Scottish Annual Business Statistics 2020

Data relating to the Production (including Manufacturing), Construction and Service Sectors in Scotland.


Main Sectors

In 2020, approximate Gross Value Added at basic prices (aGVA) of the non-financial business economy was estimated to be £80.8 billion. This is a decrease of 19.0% compared with 2019. This steep decrease reflects the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy in 2020.

Figure 1: Between 2019 and 2020, aGVA decreased for all four of the main sectors of the non-financial business economy. Services aGVA was down by 16.6%, Primary Industries down by 29.0%, Manufacturing down by 15.4% and Construction down by 17.9%.

A bar chart showing that Gross Value Added decreased for all four of the main broad sectors of the non-financial business economy.

Services Sector

In 2020, the Services sector accounted for an estimated £49.3 billion of the total non-financial business economy aGVA (61.0%). Between 2019 and 2020, aGVA in the Services sector decreased by £9.8 billion (-16.6%). 

Figure 2: Within Services, the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector saw the largest year-on-year aGVA percentage decrease, with aGVA decreasing by 47.4% between 2019 and 2020.

A bar chart showing Arts, entertainment and recreation had the largest Gross Value Added percentage decrease within the Services sector.

Primary Industries

In 2020, the Primary Industries sector accounted for an estimated £14.0 billion of total non-financial business economy aGVA (17.3%).

Between 2019 and 2020, aGVA in the Primary Industries sector decreased by £5.7 billion (-29.0%).  The industry division contributing most to the sector decrease was Extraction of Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas (division 6) (-£5.6 billion). 

Note that data for division 6 includes off-shore oil and gas activity; off-shore activity, under UK regional accounts procedures, is normally allocated to a separate ‘Extra Regio’ category rather than allocated to a region within the UK. 

Manufacturing Sector

In 2020, the Manufacturing sector accounted for an estimated £11.0 billion of the total non-financial business economy aGVA (13.6%). Between 2019 and 2020, aGVA in the Manufacturing sector decreased by £2.0 billion (-15.4%). 

Figure 3: Within Manufacturing, the Manufacture of Furniture division saw the largest year-on-year aGVA percentage decrease, with aGVA decreasing by 47.1% between 2019 and 2020.

A bar chart showing Manufacture of Furniture had the largest Gross Value Added percentage decrease within the Manufacturing sector.

Construction Sector

In 2020, the Construction sector accounted for an estimated £6.6 billion of total non-financial business economy aGVA (8.1%).  Between 2019 and 2020, aGVA in the Construction sector decreased by £1.4 billion (-17.9%).

Within Construction, the Construction of Buildings division saw the largest year-on-year aGVA percentage decrease, with aGVA decreasing by 33.9% between 2019 and 2020.

Contact

For enquiries about this publication please contact:

Marina Curran

Business & Innovation Statistics

Office of the Chief Economic Adviser

e-mail: marina.curran@gov.scot or industrystatistics@gov.scot

For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:

Office of the Chief Statistician

Telephone: 0131 244 0442

e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

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