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GBP 787.2 billionQ2 2026Latest published observation

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History starts: Q1 1955
History ends: Q2 2026
Frequency: Quarterly observations
Unit: GBP

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4 observations · Q1 1957 to Q4 1957

Selected historical observations
Date or period	Value · GBP	Source
Q1 1957	GBP 5.36 billion	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Q2 1957	GBP 5.44 billion	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Q3 1957	GBP 5.55 billion	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Q4 1957	GBP 5.66 billion	Office for National Statistics (ONS)

United Kingdom GDP history by year

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United Kingdom GDP history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2026 (to date)	GBP 784.06 billion	GBP 787.2 billionQ2 2026	GBP 780.93 billionQ1 2026	▲ +0.8%
2025	GBP 761.15 billion	GBP 769.75 billionQ4 2025	GBP 750.89 billionQ1 2025	▲ +2.5%
2024	GBP 726.24 billion	GBP 739.98 billionQ4 2024	GBP 709.87 billionQ1 2024	▲ +4.2%
2023	GBP 691.61 billion	GBP 696.52 billionQ3 2023	GBP 682.63 billionQ1 2023	▲ +1.9%
2022	GBP 647.69 billion	GBP 671.42 billionQ4 2022	GBP 625.88 billionQ1 2022	▲ +7.3%
2021	GBP 583.21 billion	GBP 611.83 billionQ4 2021	GBP 546.75 billionQ1 2021	▲ +11.9%
2020	GBP 532.93 billion	GBP 561.46 billionQ1 2020	GBP 483.68 billionQ2 2020	▼ −3.0%
2019	GBP 565.86 billion	GBP 574.11 billionQ4 2019	GBP 555.71 billionQ1 2019	▲ +3.3%
2018	GBP 544.53 billion	GBP 553.14 billionQ4 2018	GBP 536.54 billionQ1 2018	▲ +3.1%
2017	GBP 525.6 billion	GBP 535.29 billionQ4 2017	GBP 517.42 billionQ1 2017	▲ +3.5%
2016	GBP 501.38 billion	GBP 510.82 billionQ4 2016	GBP 492.72 billionQ1 2016	▲ +3.7%
2015	GBP 482.23 billion	GBP 488.12 billionQ4 2015	GBP 478.39 billionQ1 2015	▲ +2.0%
2014	GBP 469.25 billion	GBP 475.91 billionQ4 2014	GBP 461.31 billionQ1 2014	▲ +3.2%
2013	GBP 448.15 billion	GBP 455.32 billionQ4 2013	GBP 440.54 billionQ1 2013	▲ +3.4%
2012	GBP 430.8 billion	GBP 435.52 billionQ4 2012	GBP 426.88 billionQ2 2012	▲ +2.0%
2011	GBP 417.64 billion	GBP 421.57 billionQ4 2011	GBP 414.48 billionQ2 2011	▲ +1.3%
2010	GBP 403.83 billion	GBP 408.48 billionQ4 2010	GBP 397.43 billionQ1 2010	▲ +2.8%
2009	GBP 389.2 billion	GBP 390.77 billionQ3 2009	GBP 388.14 billionQ2 2009	▼ −0.1%
2008	GBP 399.45 billion	GBP 401.32 billionQ3 2008	GBP 397.39 billionQ4 2008	▼ −0.1%
2007	GBP 386.6 billion	GBP 393.17 billionQ4 2007	GBP 376.93 billionQ1 2007	▲ +4.3%

