United Kingdom UK: GDP: % of Manufacturing: Medium and High Tech Industry data was reported at 47.367 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 50.178 % for 2014. United Kingdom UK: GDP: % of Manufacturing: Medium and High Tech Industry data is updated yearly, averaging 43.770 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 50.528 % in 2013 and a record low of 41.974 % in 2003. United Kingdom UK: GDP: % of Manufacturing: Medium and High Tech Industry data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Gross Domestic Product: Share of GDP. The proportion of medium and high-tech industry value added in total value added of manufacturing; ; United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) database; ;

In the period between 1912 and 1938 (years shortly before each respective world war), there was a considerable restructuring of the British economy. The production of cotton goods, of which Britain was the world's largest exporter in the 19th century, dropped by half in some industry sectors. Raw materials, such as pig iron and coal, saw their output drop by 10 percent each, as the British economy concentrated on producing more complex, manufactured goods. The production of cars doubled in this period, while the output of aircraft quadrupled. These industries would become increasingly important during the Second World War, as would the manufacturing of artificial fibers (i.e., synthetic fabrics such as nylon and polyester), which the military used for tents, ropes, and parachutes.

Industrial Production in the United Kingdom decreased 0.30 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Industrial Production - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This statistic displays the economic benefits of Big Data analytics in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2020, by industry. The report estimated that manufacturing would realize the largest benefits amounting to roughly ***** billion British pounds. Professional services were expected to gain benefits amounting to roughly **** billion British pounds.

In 2024, agriculture contributed around 0.56 percent to the United Kingdom’s GDP, 16.74 percent came from the manufacturing industry, and 72.79 percent from the services sector. The UK is not a farmer’s marketThe vast majority of the UK’s GDP is generated by the services sector, and tourism in particular keeps the economy going. In 2017, almost 214 billion British Pounds were contributed to the GDP through travel and tourism – about 277 billion U.S. dollars – and the forecasts see an upwards trend. For comparison, only an estimated 10.3 billion GBP were generated by the agriculture sector in the same year. But is it a tourist’s destination still? Though forecasts are not in yet, it is unclear whether travel and tourism can keep the UK’s economy afloat in the future, especially after Brexit and all its consequences. Higher travel costs, having to wait for visas, and overall more complicated travel arrangements are just some of the concerns tourists have when considering vacationing in the UK after Brexit. Consequences of the referendum are already observable in the domestic travel industry: In 2017, about 37 percent of British travelers said Brexit caused them to cut their holidays short by a few days, and about 14 percent said they did not leave the UK for their holidays because of it.

United Kingdom UK: GDP: % of GDP: Gross Value Added: Industry data was reported at 18.574 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 17.985 % for 2016. United Kingdom UK: GDP: % of GDP: Gross Value Added: Industry data is updated yearly, averaging 20.001 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.892 % in 1990 and a record low of 17.830 % in 2014. United Kingdom UK: GDP: % of GDP: Gross Value Added: Industry data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Gross Domestic Product: Share of GDP. Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3 or 4.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Weighted average; Note: Data for OECD countries are based on ISIC, revision 4.

Experimental dataset providing a breakdown of UK trade in services by industry, country and service type on a balance of payments basis. Data are subject to disclosure control.

In 2023, the motor industry in the United Kingdom contributed around ** billion British pounds in added value to the UK economy. The industry's economic contribution peaked in 2016 at some ** billion British pounds. After years on the rise, the country’s gross domestic product decreased from just under *** trillion British pounds in 2019 to just above * billion British pounds in 2020. By 2023, the UK's GDP had bounced back to some *** billion British pounds. Motor vehicle production enterprises in the United Kingdom The UK was home to approximately ***** enterprises in motor vehicle, trailer and semi-trailer manufacturing, one of the highest number among all European countries. However, of these, only around ** percent had an annual turnover exceeding * million British pounds. Declining role of the industrial sector The UK's greatest economic sector in terms of contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) was services. The service industries accounted for approximately ** percent of total GDP in 2022, while industry only accounted for roughly ** percent.

Dataset population: Persons aged 16 and over in employment the week before the census

Industry

The industry in which a person aged 16 and over works relates to their main job, and is derived from information provided on the main activity of their employer or business. This is used to assign responses to an industry code based on the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (UK SIC 2007).

