"Figure 1: The trends of our main productivity measures vary dramatically across different time periods","" "Output per hour and output per worker, multi-factor productivity (MFP), public sector productivity (PSP), 1997 to 2020, cumulative annual growth rates, UK","" "","" "Notes","1. These growth rates are calculated as cumulative annual growth rates. " "Unit","%" "","" "Period","1997 to 2007","2008 to 2009 (economic downturn)","2010 to 2019","2020 (COVID-19)" "Output per hour","2.2","-1.2","0.4","0.4" "Output per Worker","1.9","-2.5","0.6","-9.5" "Multifactor Productivity","1.7","-4.3","0.3","-0.1" "Public Service Productivity","0.1","-0.5","0.6","-15.4"