UK public service productivity was estimated to be 2.3% lower year-over-year in Q4 and by 1.0% quarter-over-quarter; inputs increased 4.8% year-over-year, while output grew 2.4%: ONS

May 3, 2024 (press release) –

UK total public service productivity, inputs and output to provide a short-term, timely indicator of annual productivity estimates. These are official statistics in development.

Main points

• Public service productivity was estimated to be 2.3% lower in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2023 compared with the same quarter a year ago.
• Public service productivity fell by an estimated 1.0% in Quarter 4 2023 compared with Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2023, its third consecutive quarterly decline.
• Public service productivity in Quarter 4 2023 is estimated to be 6.8% below its pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic peak (Quarter 4 2019) but has remained relatively stable since Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021 through the post-pandemic period.
• Annual estimates suggest that public service productivity showed no growth (0.0%) in 2023, following a partial “bounce-back” of 6.5% in 2021 and 3.0% in 2022 following the pandemic in 2020.

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