This page compares your birth year against the latest available UK figures. Current values are loaded from a monthly-written snapshot file, so the page stays fast and does not call external APIs on load.
Higher is not always worse in economics generally, but in this tool the selected indicators are decline-oriented. Green indicates an improvement against your birth year; red indicates deterioration.
Historical values are interpolated between official published points to keep the slider smooth and low-maintenance.
Current figures are refreshed by the site's monthly snapshot updater and then served from a small local data file.