Release

Productivity overview UK: January to March 2023

Release date: 7 July 2023 9:30am

Summary

The main findings from official statistics and analysis of UK productivity, presenting a summary of recent developments.

Publications

Data

  • Labour productivity time series

    Quarterly output per hour, output per job and output per worker for the whole UK economy and a range of industries.

  • Unit labour cost and unit wage cost time series

    Unit labour cost, average labour compensation per hour worked, labour share and unit wage cost for the whole UK economy, unit wage cost for manufacturing.

  • Labour costs and labour income, UK

    Labour share of income, unit labour costs (ULCs), unit wage costs (UWCs) and average labour compensation per hour worked (ALCH).

  • Output per hour worked, UK

    Estimates for gross value added (GVA), hours worked and output per hour worked for whole economy and section level industries, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007. Contains annual and quarterly statistics. Includes estimates for industry quarter on quarter, year on year and quarter on year contributions to whole economy output per hour worked.

  • Output per worker, UK

    Estimates for gross value added (GVA), workers, and output per worker. Contains annual and quarterly statistics.

  • Output per job, UK

    Estimates for gross value added (GVA), jobs and output per job by section level industry, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Contains annual and quarterly statistics. Contains estimates for industry quarter-on-quarter, year-on-year and quarter-on-year contributions to output per job.

Contact details

Name

Sara Zella and Riikka Korhonen

Email

productivity@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1633 456945

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest