Industry results

The industry with the largest contribution to GDP growth is Electricity and Gas Supply, which added 0.4 percentage points to the September headline figure of 0.1%. Electricity and Gas Supply output varies strongly from month to month and often contributes a large proportion to monthly growth or contraction. In particular, thunderstorms and higher than average wind in September led to a large increase in wind and hydroelectric energy produced in September after low levels in August.

The industry with the largest negative contribution to overall GDP is Information and Communications, which contributed -0.1 percentage points to the September headline figure of 0.1%.