Capacity Utilization in the United Kingdom increased to 73.90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 from 64.50 percent in the third quarter of 2020. Capacity Utilization in the United Kingdom averaged 72.83 percent from 1958 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 85.20 percent in the second quarter of 1988 and a record low of 38.00 percent in the first quarter of 1965. source: DG ECFIN - Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs



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United Kingdom Capacity Utilization
Capacity utilization rate is used to measure the rate at which potential output levels are being met or used.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
73.90 64.50 85.20 38.00 1958 - 2020 percent Quarterly
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