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United Kingdom GDP history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2006	GBP 368.07 billion	GBP 372.96 billionQ4 2006	GBP 360.84 billionQ1 2006	▲ +3.4%
2005	GBP 349.41 billion	GBP 357.05 billionQ4 2005	GBP 340.23 billionQ1 2005	▲ +4.9%
2004	GBP 330.47 billion	GBP 337.74 billionQ4 2004	GBP 322.8 billionQ1 2004	▲ +4.6%
2003	GBP 314.35 billion	GBP 321.04 billionQ4 2003	GBP 306.56 billionQ1 2003	▲ +4.7%
2002	GBP 297.42 billion	GBP 302.67 billionQ4 2002	GBP 292.65 billionQ1 2002	▲ +3.4%
2001	GBP 286.47 billion	GBP 288.69 billionQ4 2001	GBP 282.09 billionQ1 2001	▲ +2.3%
2000	GBP 275.09 billion	GBP 277.76 billionQ4 2000	GBP 272.56 billionQ1 2000	▲ +1.9%
1999	GBP 260.55 billion	GBP 267.19 billionQ4 1999	GBP 256.01 billionQ1 1999	▲ +4.4%
1998	GBP 249.67 billion	GBP 254.42 billionQ4 1998	GBP 245.54 billionQ1 1998	▲ +3.6%
1997	GBP 238.57 billion	GBP 244.04 billionQ3 1997	GBP 232.33 billionQ1 1997	▲ +3.9%
1996	GBP 227.47 billion	GBP 232.42 billionQ4 1996	GBP 221.4 billionQ1 1996	▲ +5.0%
1995	GBP 212.85 billion	GBP 217.73 billionQ4 1995	GBP 208.53 billionQ1 1995	▲ +4.4%
1994	GBP 202.54 billion	GBP 206.85 billionQ4 1994	GBP 199.65 billionQ1 1994	▲ +3.6%
1993	GBP 192.29 billion	GBP 196.72 billionQ4 1993	GBP 189.44 billionQ1 1993	▲ +3.8%
1992	GBP 182.54 billion	GBP 184.81 billionQ4 1992	GBP 181.27 billionQ1 1992	▲ +2.0%
1991	GBP 176.29 billion	GBP 179.4 billionQ4 1991	GBP 173.03 billionQ1 1991	▲ +3.7%
1990	GBP 167.58 billion	GBP 170.81 billionQ4 1990	GBP 162.96 billionQ1 1990	▲ +4.8%
1989	GBP 153.56 billion	GBP 159.27 billionQ4 1989	GBP 148.53 billionQ1 1989	▲ +7.2%
1988	GBP 138.78 billion	GBP 144.84 billionQ4 1988	GBP 133.13 billionQ1 1988	▲ +8.8%
1987	GBP 124.02 billion	GBP 129.66 billionQ4 1987	GBP 117.94 billionQ1 1987	▲ +9.9%
1986	GBP 111.44 billion	GBP 115.58 billionQ4 1986	GBP 108.53 billionQ1 1986	▲ +6.5%
1985	GBP 103.45 billion	GBP 106.62 billionQ4 1985	GBP 99.22 billionQ1 1985	▲ +7.5%
1984	GBP 94.27 billion	GBP 97.75 billionQ4 1984	GBP 91.45 billionQ1 1984	▲ +6.9%
1983	GBP 87.62 billion	GBP 90.48 billionQ4 1983	GBP 85.51 billionQ1 1983	▲ +5.8%
1982	GBP 79.68 billion	GBP 82.44 billionQ4 1982	GBP 77.28 billionQ1 1982	▲ +6.7%
1981	GBP 72.35 billion	GBP 75.44 billionQ4 1981	GBP 69.68 billionQ1 1981	▲ +8.3%
1980	GBP 64.73 billion	GBP 67.9 billionQ4 1980	GBP 61.83 billionQ1 1980	▲ +9.8%
1979	GBP 55.02 billion	GBP 59.55 billionQ4 1979	GBP 50.25 billionQ1 1979	▲ +18.5%
1978	GBP 46.35 billion	GBP 48.71 billionQ4 1978	GBP 43.96 billionQ1 1978	▲ +10.8%
1977	GBP 39.78 billion	GBP 42 billionQ4 1977	GBP 37.88 billionQ1 1977	▲ +10.9%
1976	GBP 34.11 billion	GBP 36.53 billionQ4 1976	GBP 32.32 billionQ1 1976	▲ +13.0%
1975	GBP 28.66 billion	GBP 30.76 billionQ4 1975	GBP 26.7 billionQ1 1975	▲ +15.2%
1974	GBP 23.08 billion	GBP 24.89 billionQ4 1974	GBP 21.05 billionQ1 1974	▲ +18.3%
1973	GBP 20.37 billion	GBP 21.23 billionQ4 1973	GBP 19.8 billionQ2 1973	▲ +6.3%
1972	GBP 17.58 billion	GBP 18.76 billionQ4 1972	GBP 16.54 billionQ1 1972	▲ +13.5%
1971	GBP 15.66 billion	GBP 16.33 billionQ4 1971	GBP 14.93 billionQ1 1971	▲ +9.4%
1970	GBP 13.96 billion	GBP 14.71 billionQ4 1970	GBP 13.17 billionQ1 1970	▲ +11.7%
1969	GBP 12.39 billion	GBP 12.82 billionQ4 1969	GBP 12.04 billionQ1 1969	▲ +6.4%
1968	GBP 11.41 billion	GBP 11.83 billionQ4 1968	GBP 11.06 billionQ1 1968	▲ +7.0%
1967	GBP 10.38 billion	GBP 10.58 billionQ4 1967	GBP 10.12 billionQ1 1967	▲ +4.5%
1966	GBP 9.81 billion	GBP 10.02 billionQ4 1966	GBP 9.57 billionQ1 1966	▲ +4.7%
1965	GBP 9.17 billion	GBP 9.43 billionQ4 1965	GBP 8.98 billionQ1 1965	▲ +4.9%
1964	GBP 8.48 billion	GBP 8.82 billionQ4 1964	GBP 8.11 billionQ1 1964	▲ +8.8%
1963	GBP 7.74 billion	GBP 8.08 billionQ4 1963	GBP 7.33 billionQ1 1963	▲ +10.2%
1962	GBP 7.28 billion	GBP 7.38 billionQ4 1962	GBP 7.1 billionQ1 1962	▲ +3.9%
1961	GBP 6.95 billion	GBP 7.09 billionQ3 1961	GBP 6.85 billionQ1 1961	▲ +2.2%
1960	GBP 6.52 billion	GBP 6.68 billionQ4 1960	GBP 6.4 billionQ1 1960	▲ +4.5%
1959	GBP 6.07 billion	GBP 6.29 billionQ4 1959	GBP 5.86 billionQ1 1959	▲ +7.4%
1958	GBP 5.78 billion	GBP 5.85 billionQ4 1958	GBP 5.7 billionQ2 1958	▲ +1.2%
1957	GBP 5.5 billion	GBP 5.66 billionQ4 1957	GBP 5.36 billionQ1 1957	▲ +5.7%
1956	GBP 5.19 billion	GBP 5.35 billionQ4 1956	GBP 5.06 billionQ1 1956	▲ +5.6%
1955	GBP 4.77 billion	GBP 4.93 billionQ4 1955	GBP 4.65 billionQ1 1955	▲ +6.2%

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