"Figure 2: Output per worker increased in Quarter 1 2019 compared with the same quarter a year ago, as GDP grew faster than employment","" "Seasonally adjusted, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2009 to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2019, UK","" "","" "Notes","1. 1. Estimates of employment have had their sign reversed to reflect how they affect output per worker. An increase in employment will contribute negatively to output per worker; while a decrease in employment will contribute positively to output per worker." "Unit","%" "","" " ","% Change on same quarter a year ago, GDP","% Change on same quarter a year ago, employment (sign reversed)","% Change on same quarter a year ago, (GDP latest period)","% Change on same quarter a year ago, employment (sign reversed, latest period)","% Change on same quarter a year ago, output per worker","% Change on same quarter a year ago, output per worker (latest flash estimate)" "Q1 2009","-5.9","1.1","","","-4.9","" "Q2 2009","-5.5","2.1","","","-3.5","" "Q3 2009","-4","1.7","","","-2.3","" "Q4 2009","-1.8","1.4","","","-0.4","" "Q1 2010","0.6","1.2","","","1.8","" "Q2 2010","1.9","-0.4","","","1.5","" "Q3 2010","2.4","-1.1","","","1.3","" "Q4 2010","2.5","-0.8","","","1.7","" "Q1 2011","2.6","-1.5","","","1.1","" "Q2 2011","1.6","-0.9","","","0.7","" "Q3 2011","1","0.4","","","1.3","" "Q4 2011","0.7","-0.1","","","0.6","" "Q1 2012","1","0","","","0.9","" "Q2 2012","0.8","-0.8","","","0","" "Q3 2012","1.7","-1.6","","","0.1","" "Q4 2012","1.5","-1.9","","","-0.4","" "Q1 2013","1.1","-1.3","","","-0.2","" "Q2 2013","1.6","-0.9","","","0.6","" "Q3 2013","1.2","-1.2","","","0.1","" "Q4 2013","1.9","-1.3","","","0.6","" "Q1 2014","2.6","-2.3","","","0.2","" "Q2 2014","3.3","-2.6","","","0.7","" "Q3 2014","3.6","-2.4","","","1.1","" "Q4 2014","4","-2.2","","","1.8","" "Q1 2015","3.3","-2","","","1.2","" "Q2 2015","2.9","-1.3","","","1.6","" "Q3 2015","2.3","-1.6","","","0.6","" "Q4 2015","1.8","-1.9","","","-0.1","" "Q1 2016","1.8","-1.3","","","0.4","" "Q2 2016","1.6","-2.1","","","-0.5","" "Q3 2016","1.9","-1.5","","","0.4","" "Q4 2016","2.3","-1","","","1.3","" "Q1 2017","2.4","-1.2","","","1.2","" "Q2 2017","2.2","-1","","","1.2","" "Q3 2017","2.1","-0.8","","","1.3","" "Q4 2017","1.6","-1","","","0.6","" "Q1 2018","1.2","-1.2","","","0","" "Q2 2018","1.4","-1","","","0.4","" "Q3 2018","1.6","-1.2","","","0.4","" "Q4 2018","1.4","-1.4","","","0","" "Q1 2019","","","1.8","-1.1","0.7","0.7"