To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the annual growth rates of labour productivity in each year since 2000; and what rates they forecast for each year to 2022.
Answered on
19 December 2018
Growth in labour productivity, 2000 – 2022
Year (f – forecast) | Output per hour worked, % change on previous year, seasonally adjusted |
2000 | 3.2 |
2001 | 1.5 |
2002 | 2.4 |
2003 | 2.9 |
2004 | 1.2 |
2005 | 2.0 |
2006 | 1.8 |
2007 | 1.5 |
2008 | -0.6 |
2009 | -1.5 |
2010 | 1.3 |
2011 | 1.1 |
2012 | -0.7 |
2013 | -0.4 |
2014 | 0.6 |
2015 | 1.0 |
2016 | 0.5 |
2017 | 0.8 |
2018f | 0.8 |
2019f | 0.8 |
2020f | 0.9 |
2021f | 1.0 |
2022f | 1.1 |
- The table presents past and projected annual growth rates of UK labour productivity defined as output per hour worked.
- The growth rates for the period 2000 to 2017 were obtained from the ONS (Labour productivity time series (PRDY), UK Whole Economy: Output per hour worked % change per annum SA, released 5th October 2018, link)
- The projected future growth rates (2018 – 2022) were published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook – October 2018 (page 87, Table 3.10 Detailed summary forecast, link)