Official Statistics

Rural productivity and Gross Value Added (GVA) statistics

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Part of: Rural economy - statistical indicators and Rural economy and community
• Published: 31 January 2013
• Last updated: 22 December 2016, see all updates
• Applies to: England

Productivity levels in rural and urban areas in England.

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Rural productivity and Gross Value Added (GVA)

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Details

Economic productivity of rural and urban areas, including output per job and by industry. (Data for 2015 are provisional).

Metadata

Indicators:

• Gross Value Added (GVA) of Predominantly Rural and Predominantly Urban areas
• Gross Value Added (GVA) per job
• Gross Value Added (GVA) by broad industrial sector

Data source: Office for National Statistics

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Local Authority Rural-Urban Classification 2001 and 2011; NUTS3 and NUTS4 Rural-Urban Classification.

Next release date: tbc

Additional information:

• Office for National Statistics GVA by Local Authority
• Office for National Statistics regional GVA
• Towards a one nation economy: A 10-point plan for boosting productivity in rural areas
• Report on the drivers of rural productivity
• Policy brief: How increased connectivity is boosting economic prospects of rural areas

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Document information

Published: 31 January 2013

Updated: 22 December 2016

+ full page history

1. 22 December 2016 Updated to include 2015 data on Rural Productivity.
2. 24 November 2016 Published today, new time-series analysis of rural productivity from 2001 to 2014 has been included in the Rural Productivity and Gross Value Added publication
3. 21 July 2016 We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.
4. 28 January 2016 Provisional 2014 figures for rural productivity measured by Gross Value Added (GVA) have been published.
5. 16 April 2015 Revisions to rural productivity and Gross Value Added (GVA) statistics which replaces those released on 18th December 2014.
6. 18 December 2014 Latest estimated Gross Value Added (GVA) for rural and urban areas released today.
7. 8 August 2013 Rural-urban GVA for tourism related industries published today as part of the productivity series.
8. 31 January 2013 First published.

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Part of: Rural economy - statistical indicators Rural economy and community