Agriculture facts and figures: 2017

An electronic copy of the pocket-sized leaflet providing a range of agriculture statistics.


Agriculture in the economy

  SCOT E (1) W NI UK
Agriculture as % of Gross Value Added ( GVA) at basic prices 2016 0.9% 0.5% 0.7% 1.2% 0.6%
Total employed - all sectors ('000) 2016 2,613 29,432 1,419 847 34,311
Numbers employed in agriculture ('000) 2016 63 302 54 48 466
Percentage employed in agriculture 2.4% 1.0% 3.8% 5.6% 1.4%

(1) England GVA data is 2015

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