January to March) 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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