United Kingdom GDP growth rate history

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1.4%Q2 2026Latest published observation

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History starts: Q1 1956
History ends: Q2 2026
Frequency: Quarterly observations
Unit: Percent

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4 observations · Q1 1979 to Q4 1979

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Date or period	Value · Percent	Source
Q1 1979	3.1%	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Q2 1979	6.4%	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Q3 1979	2.6%	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Q4 1979	2.8%	Office for National Statistics (ONS)

United Kingdom GDP growth rate history by year

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United Kingdom GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2026 (to date)	1.1%	1.4%Q2 2026	0.8%Q1 2026	▲ +0.6
2025	1.2%	1.8%Q1 2025	0.8%Q4 2025	▼ −1.0
2024	1.1%	1.9%Q4 2024	0.4%Q1 2024	▲ +1.5
2023	0.4%	1.1%Q1 2023	−0.2%Q4 2023	▼ −1.3
2022	5.2%	11.3%Q1 2022	1.8%Q4 2022	▼ −9.5
2021	9.4%	25.4%Q2 2021	−6.2%Q1 2021	▲ +15.4
2020	−10.0%	−1.9%Q1 2020	−21.6%Q2 2020	▼ −6.0
2019	1.4%	1.6%Q4 2019	1.2%Q1 2019	▲ +0.4
2018	1.6%	2.6%Q1 2018	0.7%Q4 2018	▼ −1.9
2017	3.3%	3.7%Q4 2017	2.9%Q1 2017	▲ +0.8
2016	2.2%	2.3%Q2 2016	2.1%Q1 2016	▲ +0.2
2015	2.2%	2.6%Q1 2015	1.8%Q4 2015	▼ −0.8
2014	3.2%	3.2%Q3 2014	3.1%Q1 2014	▲ +0.1
2013	1.9%	2.7%Q4 2013	1.2%Q1 2013	▲ +1.5
2012	1.6%	2.0%Q3 2012	1.3%Q2 2012	▲ +0.4
2011	1.1%	2.1%Q1 2011	0.5%Q4 2011	▼ −1.6
2010	2.4%	3.1%Q3 2010	1.1%Q1 2010	▲ +1.8
2009	−4.5%	−1.8%Q4 2009	−6.0%Q1 2009	▲ +4.2
2008	0.0%	3.1%Q1 2008	−3.8%Q4 2008	▼ −6.9
2007	3.0%	3.9%Q4 2007	2.0%Q1 2007	▲ +1.9

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United Kingdom GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2006	2.2%	3.2%Q1 2006	1.3%Q4 2006	▼ −1.9
2005	2.7%	3.5%Q4 2005	2.0%Q1 2005	▲ +1.5
2004	2.4%	3.1%Q1 2004	1.6%Q4 2004	▼ −1.5
2003	3.2%	3.6%Q4 2003	2.6%Q1 2003	▲ +1.0
2002	1.7%	2.0%Q4 2002	1.6%Q1 2002	▲ +0.4
2001	2.4%	2.8%Q1 2001	2.1%Q4 2001	▼ −0.7
2000	4.6%	5.5%Q2 2000	3.3%Q4 2000	▼ −1.7
1999	2.9%	4.3%Q4 1999	1.8%Q2 1999	▲ +2.2
1998	3.3%	4.3%Q1 1998	2.1%Q4 1998	▼ −2.2
1997	4.9%	5.2%Q4 1997	4.3%Q1 1997	▲ +0.9
1996	2.6%	3.4%Q4 1996	2.3%Q3 1996	▲ +1.0
1995	2.4%	2.9%Q1 1995	2.2%Q4 1995	▼ −0.7
1994	3.4%	3.7%Q3 1994	3.1%Q1 1994	▲ +0.3
1993	2.3%	2.7%Q3 1993	1.6%Q1 1993	▲ +1.0
1992	0.3%	1.1%Q4 1992	−0.2%Q2 1992	▲ +1.3
1991	−1.4%	−0.7%Q4 1991	−2.2%Q2 1991	▲ +0.7
1990	0.6%	1.3%Q2 1990	−0.4%Q4 1990	▼ −1.7
1989	2.4%	3.2%Q2 1989	1.3%Q4 1989	▼ −1.8
1988	5.4%	6.9%Q1 1988	4.3%Q4 1988	▼ −2.6
1987	5.5%	6.8%Q3 1987	4.2%Q1 1987	▲ +1.8
1986	3.1%	4.6%Q4 1986	2.0%Q2 1986	▲ +1.4
1985	4.1%	5.8%Q2 1985	2.5%Q1 1985	▲ +0.7
1984	2.2%	3.5%Q1 1984	1.3%Q3 1984	▼ −1.1
1983	4.2%	4.6%Q4 1983	3.6%Q2 1983	▲ +0.7
1982	2.0%	2.5%Q2 1982	1.5%Q3 1982	▲ +0.3
1981	−0.5%	1.5%Q4 1981	−3.2%Q1 1981	▲ +4.7
1980	−2.0%	2.1%Q1 1980	−4.1%Q2 1980	▼ −6.1
1979	3.7%	6.4%Q2 1979	2.6%Q3 1979	▼ −0.3
1978	4.2%	5.2%Q3 1978	2.6%Q1 1978	▲ +1.8
1977	2.5%	3.3%Q1 1977	1.7%Q4 1977	▼ −1.6
1976	3.0%	5.0%Q4 1976	0.8%Q1 1976	▲ +4.2
1975	−1.5%	0.6%Q1 1975	−3.4%Q3 1975	▼ −1.4
1974	−2.5%	−1.2%Q3 1974	−3.9%Q1 1974	▲ +1.7
1973	6.5%	9.7%Q1 1973	3.7%Q4 1973	▼ −6.0
1972	4.3%	5.0%Q2 1972	3.5%Q3 1972	▲ +0.6
1971	3.6%	4.0%Q3 1971	3.2%Q2 1971	▼ −0.4
1970	2.7%	3.7%Q4 1970	1.1%Q1 1970	▲ +2.6
1969	1.9%	2.9%Q2 1969	1.5%Q3 1969	▼ −0.1
1968	5.5%	6.1%Q1 1968	4.2%Q2 1968	▼ −0.4
1967	2.8%	3.7%Q4 1967	1.9%Q1 1967	▲ +1.8
1966	1.6%	2.2%Q2 1966	0.7%Q4 1966	▼ −1.0
1965	2.1%	3.5%Q1 1965	1.2%Q4 1965	▼ −2.3
1964	5.7%	7.9%Q1 1964	4.5%Q4 1964	▼ −3.4
1963	4.8%	7.7%Q4 1963	1.6%Q1 1963	▲ +6.1
1962	1.1%	1.8%Q3 1962	0.2%Q1 1962	▲ +1.4
1961	2.7%	4.2%Q2 1961	1.4%Q4 1961	▼ −1.6
1960	6.4%	9.1%Q1 1960	3.9%Q4 1960	▼ −5.2
1959	4.3%	7.1%Q4 1959	0.5%Q1 1959	▲ +6.6
1958	1.3%	2.1%Q3 1958	−0.7%Q2 1958	▲ +0.2
1957	2.0%	2.3%Q2 1957	1.5%Q4 1957	▼ −0.7
1956	1.7%	2.5%Q1 1956	0.4%Q3 1956	▼ −0.9

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