Understanding the Scottish rural economy: research paper

Annex 1: Statistical Annex

Table 1.1: 2015 GVA by Sector for Rural local authorities £ Million

Local Authority	Distribution, Wholesale & Retail	Public Admin	Manufacturing	Real Estate	Business Services	Construction	Mining, Quarrying, Utilities	Other	Agriculture Fish & Forestry	Finance	Info and Comms	Total
Aberdeenshire	1,498	873	1,270	912	1,058	589	458	207	228	58	101	7,252
Angus	328	426	385	267	132	143	31	52	164	28	13	1,969
Argyll and Bute	352	479	145	223	145	108	151	60	37	11	25	1,736
Clackmannanshire	143	220	162	73	42	50	27	57	12	6	18	810
Dumfries and Galloway	685	642	414	331	161	159	102	118	77	48	66	2,803
East Ayrshire	328	526	204	162	142	137	131	87	117	38	25	1,897
East Lothian	267	343	107	239	152	126	108	83	40	39	24	1,528
Highland	1,159	1,252	625	599	391	463	282	193	136	48	126	5,274
Moray	376	444	537	199	94	131	38	81	43	15	12	1,970
Na h-Eileanan Siar	92	154	32	53	23	38	7	14	15	5	27	460
Orkney Islands	113	111	25	45	28	50	16	11	34	5	7	445
Perth and Kinross	697	644	222	415	287	270	549	103	58	114	41	3,400
Scottish Borders	373	477	234	285	152	152	51	78	97	31	31	1,961
Shetland Islands	142	128	57	45	41	88	51	33	34	4	8	631
South Ayrshire	669	586	440	263	134	116	30	107	26	59	34	2,464

Source: ONS local authority level GVA Statistics April 2017 (Using Scottish Government RESAS Classification 2018)

Table 1.2: GVA in Mainly Rural Scotland, 1997 to 2015 (Scottish Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, Highland, Perth & Kinross, Angus, Moray, South Ayrshire, East Lothian, Clackmannanshire, Aberdeenshire, East Ayrshire)

Rural Growth over time GVA £million	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing	788	809	793	904	944	869	991	1,104	803	1,024	1,184	919	798	1,112	959	902	1,023	1,016	998
Mining, Utilities	1,202	1,170	907	1,025	973	1,105	1,063	1,132	1,181	1,299	1,351	1,385	1,750	1,410	1,466	1,763	1,808	1,881	1,807
Manufacturing	2,939	2,939	2,831	2,790	2,779	2,712	2,536	2,796	3,034	3,050	3,131	3,362	3,490	3,513	3,805	3,804	4,217	4,442	4,600
Construction	1,051	1,150	1,207	1,322	1,273	1,504	1,566	1,659	1,818	2,010	2,266	2,111	1,788	1,898	2,000	1,957	2,269	2,285	2,336
Distribution, Wholesale and Retail	3,140	3,234	3,315	3,272	3,716	3,737	3,917	4,197	4,388	4,582	4,845	5,182	5,144	5,104	5,177	5,172	5,776	6,448	6,523
Information and communications	289	318	347	422	475	494	554	567	490	508	496	442	463	425	389	415	426	459	491
Financial Services	374	389	362	335	366	353	407	540	589	611	704	676	735	609	555	591	540	489	484
Real Estate	2,284	2,302	2,282	2,166	2,068	2,035	1,979	2,103	2,343	2,718	3,014	3,329	2,893	2,876	3,132	3,304	3,279	3,412	3,745
Business Services	975	1,051	1,101	1,169	1,219	1,274	1,398	1,487	1,594	1,823	1,874	1,950	1,899	1,971	2,333	2,382	2,546	2,676	2,745
Public Admin	2,878	3,029	3,288	3,522	3,813	4,053	4,257	4,660	5,078	5,397	5,508	5,580	5,755	5,825	6,042	5,741	5,888	6,229	6,433
Other	468	509	548	589	661	767	866	875	900	1,001	962	976	982	1,006	1,060	1,112	1,214	1,149	1,166
Total	16,388	16,900	16,981	17,516	18,287	18,903	19,534	21,120	22,218	24,023	25,335	25,912	25,697	25,749	26,918	27,143	28,986	30,486	31,328

