The gross domestic product (GDP) of the United Kingdom advanced 0.6% in the first quarter of 2026, a figure that coincides with the preliminary estimate, as ratified by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). At the same time, the agency has cut the previous year's expansion figure by one tenth, which now stands at 1.3%.
With this result, in the first three months of 2026, Europe's second-largest economy accelerated its growth rate by half a percentage point compared to the 0.1% recorded in the last quarter of 2025, a figure that has also been revised downwards by one tenth.
By branches of activity, services registered an increase of 0.8% in the first quarter of 2026, after rising 0.1% in the last three months of 2025. For its part, the production sector advanced 0.2%, clearly below the 1.2% recorded in the previous quarter. In turn, construction also grew by 0.2% between January and March 2026.
Regarding demand, household final actual consumption expenditure rose 0.6% in the first three months of 2026, while government spending increased by 1.3%. Furthermore, gross fixed capital formation rebounded by 0.4% in the period between January and March 2026.