Gross value added per capita

Published: 18 December 2025

Data on gross value added (GVA) for each member of the UK population (‘per capita’). GVA measures the increase in the value of the economy due to the production of goods and services.

  1. Summary main findings
  2. By year
  3. By area
  4. About the data
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Summary main findings

Between 1998 and 2023, gross value added (GVA) per capita went up in the UK and its 4 nations. It was £33,305 across the UK in 2023.

There were large drops in GVA in 2009 and 2020 due to the financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, Inner London West had the highest GVA per capita out of all UK regions, at £250,416. Outer East and North East London had the lowest, at £22,522.

By year

Visualisation

Gross value added (GVA) per capita, adjusted for inflation, by country over time (UK, 1998 to 2023)

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Data

Gross value added (GVA) per capita, adjusted for inflation, by country over time (UK, 1998 to 2023)
Year England (£) Scotland (£) Wales (£) Northern Ireland (£) United Kingdom (£)
2023 33,731 30,660 23,660 26,796 33,305
2022 33,902 30,634 23,934 26,538 33,521
2021 32,731 29,243 23,388 25,872 32,358
2020 30,199 26,919 22,095 23,052 29,928
2019 33,532 30,321 24,533 25,845 33,219
2018 33,146 29,984 24,171 25,162 32,822
2017 32,868 30,093 23,580 25,151 32,560
2016 32,186 29,237 23,194 24,709 31,846
2015 31,810 29,279 22,661 23,812 31,474
2014 31,444 29,142 22,151 23,696 31,107
2013 30,659 28,356 21,854 23,387 30,334
2012 30,276 27,744 21,496 23,154 30,010
2011 29,856 27,416 21,199 22,823 29,728
2010 29,645 27,209 20,699 22,511 29,600
2009 29,032 27,251 20,419 22,975 29,151
2008 30,714 28,315 21,144 24,325 30,772
2007 30,927 28,083 21,893 25,279 31,056
2006 30,263 27,652 21,875 25,680 30,487
2005 29,610 26,877 21,282 25,171 29,964
2004 28,909 26,045 21,133 24,556 29,306
2003 28,396 25,317 20,687 24,132 28,783
2002 27,633 24,570 20,076 23,215 28,043
2001 27,264 24,261 19,811 23,194 27,731
2000 26,704 23,355 19,322 22,735 27,136
1999 25,619 22,548 18,556 21,339 26,067
1998 24,851 22,198 18,185 20,570 25,351
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    By area

    Visualisation

    Gross value added (GVA) per capita, by region (UK, 2023)

    46 regions in the UK are ranked from the lowest to highest values. They are then divided into 5 equally-sized groups (‘quintiles’), from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).

    Q1 - Lowest 20%
    Q5 - Highest 20%
    Q1 - Lowest 20%
    Q5 - Highest 20%

    Data

    Gross value added (GVA) per capita, by region (UK, 2023)
    Region GVA per Capita (£)
    Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35,425
    Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 46,633
    Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 37,087
    Cheshire 42,013
    Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 24,891
    Cumbria 29,812
    Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 27,377
    Devon 26,696
    East Central Scotland 45,836
    East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 27,994
    Eastern Scotland 26,536
    Essex 28,893
    Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 35,475
    Greater Manchester 34,033
    Hampshire and Isle of Wight 35,671
    Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 33,484
    Highlands and Islands No data
    Inner London - East 60,657
    Inner London - West 250,416
    Kent 28,974
    Lancashire 27,430
    Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 30,163
    Lincolnshire 24,342
    Merseyside 27,308
    Mid and South West Wales 22,878
    Norfolk 26,356
    North Eastern Scotland 37,295
    North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset 28,129
    North Wales 27,395
    North Yorkshire 34,103
    Northern Ireland 29,234
    Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear 25,920
    Outer London - East and North East 22,522
    Outer London - South 28,003
    Outer London - West and North West 33,912
    Shropshire and Staffordshire 25,930
    South East Wales 26,684
    South Yorkshire 24,977
    Southern Scotland No data
    Suffolk 29,594
    Surrey, East and West Sussex 35,880
    Tees Valley 23,933
    West Central Scotland 33,792
    West Midlands 27,965
    West of England 44,160
    West Yorkshire 30,646
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    About the data

    Data source

    Regional gross value added (balanced) per head and income components, Office for National Statistics (ONS)

    Time period

    • 1998 to 2023 (By year)
    • 2023 (By area)

    Geographic area

    UK

    What the data measures

    The data shows gross value added (GVA) adjusted for the size of the population.

    GVA measures the increase in the value of the economy due to the production of goods and services.

    For more information on how ONS produces its GVA estimates, please see the State of the Nation 2025 technical annex.

    Things you need to know

    This page was published for the first time for State of the Nation 2025

    Earnings have been adjusted for inflation using 2022 as the base year.

    The regions used in the analysis by area are different to the regions used in other data on this website. This is because ONS updated the regions in 2025.

    GVA is based on the region where the business is located, not where its employees live.

    Estimates for Highlands and Islands and Southern Scotland are not available due to uncertainty in the ONS population estimates.

    Type of data

    Survey data

    Full report

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    This file contains the following variables:

    • Measure code
    • Measure title
    • Chart type
    • Area code
    • Area type
    • Area name
    • Primary split type
    • Primary split value
    • Secondary split type
    • Secondary split value
    • Time period
    • Value
    • Unit

    Page history

    Publication release date:

    18 December 2025

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