United Kingdom Capacity Utilization

Capacity Utilization in the United Kingdom decreased to 80.70 percent in the second quarter of 2019 from 81.30 percent in the first quarter of 2019. Capacity Utilization in the United Kingdom averaged 72.85 percent from 1958 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 85.20 percent in the second quarter of 1988 and a record low of 38 percent in the first quarter of 1965.

Capacity Utilization in the United Kingdom is expected to be 79.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Capacity Utilization in the United Kingdom to stand at 79.40 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Capacity Utilization is projected to trend around 79.10 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United Kingdom Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	-13.00	-23.00	55.00	-75.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	53.10	55.10	61.50	34.40		[+]
Services PMI	50.40	48.90	62.50	40.10	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.30	0.40	22.70	-11.90	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.70	0.60	9.90	-8.00	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	2.60	1.20	19.60	-16.90	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	80.70	81.30	85.20	38.00	percent	[+]
New Orders	10747.00	11075.00	25109.00	9381.00	GBP Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-5.00	1.00	21.00	-79.00	Net Balance	[+]
Changes in Inventories	4600.00	4241.00	11295.00	-11441.00	GBP Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	4188.00	4725.00	6509.00	924.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	115312.00	112291.00	115312.00	1024.00	GBP Million	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-56.10	-62.00	61.00	-77.20		[+]
Car Production	126195.00	123203.00	185157.00	43773.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	161064.00	458054.00	562337.00	33051.00		[+]
Small Business Sentiment	-13.00	-31.00	40.00	-69.00		[+]
Internet Speed	16920.86	16337.23	16920.86	3085.89	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	27493519.00	26782989.00	27493519.00	13305856.00	IP	[+]
Leading Economic Index	0.50	0.30	1.90	-2.10	percent	[+]
Private Investment	0.50	-0.90	63.70	-33.70	percent	[+]
Mining Production	9.80	5.50	854.60	-90.50	percent	[+]
Steel Production	735.00	485.00	2848.00	131.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	81.99	82.11	82.11	5.18	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	8.00	6.00	13.00	2.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	50.90	50.00	61.80	47.60		[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	11.00	11.00	32.00	3.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	9.00	7.00	11.00	5.00		[+]
Electricity Production	27054.00	32455.00	38520.00	16152.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	80.00	82.00	87.00	74.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	11.00	8.00	20.00	8.00		[+]

United Kingdom Capacity Utilization

Capacity utilization rate is used to measure the rate at which potential output levels are being met or used. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Capacity Utilization - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Capacity Utilization - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	80.70	81.30	85.20	38.00	1958 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	58.50	Feb/19	56.2	84.1 : 48.16	%
Australia	81.12	Apr/19	80.97	84.62 : 78.24	%
Brazil	76.50	Mar/19	78	84.6 : 75.9	%
Canada	81.70	Dec/18	82.8	87.3 : 72.7	%
China	75.90	Mar/19	76	78 : 72.9	%
Euro Area	82.80	Jun/19	83.6	85.3 : 69.6	%
France	84.40	Jun/19	85	90.3 : 71.4	%
Germany	85.40	Jun/19	86.3	88.7 : 70.2	%
India	74.80	Sep/18	73.8	83.2 : 71	%
Indonesia	76.10	Mar/19	75.18	79.78 : 62.43	%
Italy	76.80	Mar/19	78.7	81 : 64.9	%
Japan	101.00	Feb/19	100	136 : 68.6	Index Points
Mexico	80.80	Feb/19	81.2	82.5 : 74.1	%
Netherlands	84.30	Jun/19	83.9	86.5 : 74.4	%
Russia	63.00	Feb/19	62	66 : 38	%
South Africa	81.40	Dec/18	81.3	86.2 : 76.9	%
South Korea	101.60	Mar/19	102	105 : 3.8	Index Points
Spain	80.50	Jun/19	80.59	90 : 68.86	%
Switzerland	81.82	Jun/19	84.29	90 : 75.04	%
Turkey	75.00	Apr/19	74.3	82 : 58.7	%
United Kingdom	80.70	Jun/19	81.3	85.2 : 38	%
United States	77.93	Apr/19	78.46	89.39 : 66.69	%