Regional gross domestic product: July to September 2019

The most recent data in this report is for 2019 Q3. 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 increased by 0.9% in quarter 3 (July to September) 2019 compared with the previous quarter (April to June 2019). For the UK as a whole there was an increase of 0.5%.
• Wales had the joint fourth largest increase in output of the twelve UK countries and regions in quarter 3 2019.
• The construction and services sectors saw an increase of 2.6% and 1.5%, respectively. However, the production sector saw a decrease of 1.3%.

Change over the longer term

• Wales saw GDP growth of 1.7% compared to the same quarter a year ago, the UK as a whole saw GDP growth of 1.2%.
• There was growth in the services sector (2.8%), a fall of 0.6% in the construction sector and a fall of 1.4% in the production sector.

Note

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