United Kingdom GDP growth, 1961 to 2025
United Kingdom GDP growth stood at 1.39% in 2025, up 0.3pp on the previous period.
The United Kingdom's economy grew 1.4 percent in 2025 after 1.1 percent in 2024. Across the window shown, growth averaged 2.3 percent a year.
How it is measured
The figures come from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG): the annual percentage change of GDP measured in constant local currency. Holding prices constant strips inflation out, and staying in local currency keeps exchange-rate swings out, so this is the cleanest single answer to whether an economy actually produced more than the year before.
What the curve shows
Real growth is the series recessions are read from. The worst year in this window was 2020 at -10 percent (the pandemic year), and the best was 2021 at 8.5 percent (the post-pandemic rebound). Growth rates compound: the difference between 2 and 5 percent sustained for a generation is the difference between a 50 percent larger economy and one two and a half times as large.
Is this real or nominal growth?
Does a negative year mean a recession?
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