"Figure 1: Businesses at the top and bottom of the productivity distribution were productive than their pre-downturn counterparts, in 2017","" "2007 to 2017, constant price, Great Britain","" "","" "Notes","1. This chart does not display the bottom one and top five percentiles of the distribution. 2. Businesses can have negative levels of value added per worker in specific periods when they report larger values of purchases than their total turnover. 3. Includes all businesses covered by the Annual Business Survey (ABS) excluding sections K (Financial and insurance activities) and L (Real estate activities). Businesses that record zero turnover and purchases in a period are excluded. 4. The data are in 2016 constant prices and weighted by ABS sample weights and employment. " "Unit","£000" "","" "Percentile","2007","2009","2017" "2","-18.37","-21.10","-19.47" "3","-9.66","-10.82","-8.35" "4","-5.63","-6.43","-3.59" "5","-3.10","-3.97","-0.72" "6","-0.35","-1.51","0.55" "7","0.01","0.08","2.00" "8","0.57","1.17","3.48" "9","2.03","2.46","4.69" "10","3.35","3.62","5.77" "11","4.56","4.70","6.72" "12","5.71","5.55","7.63" "13","6.63","6.40","8.28" "14","7.60","7.09","9.02" "15","8.50","7.78","9.70" "16","9.11","8.54","10.47" "17","9.80","9.31","11.23" "18","10.61","9.87","11.84" "19","10.99","10.62","12.48" "20","11.49","10.77","12.99" "21","12.16","11.07","13.39" "22","12.80","11.66","13.96" "23","13.29","11.94","14.56" "24","13.78","12.32","15.23" "25","14.38","12.83","15.80" "26","14.91","13.30","16.37" "27","15.35","13.77","16.98" "28","16.01","14.25","17.39" "29","16.47","14.70","17.95" "30","17.11","15.09","18.47" "31","17.66","15.67","18.88" "32","18.22","16.16","19.33" "33","18.93","16.48","19.84" "34","19.56","16.87","20.41" "35","20.23","17.32","20.88" "36","20.68","17.86","21.43" "37","21.25","18.33","21.88" "38","21.93","18.72","21.97" "39","22.53","19.27","22.06" "40","22.86","19.95","22.29" "41","23.30","20.67","22.72" "42","24.18","21.30","23.27" "43","24.97","21.85","23.84" "44","25.63","22.37","24.37" "45","26.47","23.10","24.97" "46","27.28","23.45","25.65" "47","27.93","23.95","26.26" "48","28.04","24.51","26.84" "49","28.37","25.09","27.46" "50","29.09","25.55","28.00" "51","29.74","26.39","28.73" "52","30.35","27.02","29.32" "53","31.29","27.68","29.89" "54","32.10","28.40","30.68" "55","32.80","28.99","31.44" "56","33.60","29.66","32.15" "57","34.52","30.44","32.65" "58","35.08","31.28","33.22" "59","35.66","31.61","34.13" "60","36.47","31.79","34.91" "61","37.50","32.29","35.74" "62","37.70","33.16","36.73" "63","38.25","34.00","37.83" "64","39.21","34.86","38.71" "65","40.27","35.73","39.79" "66","41.29","36.36","40.45" "67","42.38","37.36","41.41" "68","43.48","38.40","42.59" "69","44.46","39.42","43.75" "70","45.58","39.87","45.09" "71","46.78","40.81","46.12" "72","48.17","41.79","47.53" "73","49.60","42.97","49.08" "74","51.13","44.06","50.53" "75","52.49","45.40","52.26" "76","53.95","46.95","54.12" "77","55.54","47.94","56.28" "78","57.10","49.49","58.34" "79","58.82","50.96","60.36" "80","60.79","52.68","62.49" "81","62.79","54.57","64.75" "82","65.24","56.74","67.52" "83","68.13","58.89","70.75" "84","71.41","61.39","73.99" "85","74.64","64.36","77.24" "86","78.44","67.80","81.20" "87","82.77","71.87","84.97" "88","87.44","76.10","89.05" "89","92.42","79.81","94.47" "90","96.38","84.63","100.38" "91","101.46","90.70","107.86" "92","109.30","97.87","115.08" "93","117.29","103.69","124.56" "94","127.21","110.33","132.88" "95","140.96","122.88","143.64"