"Figure 9: The growth rate is similar for measuring hours worked using either the direct or simplified component method","" "Hours worked year-on-year growth (Direct), hours worked year-on-year growth (Simplified component), UK, 1998 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage" "","" "","Direct method","Simplified component method" "1998","1.9","0.8" "1999","0.9","0.8" "2000","0.4","0.2" "2001","0.8","1.2" "2002","-0.2","-0.5" "2003","0.3","0.4" "2004","0.2","1.1" "2005","2.2","1.8" "2006","0.7","0.5" "2007","0.9","1.1" "2008","-0.5","-0.2" "2009","-1.9","-2.2" "2010","-0.4","-0.3" "2011","1.3","1.0" "2012","2.0","2.2" "2013","1.8","1.4" "2014","2.8","2.9" "2015","0.7","0.6" "2016","2.4","2.5" "2017","0.9","0.7" "2018","0.9","1.2" "2019","1.3","1.1"