# United Kingdom 09 Recreation and culture CP NSA £m ()

United Kingdom 09 Recreation and culture CP NSA £m () was up 2.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 43,390 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.9% (Q2 2020) to 33.5% (Q2 2021), averaging 4.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-recreation-and-culture-cp-nsa-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 43,390 £m | 2.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 41,760 £m | 3.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 44,756 £m | 2.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 42,212 £m | 5.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 42,485 £m | 4.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 40,508 £m | 3.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 43,522 £m | 3.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 40,133 £m | 3.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 40,804 £m | 2.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 39,102 £m | 2.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 41,897 £m | −2.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 38,924 £m | −0.09 |
| Q2 2023 | 39,655 £m | 2.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 38,152 £m | 5.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 43,111 £m | 10.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 38,960 £m | 13.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 38,612 £m | 12.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 36,237 £m | 21.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 38,865 £m | 11.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 34,467 £m | 16.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 34,404 £m | 33.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 29,843 £m | −7.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 34,789 £m | −6.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 29,526 £m | −13.2 |

## API

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

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