GDP growth
0.6 %
Percentage change in real GDP compared with the previous quarter.
Period: 2026 Q1 · Geography: United KingdomGrowth and the economy
Topic dashboard
GDP, productivity, business investment and growth per person.
GDP per person growth
0.6 %
Percentage change in inflation-adjusted economic output per person compared with the previous quarter.
Period: 2026 Q1 · Geography: United KingdomReal disposable income per person
6,295 GBP per person
Inflation-adjusted household disposable income per person, seasonally adjusted and expressed in reference-year pounds.
Period: 2026 Q1 · Geography: United KingdomProductivity growth
0.5 %
Annual percentage change in whole-economy output per hour worked.
Period: 2026 Q1 · Geography: United KingdomOne reading
Rising total output can indicate that the economy is expanding and supporting incomes and tax receipts.
Another reading
Total growth can coexist with weak output per person, uneven regional outcomes or limited productivity gains.
What the data cannot prove: a movement does not by itself identify its cause or show that every person experienced the same outcome.
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