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The Productivity Challenge

Composition of the Economy

Barrow GVA per Productivity gap
Sector* FTE Employee % share of overall between Barrow and Change in sector GVA
(last 5 years) %
GVA
(2018) England (minus London)

Agriculture, mining, electricity, gas, water and waste £210,732 7% 78% 57%

Manufacturing £70,820 42% -10% 27%

Construction £51,494 4% -39% -14%

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles £41,231 9% -23% 12%

Transportation and storage £147,606 9% 186% 9%

Accommodation and food service activities £25,833 2% -17% 29%
Professional, scientific and technical activities -34%
(including financial and digital) £50,526 6% 5%

Administrative and support £37,551 1% -13% -12%

Public administration, education, health £44,632 17% -14% 19%

Arts, entertainment and other services £47,143 2% -16% 3%

Overall £60,441 100%

* Real Estate Activities removed.
Source: Regional GVA (Balanced), ONS, 2019; BRES, ONS, 2019 Note: it is considered likely that the transportation and storage figures are skewed
by activity by both BAE Systems and the offshore wind sector