Unit labour costs : whole economy SA: Index 2022=100: UK

Name: Unit labour costs : whole economy SA: Index 2022=100: UK
Creator: Productivity team
Published: 2024-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source dataset: Unit labour cost and unit wage cost time series (UCST)

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Correction

4 November 2020

The initial compilation of Unit Labour Costs for the October 7th publication failed to include the various government schemes, introduced during the first lockdown, as part of the ULC calculation. These schemes are employment subsidies and should have been deducted from total labour costs to give a more accurate interpretation of the labour costs of productive faced by producers of goods and services.

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Release date:
15 November 2024
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Period	Value
1955	4.4
1956	4.7
1957	4.8
1958	5.0
1959	5.0
1960	5.0
1961	5.3
1962	5.5
1963	5.5
1964	5.6
1965	6.0
1966	6.3
1967	6.4
1968	6.5
1969	6.8
1970	7.5
1971	7.9
1972	8.6
1973	9.3
1974	11.4
1975	15.0
1976	16.7
1977	17.9
1978	19.7
1979	22.3
1980	27.0
1981	29.4
1982	30.7
1983	31.5
1984	33.1
1985	34.2
1986	36.0
1987	36.6
1988	38.7
1989	42.0
1990	46.2
1991	49.7
1992	51.4
1993	51.9
1994	52.0
1995	53.3
1996	54.3
1997	55.9
1998	56.8
1999	59.5
2000	61.2
2001	63.5
2002	64.1
2003	65.2
2004	67.9
2005	69.8
2006	72.1
2007	74.6
2008	75.8
2009	79.0
2010	79.1
2011	79.6
2012	79.7
2013	81.4
2014	80.8
2015	82.0
2016	83.5
2017	84.7
2018	87.1
2019	89.3
2020	94.2
2021	94.9
2022	100.0
2023	107.6
1955 Q1	4.3
1955 Q2	4.4
1955 Q3	4.4
1955 Q4	4.5
1956 Q1	4.5
1956 Q2	4.7
1956 Q3	4.7
1956 Q4	4.8
1957 Q1	4.8
1957 Q2	4.8
1957 Q3	4.9
1957 Q4	4.9
1958 Q1	4.9
1958 Q2	5.0
1958 Q3	4.9
1958 Q4	5.0
1959 Q1	5.0
1959 Q2	5.0
1959 Q3	5.0
1959 Q4	5.0
1960 Q1	4.9
1960 Q2	5.1
1960 Q3	5.1
1960 Q4	5.1
1961 Q1	5.1
1961 Q2	5.3
1961 Q3	5.3
1961 Q4	5.5
1962 Q1	5.4
1962 Q2	5.5
1962 Q3	5.5
1962 Q4	5.6
1963 Q1	5.6
1963 Q2	5.4
1963 Q3	5.6
1963 Q4	5.5
1964 Q1	5.6
1964 Q2	5.6
1964 Q3	5.7
1964 Q4	5.7
1965 Q1	5.8
1965 Q2	5.9
1965 Q3	6.0
1965 Q4	6.1
1966 Q1	6.2
1966 Q2	6.3
1966 Q3	6.3
1966 Q4	6.4
1967 Q1	6.3
1967 Q2	6.4
1967 Q3	6.5
1967 Q4	6.6
1968 Q1	6.5
1968 Q2	6.5
1968 Q3	6.5
1968 Q4	6.6
1969 Q1	6.8
1969 Q2	6.8
1969 Q3	6.8
1969 Q4	7.0
1970 Q1	7.2
1970 Q2	7.4
1970 Q3	7.6
1970 Q4	7.6
1971 Q1	7.8
1971 Q2	7.8
1971 Q3	7.9
1971 Q4	8.1
1972 Q1	8.4
1972 Q2	8.4
1972 Q3	8.6
1972 Q4	8.9
1973 Q1	8.8
1973 Q2	9.1
1973 Q3	9.5
1973 Q4	9.9
1974 Q1	10.5
1974 Q2	10.8
1974 Q3	11.6
1974 Q4	12.7
1975 Q1	14.0
1975 Q2	14.6
1975 Q3	15.7
