GVA by Industries - Growth areas in the UK

The following is a simple exercise of comparing GVA levels of 2008 and 1995.

In England of the 93 regions as defined by the ONS the industries that grew the most are:

56 Business services and finance
28 Public administration, education, health and other services
09 Distribution, transport and communication

During the same period there was a decline in production in 30 of the regions.

In Wales of the 12 regions the industries that grew the most are:

7 Public administration, education, health and other services
3 Business services and finance
2 Distribution, transport and communication

During the same period there was a decline in production in 6 of the regions

In Scotland of the 23 regions the industries that grew the most are:

11 Public administration, education, health and other services.
07 Business services and finance
03 Construction
02 Distribution, transport and communication

During the same period there was a decline in production in 8 of the regions

In Northern Ireland of the 5 regions the industries that grew the most are:

2 Public administration, education, health and other services.
2 Distribution, transport and communication.
1 Business services and finance

Data from ONS - 3:8 GVA1,2 by 6 industries (constrained to headline NUTS2) at current basic prices. And as always my usual disclaimer about comparing regions using GVA.

GVA - Production and Business services and finance.

And for now to finish my journey through charts, the below is GVA by Production (constrained to headline NUTS2) at current basic prices for all regions in Wales.

And the next chart being for Business services and finance.

Data from ONS - 3:8 GVA1,2 by 6 industries (constrained to headline NUTS2) at current basic prices. And as always my usual disclaimer about comparing regions using GVA.

GVA - Agriculture, forestry and fishing

When looking at the charts for all 6 industries (see below post), it became apparent that one industry had seen a fall in its GVA over the years, being Agriculture, forestry and fishing across the majority of the UK.

When you look in detail at the figures you realise that following 2003/2004 there has been a dramatic drop in earnings, from which the 'industry' has never recovered fully from.

The first chart shows GVA for agriculture, forestry and fishing(constrained to headline NUTS2) at current basic prices for all regions in England.

The next chart is for all regions in Wales and again you can see there has been a steady decrease for sometime and as England the worse being after 2003/2004. However unlike England there has only been a small recovery since .

The final chart is for Scotland which had a less dramatic decline in the GVA for agriculture, forestry and fishing. The Scottish Government website says:

"In 2004, net farm incomes were lower across most sectors due to a combination of lower output prices and higher input costs. In particular cereal and potato prices for the 2004 harvest were lower than the previous year, whilst input costs such as fuel, fertilisers and agrochemicals increased. Dairy farmers saw a small increase in net farm income despite increased costs, primarily due to receipt of the dairy premium."

Data from ONS - 3:8 GVA1,2 by 6 industries (constrained to headline NUTS2) at current basic prices. And as always my usual disclaimer about comparing regions using GVA.

GVA by 6 industries.

With the May elections for the Welsh Assembly not that far off I though I’d look at how Wales is doing in comparison with the rest of the UK. I start with GVA by industries the first chart being for Anglesey

Then we can compare it with Gwynedd, which in terms of growth is very similar to Anglesey aside for the growth in public administration, education, health and other services

Then if we look at Swansea we can see they have done well in both public administration, education, health and other services and business services and finance

Cheshire in comparison does quite well in many sectors with business services and finance showing the greatest growth

And finally Edinburgh, who as Cheshire have seen the greatest growth in Business services and finance.

Data from ONS and based on 3:8 GVA1,2 by 6 industries (constrained to headline NUTS2) at current basic prices. I add my usual disclaimer about the need when comparing regions based on GVA to exercise caution.