Source: ONS local authority level GVA Statistics April 2017 (Using Scottish Government RESAS Classification 2018)

Table 1.3: GVA in Islands and Remote Rural Scotland, 1997 to 2015 (Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Argyll & Bute)

Remote rural Growth over time GVA £million	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing	120	134	140	138	144	140	143	160	132	137	134	123	114	132	111	119	114	122	120
Mining, Utilities	125	119	119	135	129	197	177	181	172	142	135	178	184	145	152	164	211	234	225
Manufacturing	171	172	120	109	119	107	125	136	143	139	139	172	179	185	222	224	252	249	259
Construction	123	145	173	186	139	158	187	212	241	254	253	238	216	232	236	227	268	291	284
Distribution, Wholesale and Retail	376	406	472	461	471	431	450	508	537	515	560	595	578	561	548	573	593	648	699
Information and communications	31	35	40	41	42	39	57	62	63	64	54	56	50	47	49	53	57	65	67
Financial Services	35	36	37	35	34	29	27	39	44	43	55	50	56	42	36	33	30	22	25
Real Estate	251	248	246	235	228	220	213	224	257	275	305	332	302	292	322	355	339	350	366
Business Services	111	117	129	136	141	159	168	170	172	202	204	213	218	211	234	243	231	250	237
Public Admin	451	502	520	518	518	564	629	680	762	792	769	813	892	931	916	853	838	835	872
Other	72	81	77	73	80	91	103	106	122	143	131	121	111	117	127	118	117	117	118
Total	1,866	1,995	2,073	2,067	2,045	2,135	2,279	2,478	2,645	2,706	2,739	2,891	2,900	2,895	2,953	2,962	3,050	3,183	3,272

Source: ONS local authority level GVA Statistics April 2017 (Using Scottish Government RESAS Classification 2018)

Table 1.4 Gross Value Added (Income Approach) by rural local authorities, 1997 to 2015,

Local Authority	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Aberdeenshire	3,087	3,094	2,915	3,092	3,299	3,396	3,411	3,597	3,792	4,309	4,800	5,099	4,990	5,102	5,583	5,778	6,362	7,022	7,253
Angus	1,270	1,283	1,295	1,294	1,310	1,352	1,457	1,520	1,548	1,729	1,861	1,797	1,707	1,804	1,816	1,752	1,909	1,945	1,969
Argyll and Bute	976	1,048	1,094	1,149	1,127	1,130	1,219	1,273	1,373	1,472	1,468	1,610	1,589	1,574	1,579	1,562	1,609	1,694	1,736
Clackmannanshire	457	469	471	574	576	598	612	622	570	634	675	679	682	648	667	650	728	785	811
Dumfries and Galloway	1,549	1,575	1,679	1,615	1,819	1,804	1,776	1,959	2,037	2,199	2,290	2,296	2,344	2,376	2,419	2,370	2,527	2,728	2,802
East Ayrshire	1,202	1,244	1,219	1,289	1,355	1,345	1,396	1,488	1,614	1,696	1,684	1,662	1,669	1,722	1,721	1,687	1,671	1,818	1,897
East Lothian	926	943	936	958	968	1,043	1,102	1,187	1,213	1,388	1,387	1,396	1,295	1,297	1,340	1,367	1,438	1,463	1,528
Highland	2,484	2,681	2,774	2,901	3,021	3,153	3,418	3,780	4,072	4,148	4,324	4,464	4,347	4,295	4,518	4,560	4,804	5,105	5,273
Moray	988	1,063	1,076	1,105	1,169	1,263	1,344	1,438	1,634	1,640	1,746	1,834	1,893	1,843	1,966	1,960	2,040	1,929	1,970
Na h-Eileanan Siar	294	312	349	301	297	318	365	422	443	450	445	435	440	405	429	438	436	450	460
Orkney Islands	234	251	247	245	235	250	274	310	338	329	341	353	368	381	394	406	410	434	446
Perth and Kinross	1,942	1,999	1,915	1,950	1,952	2,075	2,110	2,328	2,414	2,652	2,813	2,784	2,980	2,811	2,973	3,135	3,340	3,333	3,400
Scottish Borders	1,084	1,100	1,202	1,186	1,247	1,271	1,302	1,444	1,467	1,614	1,705	1,743	1,668	1,709	1,758	1,733	1,888	1,930	1,961
Shetland Islands	366	383	383	371	381	440	423	470	492	455	481	495	504	535	554	559	594	606	630
South Ayrshire	1,405	1,447	1,500	1,551	1,571	1,605	1,610	1,761	1,860	2,010	2,053	2,158	2,125	2,143	2,161	2,148	2,282	2,433	2,464

