The United Kingdom’s economy expanded by 1.0% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, unchanged from the 1.0% growth rate recorded in the same quarter a year earlier. The latest GDP reading, updated on 31 March 2026, indicates that the UK has maintained a steady but subdued pace of growth as it closed out 2025.
Because the comparison is made on a year-over-year basis, the “actual” figure measures the change in economic output in the fourth quarter of 2025 relative to the fourth quarter of the previous year. The “previous” figure reflects the same type of comparison for the earlier reference period, which also showed 1.0% growth. The unchanged result suggests that the UK economy neither accelerated nor decelerated on an annual basis heading into 2026, pointing to a stable but modest growth environment.
