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How the ONS is working towards measuring depletion of UK natural capital

Ellen Clowser
March 7, 2024

Categories: Economy, Environment, Office for National Statistics, ONS

As well as its more traditional social and economic statistics, the Office for National Statistics has been further improving its measurement of what the natural world provides to us through ‘ecosystem services’. This work is part of the wider ‘Wellbeing and Beyond GDP’ agenda to provide a complementary and more holistic view of national prosperity and well-being. In this post Ellen Clowser looks at how we’ve been extending our measurement of natural capital to estimate for the first time how these resources are being depleted.

International Development: Growing a Global Statistical System

Statistically Speaking
August 25, 2023

Categories: Census, Data, Data Science Campus, Economy, Environment, migration, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population

Global issues, such as climate change, population growth and inflation to name a few, are best understood with the benefit of good global statistics. So, to that end, the ONS works in partnership with a number of countries worldwide with the ultimate aim of raising the world’s statistical capabilities.

In the latest episode of Statistically Speaking, podcast host Miles Fletcher chats to the head of the Ghanaian Statistical Service, Professor Samuel Annim; Emily Poskett, Head of International Development at the ONS; and Tim Harris of the ONS Data Science Campus’s international development team, about what international partnerships are achieving.

Inclusive Income: How the ONS is moving beyond GDP

Richard Heys
June 9, 2023

Categories: Data, Economy, Environment, Office for National Statistics, ONS

Image shows a traffic jam, it is evening so there are brake lights and the speed signs are illuminated on the overhead bridge

As well as producing high-quality economic analysis and statistics, the ONS has been working on radical plans to go ‘beyond GDP’. This work includes new and innovative metrics reflecting the impact of economic change on people and the environment. Richard Heys introduces the new measure of ‘Inclusive Growth’, and explains what it says about how our lives and environment are changing.

The ‘R’ Word: What exactly is a ‘recession’ anyway?

Statistically Speaking
February 20, 2023

Categories: Business, Economy, Environment, Public Policy, Recession, Wellbeing

News headlines this month proclaimed the UK has ‘narrowly avoided recession’. In ‘Recessions, GDP and Beyond’, the latest episode of our ‘Statistically Speaking’ podcast, we decode the ‘r’ word and explain why this sometimes misleading term is one the ONS is often cautious to avoid.

What matters most to people in the UK and has that changed over time?

Liz McKeown
February 10, 2023

Categories: Data, Economy, Environment, ONS, Population, Public Policy, Wellbeing

A group of people looking happy, they have their arms around each other and are in a park type setting with sunlight behind them

Since 2011, the ONS has been measuring ‘National Well-being’ to evaluate how we are doing as a nation. National Well-being includes the things that people have told us matter most to them, across the environment, society and economy. Here Liz McKeown looks at our GDP & Beyond work, focusing on responses to our recent online survey reviewing how we measure National Well-being.