Source: ONS local authority level GVA Statistics April 2017 (Using Scottish Government RESAS Classification 2018)

Chart 1.1: Rural and urban GVA illustrated, arranged by relative size of the economy in Mainly Rural areas

Source: ONS local authority level GVA Statistics, as at August 2017 (Using Scottish Government RESAS Classification 2018)

Table 1.5: Total Business Units in compared with Private Sector Employees in Rural local authorities in Scotland

Local authority	Business Units		Private Sector employees
	2008	2015	2008	2015
Aberdeenshire	10,444	12,568	74,900	86,600
Angus	3,344	3,656	27,200	26,300
Argyll and Bute	3,782	3,673	25,200	27,000
Clackmannanshire	1,168	1,219	11,000	10,800
Dumfries and Galloway	5,259	5,040	43,100	43,200
East Ayrshire	2,755	2,903	53,700	51,700
East Lothian	2,581	2,910	27,300	26,500
Highland	9,907	10,523	20,200	21,100
Moray	2,895	3,078	83,800	82,000
Na h-Eileanan Siar	1,131	1,138	26,400	26,800
Orkney Islands	901	956	7,000	6,800
Perth and Kinross	5,509	5,731	5,900	6,600
Scottish Borders	4,397	4,299	49,100	49,600
Shetland Islands	1,097	1,243	31,700	29,700
South Ayrshire	3,484	3,499	7,900	10,400

Source: Inter-Departmental Business Register, as at March 2017 (Using RESAS Classification 2018)

Table 1.6: Unemployment rates and levels by local authority

Local authority	2015 Unemployment rate	2015 Unemployment level
Aberdeen City	4.7%	6,200
Aberdeenshire	2.7%	3,900
Angus	4.7%	2,700
Argyll and Bute	4.5%	1,900
City of Edinburgh	5.4%	14,100
Clackmannanshire	5.7%	1,500
Dumfries and Galloway	4.4%	3,400
Dundee City	8.9%	6,200
East Ayrshire	7.7%	4,600
East Dunbartonshire	4.5%	2,400
East Lothian	5.0%	2,500
East Renfrewshire	4.4%	2,000
Falkirk	5.8%	4,700
Fife	6.6%	12,300
Glasgow City	8.7%	26,400
Highland	3.2%	4,100
Inverclyde	7.8%	2,900
Midlothian	4.8%	2,100
Moray	4.2%	1,900
Na h-Eileanan Siar	4.4%	600
North Ayrshire	9.3%	5,700
North Lanarkshire	6.9%	11,800
Orkney Islands	2.4%	300
Perth and Kinross	3.8%	2,900
Renfrewshire	6.1%	5,600
Scottish Borders	4.0%	2,300
Shetland Islands	2.2%	300
South Ayrshire	6.1%	3,400
South Lanarkshire	5.5%	9,300
Stirling	5.3%	2,300
West Dunbartonshire	7.6%	3,300
West Lothian	5.8%	5,300

Source: Annual Population Survey in Scotland, Jan-Dec 2015

Table 1.7: GVA share of 'Accommodation and Food Services' and 'Sustainable Tourism' of Mainly Rural and Islands and Remote local authorities, 2015

