{"version":"1","article":{"id":"uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024","slug":"uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024?lang=en","title":"ONS publishes UK regional GDP through 2024 but withholds some subregion estimates","summary":"The new annual accounts update country, regional and local coverage; a boundary-classification conversion issue led to temporary suppression of affected ITL2 estimates.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-05T20:14:39+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-05T20:14:39+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2024-12","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Office for National Statistics","url":"https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/regionaleconomicactivitybygrossdomesticproductuk/1998to2024","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-23"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/uk-regional-gdp-release-1998-2024?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) published regional economic-activity accounts for 1998 to 2024 on 23 September. The annual dataset covers countries, regions and local areas, with estimates at current market prices, chained-volume measures and a full industry breakdown of balanced gross value added (GVA). Users can therefore follow regional activity over time in both nominal terms and measures that remove price effects. The ONS also issued separate regional GDP tables for combined authorities, city regions and other defined economic areas. These geographies may not correspond exactly to standard administrative boundaries.","Alongside the release, the ONS said it had identified an issue in converting from former International Territorial Level (ITL) subregions to the areas introduced in the ITL25 update. The issue affected ITL2 estimates for West of England; North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset; Gloucestershire and Wiltshire; North Wales; Mid and South West Wales; South East Wales; Highlands and Islands; and West Central Scotland. Smaller areas within the listed subregions, as well as some city and economic regions containing parts of them, were also affected. The ONS temporarily suppressed estimates that could otherwise be misleading.","The ONS said the issue did not affect ITL1 countries and regions, whose estimates remained in the release. While data for affected subregions are missing, users need to account for the coverage limitation when interpreting local output differences; a blank or suppressed value does not mean zero activity. The office said it expected to publish a complete dataset within four to six weeks and apologised for the disruption. The notice shows that the annual series is being reorganised around a revised geographical classification and that data consistency matters for small-area comparisons. This release updates historical regional estimates through 2024; it contains no observed economic outcomes after that year and does not by itself explain the causes of local growth differences."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The new annual accounts update country, regional and local coverage; a boundary-classification conversion issue led to temporary suppression of affected ITL2 estimates.\n\nThe UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) published regional economic-activity accounts for 1998 to 2024 on 23 September. The annual dataset covers countries, regions and local areas, with estimates at current market prices, chained-volume measures and a full industry breakdown of balanced gross value added (GVA). Users can therefore follow regional activity over time in both nominal terms and measures that remove price effects. The ONS also issued separate regional GDP tables for combined authorities, city regions and other defined economic areas. These geographies may not correspond exactly to standard administrative boundaries.\n\nAlongside the release, the ONS said it had identified an issue in converting from former International Territorial Level (ITL) subregions to the areas introduced in the ITL25 update. The issue affected ITL2 estimates for West of England; North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset; Gloucestershire and Wiltshire; North Wales; Mid and South West Wales; South East Wales; Highlands and Islands; and West Central Scotland. Smaller areas within the listed subregions, as well as some city and economic regions containing parts of them, were also affected. The ONS temporarily suppressed estimates that could otherwise be misleading.\n\nThe ONS said the issue did not affect ITL1 countries and regions, whose estimates remained in the release. While data for affected subregions are missing, users need to account for the coverage limitation when interpreting local output differences; a blank or suppressed value does not mean zero activity. The office said it expected to publish a complete dataset within four to six weeks and apologised for the disruption. The notice shows that the annual series is being reorganised around a revised geographical classification and that data consistency matters for small-area comparisons. This release updates historical regional estimates through 2024; it contains no observed economic outcomes after that year and does not by itself explain the causes of local growth differences.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}