United Kingdom Industrial Production 1969-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Industrial production in the United Kingdom increased 2.9 percent year-on-year in March of 2018, above a downwardly revised 2.1 percent rise in February. It is the highest annual growth in industrial output since February of 2017 although below market expectations of 3.1 percent. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning jumped 11.8 percent (3.8 percent in February) and manufacturing went up 2.9 percent, above 2.5 percent in February. On the other hand, declines were seen for oil and gas extraction (-2.4 percent compared to 2.1 percent); mining and quarrying (-2.6 percent compared to 1.3 percent); and water supply, sewerage and waste management (-3.5 percent, the same as in February). Industrial Production in the United Kingdom averaged 0.86 percent from 1969 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 22.60 percent in February of 1973 and a record low of -11.90 percent in December of 1980.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-03-09	09:30 AM	Industrial Production YoY	1.6%	0%	1.8%	1.5%
2018-04-11	08:30 AM	Industrial Production YoY	2.2%	1.2%	2.9%	2.5%
2018-05-10	08:30 AM	Industrial Production YoY	2.9%	2.1%	3.1%	2%
2018-06-12	08:30 AM	Industrial Production YoY		2.9%		1.6%
2018-07-10	08:30 AM	Industrial Production YoY				2.4%
2018-08-10	08:30 AM	Industrial Production YoY				2.1%

United Kingdom Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	-4.00	13.00	55.00	-75.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	53.90	54.90	61.50	34.40		[+]
Services PMI	52.80	51.70	62.50	40.10	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	2.90	2.10	22.60	-11.90	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.10	0.10	9.80	-7.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	2.90	2.50	19.60	-16.90	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	82.90	81.20	85.20	38.00	percent	[+]
New Orders	12701.00	16699.00	25109.00	9381.00	GBP Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-3.00	4.00	21.00	-79.00	Net Balance	[+]
Changes in Inventories	-760.00	-2026.00	11457.00	-11256.00	GBP Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	4462.00	4382.00	6509.00	924.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	109353.00	108691.00	109353.00	1024.00	GBP Million	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-46.40	-44.70	61.00	-77.20		[+]
Car Production	147471.00	145475.00	185157.00	43773.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	167911.00	474069.00	562337.00	33051.00		[+]
Small Business Sentiment	-5.00	23.00	40.00	-69.00		[+]
Internet Speed	16920.86	16337.23	16920.86	3085.89	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	27493519.00	26782989.00	27493519.00	13305856.00	IP	[+]
Private Investment	0.30	0.80	64.50	-33.80	percent	[+]
Mining Production	-2.60	1.30	852.60	-90.50	percent	[+]
Steel Production	630.00	574.00	2848.00	131.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.51	5.49	5.56	5.18	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	8.00	7.00	13.00	2.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	53.20	52.50	61.80	47.40		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	7.00	7.00	11.00	5.00		[+]
Electricity Production	30349.00	30742.00	38520.00	16152.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	82.00	81.00	87.00	74.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	8.00	10.00	20.00	8.00		[+]

United Kingdom Industrial Production

In the United Kingdom, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy. Manufacturing is the most important sector and accounts for 70 percent of total production. The biggest segments within Manufacturing are: Food, drink and tobacco (11 percent of total production); transport equipment (9 percent); basic metals (8 percent); other manufacturing and repair (6 percent); pharmaceutical products and preparations (6 percent); and rubber and plastic products and non-metallic mineral products (6 percent). Mining and quarrying account for 12 percent of production, as oil and gas extraction accounts for 10 percent. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning account for 11 percent of total output and water supply, sewerage and waste management account for 8 percent. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Industrial Production - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Industrial Production - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	2.90	2.10	22.60	-11.90	1969 - 2018	percent	Monthly	Constant Prices 2012=100, SA

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industrial production by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	1.70	Dec/17	2.4	12	-7.7	%	Quarterly
Brazil	1.30	Mar/18	2.4	37.2	-27.7	%	Monthly
Canada	4.46	Feb/18	2.38	11.37	-15.24	%	Monthly
China	7.00	Apr/18	6	29.4	-21.1	%	Monthly
Euro Area	3.00	Mar/18	2.6	9.2	-21.4	%	Monthly
France	1.80	Mar/18	3.8	12.1	-19.3	%	Monthly
Germany	3.20	Mar/18	2.2	15.3	-21.8	%	Monthly
India	4.40	Mar/18	7	20	-7.2	%	Monthly
Indonesia	-3.50	Feb/18	-0.4	34.5	-25.4	%	Monthly
Italy	3.60	Mar/18	2.5	17.4	-25.9	%	Monthly
Japan	2.40	Mar/18	1.62	30	-37.18	%	Monthly
Mexico	-3.70	Mar/18	0.6	23.82	-17.5	%	Monthly
Netherlands	5.90	Mar/18	5.1	13.9	-19.2	%	Monthly
Russia	1.30	Apr/18	1	17.7	-16.9	%	Monthly
South Korea	-4.30	Mar/18	-6.8	38.8	-25.3	%	Monthly
Spain	5.10	Mar/18	3	13.6	-21.6	%	Monthly
Switzerland	8.70	Dec/17	9.2	13.6	-8.9	%	Quarterly
Turkey	7.60	Mar/18	10.1	27.3	-21.2	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	2.90	Mar/18	2.1	22.6	-11.9	%	Monthly
United States	3.50	Apr/18	3.7	62	-33.7	%	Monthly