Beyond GDP insights, measures of National Well-being: June 2026

Summary

Exploring quality of life and progress beyond GDP in the UK, drawing on the 59 national well-being measures.

Publications

• Beyond GDP insights, UK measures of National Well-being: June 2026

  Exploring quality of life and progress beyond GDP in the UK, drawing on the 59 national well-being measures.

Data

• UK Measures of National Well-being

  The UK’s progress across 10 topic areas of national well-being. Breakdowns by UK country and region, age and sex, including quality information where available.

• UK Measures of National Well-being: measures metadata

  Metadata tables containing information on the question, data source, frequency of update, devolved administration source, and method of assessment of change for each measure. 

Methodology

• UK Measures of National Well-being framework user guide

  User guide for the UK Measures of National Well-being framework (UKMNW), providing detail on the headline and comprehensive measure set. Includes metadata tables of the measures, information on how estimates are produced, and how change over time is measured.

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   28 May 2026 9:30am

   Reason for change

   This publication has been postponed to allow additional time for quality assurance and will now be released on 8 June 2026.