UK Labour Productivity and Unit Labour Costs by Industry

Estimates of output per hour, per job, and per worker for the UK economy and a range of industries, including unit labour costs. Produced by the UK Office for National Statistics and designated as National Statistics. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze national economic productivity trends based on output per hour estimates.
• Benchmark industry performance based on output per job and output per worker metrics.
• Model unit labour costs for macroeconomic forecasting.
• Compare productivity growth across different sectors of the economy.

Strengths

• Produced by the UK Office for National Statistics, a national statistical institute.
• Designated as National Statistics, indicating it meets official quality standards.
• Covers multiple productivity metrics (output per hour, job, worker) and unit labour costs.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-07-08).

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:27.985018

Geography

United Kingdom