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.


Construction and water transport services

Construction and water transport services include:

  • Construction of waterways, harbours, marinas, locks and river works.
  • Construction of dams and dredging of waterways.
  • Operation of harbours, piers and waterway locks.
  • Navigation, pilotage, berthing, lighterage, salvage and lighthouse activities.

This excludes cargo handling and operation of marinas.

Marine construction and water transport services are key for connectivity and supporting growth for the marine economy. Scottish Annual Business Statistics provides the construction and water transport services data. See Annex for more information.

In 2020, marine construction and water transport services generated £408 million in GVA. This was 0.29% of the Scottish economy, and 10% of the marine economy. Marine construction and water transport services employed 4,300 people in 2020. This was 0.16% of Scottish employment, and 6% of marine economy employment.

Construction and water transport services GVA fell by 11% between 2019 and 2020. Employment stayed the same, at 4,300, in 2019 and 2020. The longer term trends have been variable, but generally increasing between 2011 and 2017 (Figure 8). Construction and water transport services GVA increased by 7% between 2011 and 2020.

Figure 8. Construction and water transport services GVA by year, 2011 to 2020
Chart showing changes in construction and water transport services GVA from 2011 to 2020. The GVA increased from £382 million in 2011 to a peak of £670 million in 2017 before decreasing to £408 million in 2020.

A geographic breakdown of construction and water transport services are not available.

Contact

Email: MarineAnalyticalUnit@gov.scot

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