Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2021
Statistics on the economic contributions of Scotland’s marine sectors in 2021. 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 Data and Methodology for more information.
In 2021, support for oil and gas generated £1,876 million GVA, 1.25% of the Scottish economy GVA and 42% of the marine economy GVA. Support for oil and gas employed 13,800 people, 0.53% of Scottish employment and 20% of marine economy employment.
Support for oil and gas GVA has declined by 37% since 2012. Between 2020 and 2021, GVA increased by 17%. From 2012 to 2021, employment decreased by 25%.
Figure 5. Support for oil and gas GVA decreased from £3 billion in 2012 to £1.9 billion in 2021.
Support for oil and gas GVA by year, 2012 to 2021
A geographic breakdown of support for oil and gas is not available.
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