UK productivity flash estimate: January to March 2020

Summary

Comparison of developments in gross domestic product and the labour market in the latest quarter.

We have changed the publication time of this release from 9.30am to 7.00am. This is in response to the developing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the UK and is to ensure fair and equal access to our market sensitive statistics.

More information on this change and the releases it affects is available in our Changes to publication times of market-sensitive statistics statement.

Publications

• UK productivity flash estimate: January to March 2020

  Flash estimate of labour productivity for Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2020 based on latest data from GDP first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics.

• 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.

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   19 May 2020 9:30am

   Reason for change

   As the demand increases for statistics and data to measure the impact of the COVID19 pandemic, we have had to change data gathering and release practices, focusing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. As such we have re-scheduled this release. Please see our statement on how we are responding to the coronavirus illness. https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/covid19andtheproductionofstatistics