UK GDP growth in United Kingdom

The UK economy grew by 0.5% in Q2 2026 compared with the previous quarter.

Measure: UK GDP growth, quarter on quarter Unit: % change on the previous quarter Data: Q2 1955 to Q2 2026 Source: ONS
United Kingdom, Q2 2026 0.5% % change on the previous quarter
Change from Q1 2026 −0.1percentage points Q1 2026: 0.6%

UK GDP growth in United Kingdom over time

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% change on the previous quarter. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

UK GDP growth, quarter on quarter (% change on the previous quarter), Q1 2017 to Q2 2026
Period United Kingdom
Q2 2026 0.5%
Q1 2026 0.6%
Q4 2025 0.0%
Q3 2025 0.2%
Q2 2025 0.0%
Q1 2025 0.6%
Q4 2024 0.4%
Q3 2024 0.2%
Q2 2024 0.6%
Q1 2024 0.7%
Q4 2023 -0.3%
Q3 2023 -0.2%
Q2 2023 0.0%
Q1 2023 0.1%
Q4 2022 0.3%
Q3 2022 0.1%
Q2 2022 0.6%
Q1 2022 0.9%
Q4 2021 1.4%
Q3 2021 1.7%
Q2 2021 7.0%
Q1 2021 -1.1%
Q4 2020 1.4%
Q3 2020 16.9%
Q2 2020 -19.9%
Q1 2020 -2.8%
Q4 2019 0.2%
Q3 2019 0.6%
Q2 2019 0.2%
Q1 2019 0.5%
Q4 2018 0.1%
Q3 2018 0.3%
Q2 2018 0.2%
Q1 2018 0.1%
Q4 2017 0.8%
Q3 2017 0.7%
Q2 2017 1.0%
Q1 2017 1.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 0.6% in Q1 2026.
  • Since Q4 2023, when it was -0.3%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
ONS
Source
Office for National Statistics (ONS), United Kingdom
Dataset or series code
IHYQ · dataset details
Observation period
Q2 1955 to Q2 2026 for United Kingdom
Provider update
29 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution
Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0