Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2022
Statistics on the economic contributions of Scotland’s marine sectors. Includes a time series of approximate Gross Value Added (aGVA), turnover and employment for industrial categories defined as part of the marine sector.
Support for oil and gas, includes exploration, test drilling and decommissioning. This activity is the largest contributor to marine economy turnover and aGVA. 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 2022, support for oil and gas generated £2.2 billion aGVA, 1.30% of the Scottish economy aGVA and 44% of the marine economy aGVA. Support for oil and gas employed 14,400 people, 0.54% of Scottish employment and 20% of marine economy employment.
Support for oil and gas aGVA has declined by 23% since 2013. Between 2021 and 2022, aGVA increased by 18%. From 2013 to 2022, employment decreased by 17%.
Figure 5. Support for oil and gas aGVA decreased from £2.8 billion in 2013 to £2.2 billion in 2022.
Support for oil and gas aGVA by year, 2013 to 2022
A geographic breakdown of support for oil and gas is not available.
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