Welcome to our round-up of the latest statistics and analysis on the economy from the Office for National Statistics. Annual UK GDP revisions Weâve released our annual revisions of the UKâs Gross Domestic Product (GDP) covering the period up to 2022. As more data have become available weâve been able to refine our initial estimates of economic activity and update our assumptions about the relative size of each sector since the pandemic. You can learn more about our GDP revisions and find out what the next steps are by reading our latest blog or watching our video. Transforming consumer price statistics On 6 August we published an update on the transformation of consumer price statistics which includes details of identifying new data sources, improving methods and developing systems. Read our blog to find out more about how this groundbreaking work is improving our understanding of inflation in the UK economy. Watch our prices transformation video We have also published a video explaining what our planned changes for collecting prices, by using data from supermarket checkouts, will mean for our consumer price statistics. Measuring progress, well-being and going 'beyond GDP' Today, we have published our second bulletin to explore quality of life in the UK and updated the UK Measures of National Well-being dashboard. You can find out more information about our work by visiting our dashboard or reading our latest bulletin.  Measuring Progress, Well-being and Beyond GDP bulletin Bringing together data summarising progress in the UK across the economy, environment and society. Some of the latest findings include: in May to June 2023, 4.8% of children (aged 10 to 15 years) in the UK reported low satisfaction with their lives; this has not changed from the same period in 2022. However, it was more common for children to report low happiness with their health, at 8.9%. among adults in Great Britain who tried to contact their GP within the last 12 months, a third (33%) said it was âdifficultâ or âvery difficultâ when asked in June 2024. This is against a background of 87% of adults in Great Britain considering the NHS to be one of the most important issues facing the UK when asked in the same time period. there are indications that peopleâs concern about climate change may be falling, with the share of UK adults expressing concern dropping from 85% in 2021 to 80% in 2024. This is against the background of the UK making progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. You can find out more about the latest findings by reading our bulletin. UK Measures of National Well-being dashboard Our dashboard tracks the UKâs progress across 10 topic areas of national well-being. Among the updates we can see that: of UK adults, 5.3% rated their life satisfaction as low in January to March 2024, compared with 4.5% in January to March 2019. of UK adults, 23.3% rated their anxiety the previous day as high, (January to March 2024), compared with 20.5% in January to March 2019. Visit our interactive dashboard to learn more about our work. We will publish a new Measuring Progress, Well-being and Beyond GDP bulletin every three months, the next will be on 14 November.  Feedback We'd love to hear your feedback on our Measuring Progress, Well-being and Beyond GDP program. Get in touch with us at [email protected]. |