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15.7 UK output & employment analysed by industry

Table 1: UK Output1 by Industry in 2004

 

%

Business services & finance

25

Manufacturing

18

Distribution, hotels, catering

14

Education, health, social work

10

Transport, storage & communications

8

Construction

7

Public administration & defence

5

Electricity, gas & water supply

2

Mining & quarrying

2

Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing

1

Other

7

 

 

Total: whole economy

100

1: Gross Value Added at current basic prices: output plus capital formation; derived from Table 2.2 on pp 106 - 109 in United Kingdom National Accounts: The Blue Book 2006, Office for National Statistics, http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

Table 2: UK Employment2 By Industry In 2005 

Industry

 

No of jobs ‘000

%

 

 

 

 

Public administration, defence, education, health, social work

 

9,482

31

Distribution, hotels, catering, transport, storage & communications.

 

8,867

29

Financial intermediation, real estate, renting, business activities

 

6,089

20

Manufacturing, electricity, gas & water supply

 

3,535

12

Construction

 

2,052

7

Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing

 

446

1

 

 

 

 

Total: whole economy

 

30,471

100

2: Employment by Industry: Table 2.5, page 112, in United Kingdom National Accounts: The Blue Book 2006, Office for National Statistics, http://www.statistics.gov.uk/.

IM, February 2007.