The UK Picture

Net migration vs GDP per person growth

Compare between two and five reviewed UK indicators. Every choice is kept in the URL so the result can be reproduced and shared.

Indexed trend using the latest observation in each year. Only years present in every selected series are plotted.
Multi-series comparisonAnnual comparison of Net migration, GDP per person growth from 2012 to 2025.● Net migration · index● GDP per person growth · index20122025

Shared years

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Statistics compared

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Pairwise correlation

Net migrationGDP per person growth
Net migration1.000.44
GDP per person growth0.441.00
Pearson correlation describes co-movement only; it does not establish cause.

Net migration

Long-term immigration minus long-term emigration for overlapping year-ending periods. Latest estimates are provisional official statistics in development.

Long-term international migration source

GDP per person growth

Percentage change in inflation-adjusted economic output per person compared with the previous quarter.

Office for National Statistics source

What this cannot prove: lines moving together may reflect common trends, policy changes, population growth, inflation, timing choices or coincidence. Test other periods and display modes before drawing a conclusion.

YearNet migrationGDP per person growth
202587.690.00
2024169.74-133.33
2023434.87200.00
2022456.9233.33
2021239.49-366.67
202047.69-433.33
201994.360.00
2018141.540.00
2017106.67-200.00
2016127.69-166.67
2015155.38-133.33
2014145.64-166.67
2013125.13-166.67
2012100.00100.00

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