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Estimates of economic activity within the countries of the UK and the nine English regions for October to December 2019.

The most recent data in this report is for 2019Q4. The report does not cover the period of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

These are experimental statistics and the volatility of the quarterly data make interpreting short term changes difficult.

Change over the shorter term

GDP in Wales decreased by 1.0% in quarter 4 (October to December) 2019 compared with the previous quarter (July to September 2019). For the UK as a whole, GDP was unchanged.

Wales had the second largest decrease in output of the twelve UK countries and regions in quarter 4 2019.

The construction sector saw an increase of 0.4%. However, the services and production sectors saw a decrease of 1.1% and 0.9%, respectively.

Change over the longer term

Wales saw GDP decrease of 0.5% compared to the same quarter a year ago, the UK as a whole saw GDP growth of 0.9%.

There was growth in the services sector (0.5%) and a fall of 3.4% in both the construction and production sectors.

Note

These experimental estimates were first published by the Office for National Statistics in September 2019.

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