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505 Economics is on a mission to make academic economics accessible. We've developed the first monthly sub-national GDP data for EU and UK regions from January 2015 onwards.

Our GDP dataset uses luminosity as a proxy for GDP. The brighter a place, the more economic activity that place tends to have.

We produce the data using high-resolution night time satellite imagery and Artificial Intelligence.

This builds on our academic research at the London School of Economics, and we're producing the dataset in collaboration with the European Space Agency BIC UK.

We have published peer-reviewed academic articles on the usage of luminosity as an accurate proxy for GDP.

Key features: - Frequent: Data is provided every month from January 2015. This is more frequent than quarterly official datasets. - Timely: Data is provided with a three week lag (i.e. the data for January 2021 was published at the end of February 2021). This is substantially quicker than the 3-6 month lag of official datasets. - Accurate: Our dataset uses Deep Learning to maximise accuracy (RMSE 1.2%).

The dataset can be used by:

• Financial services - to get an indication of national-level GDP before official GDP statistics are released
• Governments and policy makers - to monitor the performance of economies, to measure the impact of policies, and to get a real-time indication of economic activity.
• Engineering companies - to monitor and evaluate the national impact of infrastructure projects
• Consultancies - to forecast the national impact of specific projects, to retrospectively monitor and evaluate the localised impact of existing projects
• Economics firms - to create macro forecasts at the national, to assess the impact of policy interventions.
• Academia / Think Tanks - to conduct novel research with more-frequent GDP data than is available from official sources. E.g. our dataset can be used to measure the impact of localised COVID-19 lockdowns.

We have created this dataset for the UK, Switzerland and 28 EU Countries.

Underlying data from BIS Economics Paper no.11 'The economic consequences for the UK and the EU of completing the Single Market' [URN 11/517].

Underlying data and charts supporting the publication BIS Economics Paper no 10b: Manufacturing in the UK: supplementary analysis [URN 10/1334]

The Gross Domestic Product per capita in the United Kingdom was last recorded at 47265 US dollars in 2024. The GDP per Capita in the United Kingdom is equivalent to 374 percent of the world's average. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom GDP per capita - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Analysis of the labour market covering the latest developments. When using outputs from this analysis you should be aware of the following caveats: •The analysis is not intended to be comprehensive or exhaustive. It is a snapshot analysis of key data as it pertains to London. •The analysis does not represent the full body of evidence on which Mayoral Policies are, or will be, based. We advise that our outputs are triangulated with other sources of information and analysis to develop a rounded statistical picture of any specific policy issues.

The United Kingdom recorded a trade deficit of 1094 GBP Million in September of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Government spending in the United Kingdom was approximately 44.7 percent of GDP in 2024/25, compared with 39.6 percent in 2019/20.

This dataset is about books. It has 3 rows and is filtered where the book subjects is Economics-Research-Great Britain-Evaluation. It features 9 columns including author, publication date, language, and book publisher.

The government of the United Kingdom borrowed approximately 2.6 percent worth of its GDP in the 2024/25 financial year, compared with 2.3 percent in 2023/24. In 2020/21, government borrowing reached 11.6 percent of GDP, due to increased financial support to public services during the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with reduced revenue because of societal lockdowns.

Consumer Confidence in the United Kingdom decreased to -19 points in November from -17 points in October of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Consumer Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Data on the top universities for Business and Economics in 2025, including disciplines such as Accounting and Finance, Business Management, and Economics.

Monthly and long-term United Kingdom Fiscal Balance data: historical series and analyst forecasts curated by FocusEconomics.

Monthly and long-term United Kingdom Industry data: historical series and analyst forecasts curated by FocusEconomics.

Topic shares and sentiment for Economics students

Content

More details about each file are in the individual file descriptions.

Context

This is a dataset from the Federal Reserve hosted by the Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED). FRED has a data platform found here and they update their information according to the frequency that the data updates. Explore the Federal Reserve using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the Federal Reserve organization page!

• Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is maintained using FRED's API and Kaggle's API.

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505 Economics is on a mission to make academic economics accessible. We've developed the first monthly sub-national GDP data for EU and UK regions from January 2015 onwards.

Our GDP dataset uses luminosity as a proxy for GDP. The brighter a place, the more economic activity that place tends to have.

We produce the data using high-resolution night time satellite imagery and Artificial Intelligence.

This builds on our academic research at the London School of Economics, and we're producing the dataset in collaboration with the European Space Agency BIC UK.

We have published peer-reviewed academic articles on the usage of luminosity as an accurate proxy for GDP.

Key features:

• Granular: Data is provided at the following geographical units:
  • NUTS3 (e.g. Provinces),
  • NUTS2 (e.g. Regions),
  • NUTS1 (e.g. Macroregions), and
  • NUTS0 (e.g. Italy) levels.
• Frequent: Data is provided every month from January 2015. This is more frequent than the annualised official datasets.
• Timely: Data is provided with a one month lag (i.e. the data for January 2021 was published at the end of February 2021). This is substantially quicker than the 18 month lag of official datasets.
• Accurate: Our dataset uses Deep Learning to maximise accuracy (RMSE 1.2%).

The dataset can be used by:

• Governments and policy makers - to monitor the performance of local economies, to measure the localised impact of policies, and to get a real-time indication of economic activity.
• Financial services - to get an indication of national-level GDP before official GDP statistics are released
• Engineering companies - to monitor and evaluate the localised impact of infrastructure projects
• Consultancies - to forecast the localised impact of specific projects, to retrospectively monitor and evaluate the localised impact of existing projects
• Economics firms - to create macro forecasts at the national and sub-national level, to assess the impact of policy interventions.
• Academia / Think Tanks - to conduct novel research at the local level. E.g. our dataset can be used to measure the impact of localised COVID-19 lockdowns.

We have created this dataset for all UK sub-national regions, 28 EU Countries and Switzerland.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research and Development Activities industry’s revenue is expected to contract at a compound annual rate of 4.3% over the five years through 2024 to €3.6 billion. This includes a forecast drop of 2.8% in 2024. Revenue is far lower than in the Natural Science and Engineering Research and Development Activities industry, since scientific innovation, engineering techniques and healthcare developments are prioritised over research in societal change, economics, political science and cultural progress. Spending by businesses on R&D for these subjects is significantly lower, with most money instead coming from publicly backed organisations, such as think tanks, political organisations and cultural centres. That being said, Belgium, Germany, Malta and Sweden all rely more heavily on business-funded R&D, whereas Greece, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Estonia all depend more on government funding, finds Eurostat. Horizon Europe and the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) have made significant funding contributions since 2020 to progress in R&D, which has boosted revenue. Revenue is slated to climb at a compound annual rate of 3.5% over the five years through 2029 to €4.3 billion. Horizon Europe funding will continue to boost revenue for R&D activities and businesses are expected to allocate more funding to R&D as the value of research in humanities and social sciences becomes clearer. HERA will continue to encourage collaboration on R&D in Europe through the Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe programme, which includes countries like Spain, the UK, Estonia, Poland and Croatia.

This dataset is about book subjects. It has 5 rows and is filtered where the books is Economists and societies : discipline and profession in the United States, Britain, and France, 1890s to 1990s. It features 10 columns including number of authors, number of books, earliest publication date, and latest publication date.