# United Kingdom 08.3 Communication Telephone and telefax services IDEF NSA 2023=100 ()

United Kingdom 08.3 Communication Telephone and telefax services IDEF NSA 2023=100 () was down 4.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −4.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 96.80 (index (2023=100)).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.7% (Q2 2018) to 4.4% (Q4 2024), averaging −8.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-08-3.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/08-3-communication-telephone-and-telefax-services-idef-nsa-2023-100

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 96.80 | −4.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 96.70 | −4.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 97.30 | −4.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 98.40 | −2.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 100.8 | 0.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 101.2 | 3.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 101.7 | 4.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 100.8 | 3.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 100.0 | 0.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 97.60 | 0.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 97.40 | −2.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 97.40 | −6.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 99.40 | −7.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 96.80 | −9.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 99.80 | −5.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 103.7 | −2.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 107.9 | 1.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 106.9 | −2.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 105.8 | −3.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 106.4 | −4.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 106.2 | −10.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 109.2 | −11.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 109.6 | −18.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 111.8 | −18.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-08-3.MEASURE-IDEF"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-08-3.MEASURE-IDEF",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```