"Figure 2: Total productivity was stable for 2018 and 2019, but quarterly productivity was on a steep decline from Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020","" "Public service productivity, inputs and output, quarter-on-quarter growth rates, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2018 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Data are from this experimental quarterly release. 2. Experimental quarterly estimates of productivity are indirectly seasonally adjusted, calculated using seasonally adjusted inputs and seasonally adjusted output. 3. Growth rates have been expressed in (natural) logarithm changes." "Unit","Percentage log growth" "","" "","Inputs (inverted)","Output","Productivity" "2018 Q1","1.2","-0.4","0.8" "2018 Q2","-2.6","0.2","-2.4" "2018 Q3","0.2","0.4","0.7" "2018 Q4","-0.6","1.3","0.7" "2019 Q1","-1.9","1.8","-0.2" "2019 Q2","-0.6","0.7","0.2" "2019 Q3","-0.8","0.2","-0.6" "2019 Q4","-0.8","1.3","0.5" "2020 Q1","0.3","-4.2","-3.8" "2020 Q2","-14.5","-17.3","-31.8"