"Figure 6: Whole economy unit labour costs continue to increase between 2% and 4% compared with the same quarter a year ago","" "Quarter on year growth rates, seasonally adjusted, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 1998 to Quarter 3 (Jul to Sept) 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% log growth" "","" "Date","ULC","Output per hour (sign reversed)","Labour costs per hour" "1997 Q1","1.1","-2","3.1" "1997 Q2","2.8","-2.1","4.9" "1997 Q3","4.1","-1.5","5.6" "1997 Q4","4.1","-2.1","6.1" "1998 Q1","3.1","-1.7","4.8" "1998 Q2","2","-2.5","4.5" "1998 Q3","2","-2.8","4.7" "1998 Q4","2.2","-3.2","5.3" "1999 Q1","4.7","-2.9","7.5" "1999 Q2","5.8","-1.7","7.5" "1999 Q3","3.9","-2.7","6.7" "1999 Q4","3.6","-2.7","6.3" "2000 Q1","1.2","-5.1","6.4" "2000 Q2","1.1","-4.6","5.8" "2000 Q3","3.6","-3.2","6.8" "2000 Q4","5.9","-1.2","7.1" "2001 Q1","6.9","-0.5","7.4" "2001 Q2","3.5","-1.4","4.8" "2001 Q3","1.7","-2.1","3.8" "2001 Q4","0.1","-3.4","3.5" "2002 Q1","0","-2.3","2.3" "2002 Q2","1.5","-3.1","4.6" "2002 Q3","1.5","-2.3","3.8" "2002 Q4","1.3","-2.3","3.6" "2003 Q1","1","-2.6","3.6" "2003 Q2","1","-2.1","3.2" "2003 Q3","1.9","-3","4.9" "2003 Q4","1.9","-3.6","5.5" "2004 Q1","3.1","-2.2","5.3" "2004 Q2","3.2","-2.4","5.6" "2004 Q3","3.6","-1.6","5.2" "2004 Q4","4.3","0.2","4" "2005 Q1","3","-1.1","4.1" "2005 Q2","2.3","-1.6","3.9" "2005 Q3","1.7","-2","3.7" "2005 Q4","0.1","-4.3","4.4" "2006 Q1","1.6","-3.6","5.1" "2006 Q2","2.6","-2.5","5" "2006 Q3","3.7","-1.8","5.5" "2006 Q4","7","-0.1","7.1" "2007 Q1","4.4","-0.9","5.2" "2007 Q2","4.6","-0.9","5.5" "2007 Q3","4","-1.6","5.6" "2007 Q4","0.7","-2.4","3.1" "2008 Q1","3","-0.9","3.9" "2008 Q2","0.5","-1","1.5" "2008 Q3","0.4","1.2","-0.7" "2008 Q4","2.4","3.3","-0.9" "2009 Q1","1.9","2.5","-0.6" "2009 Q2","4.7","2.9","1.7" "2009 Q3","3.6","0.7","2.9" "2009 Q4","3.6","-0.9","4.6" "2010 Q1","2.7","-1.7","4.4" "2010 Q2","0.9","-2","2.9" "2010 Q3","0.4","-1.7","2" "2010 Q4","-0.9","-1.2","0.3" "2011 Q1","0.4","-1.1","1.5" "2011 Q2","0","-2","2" "2011 Q3","-0.2","-1.2","1" "2011 Q4","0.7","-1.7","2.4" "2012 Q1","0.4","-0.7","1.1" "2012 Q2","0.8","1.2","-0.4" "2012 Q3","1","0.5","0.6" "2012 Q4","-0.3","1.2","-1.5" "2013 Q1","-0.3","0.2","-0.5" "2013 Q2","2.5","-0.8","3.3" "2013 Q3","2.7","-0.1","2.8" "2013 Q4","4","-0.7","4.7" "2014 Q1","3.4","0.1","3.3" "2014 Q2","-0.6","0.6","-1.2" "2014 Q3","-0.2","0","-0.2" "2014 Q4","-1.3","0.1","-1.4" "2015 Q1","0","-0.1","0.1" "2015 Q2","1","-1.1","2.1" "2015 Q3","1.2","-1.2","2.4" "2015 Q4","0.9","0","0.8" "2016 Q1","-0.1","-0.6","0.5" "2016 Q2","2.6","0","2.6" "2016 Q3","2.7","0","2.8" "2016 Q4","2.8","-1.6","4.4" "2017 Q1","2","-0.8","2.8" "2017 Q2","1.8","-0.3","2.2" "2017 Q3","2.3","-1.3","3.7" "2017 Q4","2.7","-1.2","3.9" "2018 Q1","3.7","-0.8","4.4" "2018 Q2","2.5","-1.4","3.9" "2018 Q3","2.4","0.2","2.2" "2018 Q4","3.7","0.1","3.6" "2019 Q1","2.7","0.1","2.6" "2019 Q2","3.9","0.6","3.3" "2019 Q3","3.5","-0.1","3.6"