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United Kingdom — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for United Kingdom, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.39%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -48.6% since 1961
GDP growth for United Kingdom was 1.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.54% in 2021. The lowest was -10.05% in 2020 (about -7.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.03% per year.
United Kingdom ranks 162 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 2.03%, so United Kingdom sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 84% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 35%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.39%
First (1961)
2.70%
Change
-48.6%
Highest
8.54%
in 2021
Lowest
-10.05%
in 2020
Average
2.26%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.03%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.39% |
| 2024 | 1.08% |
| 2023 | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 5.15% |
| 2021 | 8.54% |
| 2020 | -10.05% |
| 2019 | 1.26% |
| 2018 | 1.55% |
| 2017 | 3.02% |
| 2016 | 2.21% |
| 2015 | 2.14% |
| 2014 | 3.16% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.