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Hands & DemandsProducer–Consumer Index · November 2026 reading

United Kingdom: 48 producers for every 100 consumers

The count was highest in 1950, where the record starts, at 55. It reaches 45 by 2050.

Producers per 100 consumers, United Kingdom and the world

  • United Kingdom
  • World
  • Projection
  • 2026
  • 2050
455055199020102030205048.345.2World 53.1
  • Producers per 100 consumers

    48.32026

    • Highest: 54.9 in 1950
    • 2050: 45.2
    • Index, 2020 = 100: 97.0 now, 90.7 in 2050
  • Workers per 100 people

    49.3Q2 2026

    • Q2 2025: 49.2
    • 2.03 people for every worker
  • Output per worker

    $111,0002025

    • +19% since 2000

Decade by decade

YearProducers per 100 consumersIndex, 2020 = 100
199050.7101.8
200052.2104.9
201051.6103.7
202049.8100.0
202648.397.0
203047.595.4
204046.893.9
205045.290.7

Years after 2021 are projections.

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