UK country health

A factual dashboard structure for tracking whether core UK indicators are improving, deteriorating or too uncertain to call.

Metrics with official observations

38

Metrics pending data

0

Partial-history metrics

5

Latest raw download

2026-06-25

Coverage mix

UK: 27 / England: 3 / England and Wales: 7 / Great Britain: 1

Directional summary

The dashboard has enough official observations for a cautious directional summary, but each signal still depends on its own coverage and method notes.

The strongest deterioration signals are Food CPI, Private rent inflation, Economic inactivity due to long-term sickness.

food_cpiprivate_rent_inflationlong_term_sickness_inactivity

The strongest improvement signals are Real GDP per capita, Real household disposable income per capita, Real median disposable household income after housing costs.

real_gdp_per_capitareal_household_disposable_income_per_capitareal_median_disposable_household_income

The picture remains incomplete around House price-to-income ratio, Charge or sanction detection rate, Public-sector net debt to GDP.

house_price_to_income_ratiocharge_ratepublic_sector_net_debt_gdp

Why this summary may mislead

  • Coverage differs across UK, Great Britain, England and England and Wales metrics.
  • Partial-history and methodology-break metrics reduce confidence.
  • Distributional blind spots remain where aggregate metrics hide household or regional variation.
  • England-only public service data should not be described as UK-wide.
  • Crime data can mix survey estimates, police-recorded offences and outcomes.
  • No top gap is currently listed, but source caveats still apply.

Data coverage

1 active metrics pending data; 251 P0/P1 candidate metrics are queued separately.

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Evidence picture

A partial picture from data-backed metrics: what looks worse, what looks better, what remains uncertain, and where evidence is still missing.

Strong picture
36 with official observations
30 exact 10Y comparisons
1 active data gaps
No single score shown

What looks worse

Deteriorating signals with official data.

10

What looks better

Improving signals with official data.

9

Still uncertain

Mixed, contextual or methodology-limited evidence.

9

Biggest data gaps

Active metrics without official observations.

0

No metrics currently fall into this evidence group.

Living Standards

4 metrics
75%

improving among data-backed metrics

4/4 with data

1

severe flags

Growth Capacity

11 metrics
36%

improving among data-backed metrics

11/11 with data

3

severe flags

State Capacity

14 metrics
7%

improving among data-backed metrics

14/14 with data

6

severe flags

Social Order

4 metrics
67%

improving among data-backed metrics

4/4 with data

0

severe flags

Fiscal Resilience

4 metrics
0%

improving among data-backed metrics

4/4 with data

1

severe flags

Governance/Freedoms

1 metrics
0%

improving among data-backed metrics

1/1 with data

0

severe flags

High-signal metrics

Overview is limited to data-backed signals. Use Metrics for the full catalog.

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Metric table

38 rows
Metric table
Severe deteriorationpublic services75.7%+0.3-8-14.6EnglandTier 1NHS EnglandMay 2026
Severe deteriorationbusiness176,716-26,868+14,879+86,279UKTier 1Companies House2025-26-Q3
Severe deteriorationbusiness2,085+57+1,188+865Eng. & WalesTier 1Insolvency ServiceApr 2026
Severe deteriorationfiscal8.9%-0.4+5.7+4.1UKTier 1OBR2025-26
Severe deteriorationwork productivity2,778,000-1,000+470,000+678,000UKTier 1ONSFeb 2026
Severe deteriorationinfrastructure energy23.5 p/kWh-1.4+9.9+13.2UKTier 1DESNZ2025-Q4
Severe deteriorationliving standards143.6+4.1+40.3+45.7UKTier 1ONSApr 2026
Severe deteriorationdemography60.9 years-0.7-2.6-2.8UKTier 1ONS2022-2024
Severe deteriorationdemography60.7 years-0.6-2.2-2.2UKTier 1ONS2022-2024
Severe deteriorationpublic services7,093,502-295,563+1,969,785+3,489,896EnglandTier 1NHS EnglandApr 2026
Severe deteriorationhousing3.3%-3.7+2.3+0.1UKTier 1ONSMay 2026
Deterioratingbusiness317,440+1,415-46,385No dataUKTier 1ONS2024
Deterioratingbusiness37,070+30,725-23,260No dataUKTier 1ONS2024
Improvingbusiness280,370-29,310-23,125No dataUKTier 1ONS2024
Mixed / ambiguouscrime order8.2%+1.3+0.8-5Eng. & WalesTier 1Home OfficeDec 2025
Deterioratingbusiness184,888+3,627-16,932+46,086UKTier 1Companies House2025-26-Q3
Deterioratingpublic services80,203+6,097+23,162No dataEng. & WalesTier 1MoJ2025-Q4
Mixed / ambiguousfiscal-2.4%+1.3+2.7+4.1UKTier 1ONS2025-Q4
Improvingwork productivity75%0+0.6+0.9UKTier 1ONSFeb 2026
Improvingwork productivity99.1-0.5+1.2+6.4UKTier 1ONS2025-Q4
Improvingcrime order0.8 rate-0.1-0.4-0.1Eng. & WalesTier 1ONSDec 2025
Mixed / ambiguoushousing7.6 ratio-0.2-0.3+0.2Eng. & WalesTier 1ONS2025
Improvingcrime order49,151-5,397-6,019No dataEng. & WalesTier 1ONSDec 2025
Improvingdemography83 years+0.3+0+0.2UKTier 1ONS2022-2024
Deterioratingdemography79.1 years+0.3-0.2+0.1UKTier 1ONS2022-2024
Mixed / ambiguousgovernance7.5 score0+0.2-0.1UKTier 1ONS2025-Q4
Deterioratinghousing208,600-12,809-39,991+32,018EnglandTier 1DLUHC / MHCLG2024-25
Mixed / ambiguousdemography171,000-160,000+78,000-132,000UKTier 1ONS2025-Q4
Mixed / ambiguousfiscal94.2%+0.5-1.9+13.5UKTier 1ONSApr 2026
Deterioratinginfrastructure energy86.4%+0.5-6.7+2GBTier 1ORR2025-26-Q4
Improvingliving standards£10,215+89+1,060+668UKTier 1ONS2026-Q1
Improvingliving standards£6,353-60+4+200UKTier 1ONS2025-Q4
Improvingliving standards623.1 GBP/week+30.3+28.7+74.6UKTier 1Department for Work and Pensions2024-25
Improvingwork productivity13 GBP/hour+0.1+0.4+1.3UKTier 1ONS2025
Mixed / ambiguousfiscal36%+1.5+2.3+3.4UKTier 1OBR2025-26
Mixed / ambiguousdemography1.5 rate-0-0.3-0.4UKTier 1ONS2021
Deterioratingwork productivity5.0%+0.5+0.1-0.1UKTier 1ONSFeb 2026
No signalcrime order17%+0.9-2.3No dataEng. & WalesTier 1ONSDec 2025