Local authority	Gross Value Added at Basic Prices in Accommodation and Food Services	Overall gross Value Added at Basic Prices	Share of 'Accommodation and Food Services' of LA GVA	GVA in 'Sustainable Tourism'	Share of 'Sustainable Tourism'
Aberdeenshire	169.7	6474.9	2.6%	176.2	2.7%
Angus	44.2	1127.2	3.9%	43.9	3.9%
Argyll and Bute	77.6	1049.4	7.4%	88.3	8.4%
Clackmannanshire	12.7	576.7	2.2%	13.2	2.3%
Dumfries and Galloway	114.9	1613.8	7.1%	119.9	7.4%
East Ayrshire	33.1	958.3	3.5%	32.0	3.3%
East Lothian	65.3	870.6	7.5%	67.6	7.8%
Highland	181.6	2978.8	6.1%	197.1	6.6%
Moray	32.6	1104	3.0%	34.1	3.1%
Na h-Eileanan Siar	25.5	234.2	10.9%	39.9	17.0%
Orkney Islands	7.0	233	3.0%	9.8	4.2%
Perth and Kinross	167.7	2453.2	6.8%	172.5	7.0%
Scottish Borders	49.9	1067.5	4.7%	54.6	5.1%
Shetland Islands	50.2	524	9.6%	12.9	2.5%
South Ayrshire	79.8	1509.7	5.3%	90.0	6.0%

Source: Scottish Annual Business Statistics 2017 (Using RESAS Classification 2018)

Table 1.8: GVA of 'Accommodation and Food Services' of Mainly Rural and Islands and Remote local authorities, 2008 to 2015 (in £m)

Local authority	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Aberdeenshire	63.4	159.5	117.4	183.9	189.7	152.6	169.7
Angus	50.2	41.9	35.8	42.6	32.1	34.4	44.2
Argyll and Bute	66.8	69.1	74.2	83.3	94.5	120.0	77.6
Clackmannanshire	7.3	12.4	8.6	13.1	17.0	17.0	12.7
Dumfries and Galloway	45.7	77.3	63.5	65.7	86.8	130.7	114.9
East Ayrshire	16.4	25.0	27.7	27.1	34.5	39.6	33.1
East Lothian	21.3	32.6	33.2	43.5	33.3	51.2	65.3
Highland	140.1	157.7	184.6	201.9	210.6	269.7	181.6
Moray	30.0	64.2	44.4	47.3	37.1	56.3	32.6
Na h-Eileanan Siar	9.2	9.1	12.9	16.2	18.3	39.6	25.5
Orkney Islands	7.9	*	12.5	19.6	26.9	11.8	7.0
Perth and Kinross	137.3	128.3	124.6	159.8	162.6	155.5	167.7
Scottish Borders	84.1	69.4	51.2	45.3	41.8	43.2	49.9
Shetland Islands	8.6	10.7	14.2	9.0	28.1	24.2	50.2
South Ayrshire	50.8	60.1	82.5	80.4	94.5	98.4	79.8

Source: Scottish Annual Business Statistics as at August 2017 (Using RESAS Classification 2018)

Table 1.9: GVA of 'Sustainable Tourism' of Mainly Rural and Islands and Remote local authorities, 2008 to 2015 (in £m)

Local authority	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Aberdeenshire	68.8	150.7	139.7	190.6	196.8	166.4	176.2
Angus	52.6	41.9	37.9	44.0	37.5	37.1	43.9
Argyll and Bute	76.7	76.8	81.0	90.7	105.8	127.8	88.3
Clackmannanshire	9.4	12.6	9.0	13.4	19.1	18.1	13.2
Dumfries and Galloway	51.2	79.6	67.3	68.2	91.0	133.7	119.9
East Ayrshire	22.3	28.0	30.7	29.9	39.4	45.3	32.0
East Lothian	27.0	34.3	33.5	45.4	40.0	58.8	67.6
Highland	151.4	163.0	200.2	216.4	225.6	285.2	197.1
Moray	32.9	60.9	54.0	45.1	38.1	56.9	34.1
Na h-Eileanan Siar	19.4	10.3	9.9	14.7	18.4	19.4	39.9
Orkney Islands	10.2	10.8	14.3	20.7	26.8	14.3	9.8
Perth and Kinross	140.1	133.2	130.5	162.2	169.9	162.5	172.5
Scottish Borders	80.7	64.8	56.0	50.8	47.4	46.5	54.6
Shetland Islands	6.9	12.9	17.7	11.2	30.4	21.5	12.9
South Ayrshire	56.8	61.2	83.0	83.3	98.6	109.4	90.0

Source: Scottish Annual Business Statistics, as at August 2017 (Using RESAS Classification 2018)