# United Kingdom 09.5.1 Newspapers; books and stationery Books IDEF NSA 2023=100 ()

United Kingdom 09.5.1 Newspapers; books and stationery Books IDEF NSA 2023=100 () was down 1.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 101.0 (index (2023=100)).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.5% (Q1 2021) to 16.2% (Q3 2023), averaging 3.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-1.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/09-5-1-newspapers-books-and-stationery-books-idef-nsa-2023-100

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 101.0 | −1.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 99.20 | 1.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 98.50 | −2.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 100.2 | 0.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 102.1 | −0.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 97.80 | 1.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 100.8 | 3.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 99.40 | 5.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 103.0 | 8.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 96.80 | 12.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 97.00 | 14.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 94.70 | 16.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 94.70 | 15.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 85.80 | 3.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 85.00 | 4.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 81.50 | −0.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 81.70 | 6.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 83.30 | 14.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 81.00 | 4.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 81.80 | 2.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 76.60 | 5.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 73.10 | −10.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 77.40 | −3.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 80.00 | −0.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-1.MEASURE-IDEF"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-1.MEASURE-IDEF",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```