Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2020
Statistics on the economic contributions of Scotland’s marine sectors in 2020. Includes a time series of Gross Value Added (GVA), turnover and employment for marine sectors. The supporting documents include: additional tables in an excel file and a pdf version of the publication.
Support for oil and gas
Support for oil and gas, includes exploration, test drilling and decommissioning. This activity is the largest contributor to marine economy turnover and GVA. But, oil and gas price changes tend to impact on this activity. Scottish Annual Business Statistics is the source of the support for oil and gas data. Economic information on oil and gas extraction is not included in this report. See Annex for more information.
In 2020, support for oil and gas generated £1,692 million GVA, 1.21% of the Scottish economy GVA and 43% of the marine economy GVA. Support for oil and gas employed 15,000 people, 0.57% of Scottish employment and 22% of marine economy employment.
Support for oil and gas GVA has declined by 34% since 2011. Between 2019 and 2020, GVA decreased by 18%. From 2011 to 2020, employment decreased by 19%.
A geographic breakdown of support for oil and gas is not available.
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