# United Kingdom Total Sector: Mineral Exploration: Total Industry: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Mineral Exploration: Total Industry: £m: CP: NSA () was down 10.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −12.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 216.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −89.3% (Q3 2020) to 450.0% (Q3 2021), averaging 33.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFM3.NACE-M`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/total-sector-mineral-exploration-total-industry-m-cp-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 216.0 £m | −10.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 225.0 £m | −12.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 237.0 £m | −23.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 234.0 £m | −22.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 241.0 £m | −9.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 257.0 £m | 8.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 310.0 £m | −34.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 301.0 £m | −35.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 267.0 £m | −13.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 236.0 £m | −22.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 470.0 £m | 276.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 464.0 £m | 54.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 307.0 £m | 72.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 303.0 £m | 126.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 125.0 £m | −36.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 300.0 £m | 70.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 178.0 £m | 38.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 134.0 £m | 197.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 198.0 £m | 22.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 176.0 £m | 450.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 129.0 £m | −19.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 45.00 £m | −55.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 162.0 £m | −62.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 32.00 £m | −89.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFM3.NACE-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFM3.NACE-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```