The British economy advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the last three months of 2015, accelerating from a 0.4 percent growth in the previous period and in line with market expectations, preliminary estimates showed. Considering full 2015, the GDP grew 2.2 percent, lower than 2.9 percent in 2014. GDP Growth Rate in the United Kingdom averaged 0.61 percent from 1955 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 5 percent in the first quarter of 1973 and a record low of -2.70 percent in the first quarter of 1974. GDP Growth Rate in the United Kingdom is reported by the Office for National Statistics.