Occupation

A person's occupation relates to their main job and is derived from either their job title or details of the activities involved in their job. This is used to assign responses to an occupation code based on the Standard Occupational Classification 2010 (SOC2010).

In 2023, the most energy intense industry in the UK industrial economy was the chemical sector, followed by food and beverages. Both industries recorded gross calorific energy use of more than *** million metric tons of oil equivalent.

During the last two decades research on industrial districts, flexible specialisation, and high-tech regions has highlighted the importance of the local business environment to successful industrial development. Nineteenth century Britain developed a series of specialised industrial districts, providing pools of skilled labour, highly developed ancillary trades and services, networks of cooperative subcontracting relationships, and (in some cases) rented factory accommodation including power and utilities. However, the 'new' industries of the 'second industrial revolution', tended to locate outside such districts, in new 'green field' industrial areas. These often involved a new, more formally constituted, form of industrial agglomeration - the industrial or 'trading' estate. Closely associated with the rise of electric power and the internal combustion engine, and highly concentrated in the South East, industrial estates rapidly expanded to accommodate plants employing around 285,000 people by 1939, including some of Britain's best known companies such as Ford, HMV, Hoover, Lever Brothers, Mars, and Metropolitan Vickers. Despite considerable contemporary interest in their development, there has been little academic analysis of the general growth of pre-1939 industrial estates. This may be due, at least in part, to the paucity of quantitative and other evidence regarding their early development.

The main aims and objectives of the research project from which this dataset arose were:
(1) To asses the contribution of industrial estates to the growth and location of new manufacturing enterprises in interwar Britain;
(2) To examine the ways in which location of interwar industrial estates boosted firm growth;
(3) To explore the contribution of industrial estates to fostering locational externalities for the firms which located on them;
(4) To examine the regional impact of industrial estate development.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. During the last two decades research on industrial districts, flexible specialisation, and high-tech regions has highlighted the importance of the local business environment to successful industrial development. Nineteenth century Britain developed a series of specialised industrial districts, providing pools of skilled labour, highly developed ancillary trades and services, networks of cooperative subcontracting relationships, and (in some cases) rented factory accommodation including power and utilities. However, the 'new' industries of the 'second industrial revolution', tended to locate outside such districts, in new 'green field' industrial areas. These often involved a new, more formally constituted, form of industrial agglomeration - the industrial or 'trading' estate. Closely associated with the rise of electric power and the internal combustion engine, and highly concentrated in the South East, industrial estates rapidly expanded to accommodate plants employing around 285,000 people by 1939, including some of Britain's best known companies such as Ford, HMV, Hoover, Lever Brothers, Mars, and Metropolitan Vickers. Despite considerable contemporary interest in their development, there has been little academic analysis of the general growth of pre-1939 industrial estates. This may be due, at least in part, to the paucity of quantitative and other evidence regarding their early development. The main aims and objectives of the research project from which this dataset arose were: (1) To asses the contribution of industrial estates to the growth and location of new manufacturing enterprises in interwar Britain; (2) To examine the ways in which location of interwar industrial estates boosted firm growth; (3) To explore the contribution of industrial estates to fostering locational externalities for the firms which located on them; (4) To examine the regional impact of industrial estate development. Main Topics: This dataset provides estimates of the number of industrial estates established in Britain, their locations, the companies or other institutions that developed them, and the number of employees working in them at several 'benchmark' dates. Evidence is drawn from contemporary published and unpublished studies, company, government, and local archives and other sources. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Tap into the UK’s fastest-growing industries to identify opportunities both within and beyond the London area.

In 2020, 32% of all enterprises in the UK manufacturing industry with over 10 employees purchased high Cloud Computing services, for example CRM software or computing power. This almost doubled the percentage of enterprises that bought such services compared to the 18% that did so in 2018. Enterprises in the UK manufacturing industry also bought a significantly bigger share of financing and accounting software applications in 2020 then they did in 2018, raising the share from 12% to 26%.

Annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by two, three and five-digit Standard Industrial Classification: SIC 2007. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.

Movements in the volume of production for the UK production industries: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, energy supply, and water and waste management. Figures are seasonally adjusted.

A list of fast facts on the performance of each sector of the UK economy.