Rankings · United Kingdom
Each ranking lists every office-holder by how one indicator moved from their first day in office, next to the United Kingdom or the nation over the same months. A ranking of what happened during a tenure, not of who did it. Data as of Sep 2026. The worldwide rankings set them against every other country's.
Prime ministers
- Real GDP during each prime minister's tenureONS quarterly national accounts (ABMI), chained volume measures, seasonally adjusted
- Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenureONS (IHXW), GDP per head, chained volume measures, seasonally adjusted, summed over the trailing four quarters
- Average weekly pay during each prime minister's tenureONS Average Weekly Earnings (KAB9), whole economy, total pay, seasonally adjusted, adjusted for inflation with the CPI (D7BT)
- Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenureONS Labour Force Survey, rolling three months dated at their last month, seasonally adjusted
- Employment rate, 16–64 during each prime minister's tenureONS Labour Force Survey, rolling three months dated at their last month, seasonally adjusted
- Inflation (CPI) during each prime minister's tenureONS Consumer Prices Index (D7G7), all items
- Average house price during each prime minister's tenureHM Land Registry UK House Price Index, average price of all property types
- Public sector net debt during each prime minister's tenureONS public sector finances (HF6X), net debt excluding public sector banks, not seasonally adjusted
First ministers
- Economic output (GVA) during each first minister's tenureONS regional gross value added (balanced) via nomis (NM_2400_1), current prices, adjusted for inflation with the UK CPI (D7BT), calendar years dated at mid-year
- Output (GVA) per person during each first minister's tenureONS regional gross value added (balanced) via nomis (NM_2400_1), output where it is produced, over the resident mid-year population (NM_2002_1), adjusted for inflation with the UK CPI (D7BT), calendar years dated at mid-year; a city that people commute into reads high
- Median weekly pay during each first minister's tenureONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings via nomis (NM_30_1), median gross weekly pay of full-time employees living in the area, April each year, adjusted for inflation with the UK CPI (D7BT)
- Unemployment rate during each first minister's tenureONS Labour Force Survey, rolling three months dated at their last month, seasonally adjusted
- Employment rate, 16–64 during each first minister's tenureONS Labour Force Survey, rolling three months dated at their last month, seasonally adjusted
- Average house price during each first minister's tenureHM Land Registry UK House Price Index, average price of all property types
- Population during each first minister's tenureONS mid-year population estimates via nomis (NM_2002_1)
Mayors
- Average house price during each mayor's tenureHM Land Registry UK House Price Index, average price of all property types
- Output (GVA) per person during each mayor's tenureONS regional gross value added (balanced) via nomis (NM_2400_1), output where it is produced, over the resident mid-year population (NM_2002_1), adjusted for inflation with the UK CPI (D7BT), calendar years dated at mid-year; a city that people commute into reads high
- Population during each mayor's tenureONS mid-year population estimates via nomis (NM_2002_1)
- Unemployment rate during each mayor's tenureONS model-based estimates via nomis (NM_127_1), rolling 12 months, dated at the start of the last quarter
- Median weekly pay during each mayor's tenureONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings via nomis (NM_30_1), median gross weekly pay of full-time employees living in the area, April each year, adjusted for inflation with the UK CPI (D7BT)
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