# United Kingdom 08.1 Communication Postal services IDEF NSA 2023=100 ()

United Kingdom 08.1 Communication Postal services IDEF NSA 2023=100 () was up 1.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 107.8 (index (2023=100)).
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.0% (Q1 2022) to 17.3% (Q2 2024), averaging 5.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-08-1.MEASURE-IDEF`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: index (2023=100)
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/08-1-communication-postal-services-idef-nsa-2023-100

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 107.8 | 1.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 106.0 | 3.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 107.1 | 2.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 105.7 | 7.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 105.8 | 5.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 102.4 | 11.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 104.6 | 16.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 98.80 | 15.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 100.3 | 17.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 91.90 | 13.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 89.90 | 10.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 85.90 | 5.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 85.50 | 5.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 81.30 | 4.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 81.50 | 5.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 81.20 | 6.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 80.70 | 5.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 77.60 | 1.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 77.40 | 6.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 76.20 | 5.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 76.30 | 5.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 76.80 | 11.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 72.90 | 4.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 72.60 | 4.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-08-1.MEASURE-IDEF"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-08-1.MEASURE-IDEF",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```