1975 Q4	15.9
1976 Q1	16.1
1976 Q2	16.7
1976 Q3	16.9
1976 Q4	17.0
1977 Q1	17.4
1977 Q2	17.8
1977 Q3	18.1
1977 Q4	18.4
1978 Q1	19.0
1978 Q2	19.5
1978 Q3	19.8
1978 Q4	20.3
1979 Q1	21.3
1979 Q2	21.3
1979 Q3	22.8
1979 Q4	23.8
1980 Q1	25.2
1980 Q2	26.6
1980 Q3	27.6
1980 Q4	28.5
1981 Q1	29.0
1981 Q2	29.2
1981 Q3	29.5
1981 Q4	30.1
1982 Q1	30.6
1982 Q2	30.5
1982 Q3	30.7
1982 Q4	30.9
1983 Q1	31.0
1983 Q2	31.3
1983 Q3	31.6
1983 Q4	32.0
1984 Q1	32.2
1984 Q2	33.0
1984 Q3	33.5
1984 Q4	33.8
1985 Q1	33.7
1985 Q2	33.5
1985 Q3	34.5
1985 Q4	34.9
1986 Q1	35.6
1986 Q2	35.9
1986 Q3	36.2
1986 Q4	36.1
1987 Q1	36.3
1987 Q2	36.4
1987 Q3	36.6
1987 Q4	37.2
1988 Q1	37.6
1988 Q2	38.3
1988 Q3	39.0
1988 Q4	39.8
1989 Q1	40.5
1989 Q2	41.4
1989 Q3	42.4
1989 Q4	43.7
1990 Q1	44.8
1990 Q2	45.7
1990 Q3	46.9
1990 Q4	47.5
1991 Q1	48.6
1991 Q2	49.2
1991 Q3	50.1
1991 Q4	50.9
1992 Q1	51.5
1992 Q2	51.3
1992 Q3	51.4
1992 Q4	51.4
1993 Q1	51.4
1993 Q2	51.9
1993 Q3	52.0
1993 Q4	52.3
1994 Q1	52.0
1994 Q2	51.6
1994 Q3	52.1
1994 Q4	52.4
1995 Q1	52.7
1995 Q2	53.4
1995 Q3	53.2
1995 Q4	53.8
1996 Q1	54.0
1996 Q2	54.3
1996 Q3	54.5
1996 Q4	54.3
1997 Q1	54.9
1997 Q2	55.8
1997 Q3	56.5
1997 Q4	56.3
1998 Q1	55.8
1998 Q2	56.5
1998 Q3	57.4
1998 Q4	57.4
1999 Q1	58.7
1999 Q2	59.8
1999 Q3	59.8
1999 Q4	59.8
2000 Q1	59.8
2000 Q2	60.6
2000 Q3	61.5
2000 Q4	62.7
2001 Q1	63.6
2001 Q2	63.3
2001 Q3	63.3
2001 Q4	63.7
2002 Q1	64.1
2002 Q2	64.1
2002 Q3	64.0
2002 Q4	64.2
2003 Q1	64.7
2003 Q2	64.6
2003 Q3	65.5
2003 Q4	65.9
2004 Q1	67.1
2004 Q2	67.2
2004 Q3	68.3
2004 Q4	69.2
2005 Q1	70.0
2005 Q2	69.5
2005 Q3	70.0
2005 Q4	69.7
2006 Q1	71.6
2006 Q2	71.1
2006 Q3	72.1
2006 Q4	73.7
2007 Q1	74.4
2007 Q2	74.2
2007 Q3	75.2
2007 Q4	74.6
2008 Q1	75.5
2008 Q2	75.0
2008 Q3	75.7
2008 Q4	77.2
2009 Q1	77.9
2009 Q2	79.4
2009 Q3	79.0
2009 Q4	79.8
2010 Q1	79.6
2010 Q2	78.8
2010 Q3	78.9
2010 Q4	79.0
2011 Q1	80.5
2011 Q2	79.7
2011 Q3	79.2
2011 Q4	79.0
2012 Q1	79.5
2012 Q2	80.2
2012 Q3	79.4
2012 Q4	79.8
2013 Q1	79.8
2013 Q2	82.0
2013 Q3	81.7
2013 Q4	82.2
2014 Q1	82.2
2014 Q2	81.0
2014 Q3	79.9
2014 Q4	80.2
2015 Q1	81.2
2015 Q2	81.7
2015 Q3	82.6
2015 Q4	82.6
2016 Q1	82.8
2016 Q2	83.8
2016 Q3	83.9
2016 Q4	83.5
2017 Q1	84.0
2017 Q2	85.0
2017 Q3	85.0
2017 Q4	85.0
2018 Q1	86.6
2018 Q2	86.3
2018 Q3	87.2
2018 Q4	88.3
2019 Q1	88.7
2019 Q2	89.9
2019 Q3	89.2
2019 Q4	89.2
2020 Q1	90.8
2020 Q2	98.3
2020 Q3	93.1
2020 Q4	95.6
2021 Q1	96.5
2021 Q2	93.4
2021 Q3	94.5
2021 Q4	95.3
2022 Q1	97.4
2022 Q2	99.0
2022 Q3	100.9
2022 Q4	102.6
2023 Q1	105.0
2023 Q2	107.4
2023 Q3	108.5
2023 Q4	109.3
2024 Q1	110.2
2024 Q2	110.5

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