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The Productivity Challenge

Composition of the Economy

Barrow has a unique economic composition with
GVA by Industry, 2018 (£m)
strong specialisms in manufacturing which has

driven the high levels of productivity growth over
the past 5 years. The top five contributors to
Barrow’s GVA are:

+ Manufacture of metals, electrical products and
machinery (£525m and 34.3% of total)

+ Human health and residential care activities
(£113m and 7.4% of total)

+ Agriculture, mining, electricity, gas, water and
waste (£108 million and 7% of total)

+ Land, water and air transport (£108 million and
7% of total)

+ Retail trade (£102 million and 6.7% of total)

Source: Regional GVA (Balanced), ONS, 2019