This is a list of cities and conurbations in the United Kingdom sorted by their Gross Value Added (GVA), a measure of the value of goods and services produced in an area, industry or sector of an economy. The Office for National Statistics produces Gross Value Added (GVA) data in terms of Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). The lowest spatial area for which they are made is NUTS 3. Most cities are NUTS 3 areas in their own right. Some NUTS 3 areas are made up of groups of authorities or metropolitan boroughs, such as the county of Greater Manchester and the conurbation of Tyneside, and tend to reflect high levels of economic coherence.
Country | GVA (£ millions) | GVA (per capita) |
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England | 1,760,438 | £ 31,138 |
Scotland | 149,938 | £ 27,361 |
Wales | 69,500 | £ 22,380 |
Northern Ireland | 45,724 | £ 24,007 |
Region | GVA (£ millions) | GVA (per capita) |
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East Midlands | 118,398 | £ 24,261 |
East of England | 171,365 | £ 26,995 |
London | 487,437 | £ 55,412 |
North East | 56,483 | £ 21,340 |
North West | 196,028 | £ 26,411 |
South East | 301,524 | £ 32,443 |
South West | 149,783 | £ 26,219 |
West Midlands | 146,056 | £ 24,530 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 133,364 | £ 24,330 |
The table below lists the largest NUTS 3 city regions by their Gross Value Added using data published by the Office for National Statistics published annually in December. [2] [3]
Rank | City/Conurbation | GVA (£ millions) | Growth (%) 2009–15 | GVA per head | GVA per employee (productivity) |
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1 | London [note 1] | 378,424 | 30.6 | £ 43,629 | £ 70,392 |
2 | Birmingham (West Midlands) | 105,100 | 21.7 | £ 25,183 | £ 49,995 |
3 | Manchester (Greater Manchester) | 59,000 | 17.5 | £ 21,226 | £ 45,934 |
4 | Leeds | 21,260 | 14.6 | £ 27,466 | £ 45,790 |
5 | Glasgow | 19,624 | 12.8 | £ 32,305 | £ 46,914 |
6 | Edinburgh | 18,437 | 10.6 | £ 36,963 | £ 55,196 |
7 | Tyneside [note 2] | 18,224 | 21.1 | £ 21,566 | £ 42,788 |
8 | Bristol | 13,862 | 22.4 | £ 30,850 | £ 48,090 |
9 | Sheffield | 11,300 | 11.2 | £ 19,833 | £ 41,695 |
10 | Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | 11,044 | 12.4 | £ 22,783 | £ 42,181 |
11 | Liverpool | 10,907 | 0.6 | £ 22,790 | £ 43,396 |
12 | Milton Keynes | 10,884 | 39.3 | £ 41,581 | £ 62,247 |
13 | Belfast | 9,982 | 15.3 | £ 35,023 | £ 44,520 |
14 | Bradford | 9,504 | 10.6 | £ 17,892 | £ 43,507 |
15 | Nottingham | 8,816 | 16.8 | £ 27,645 | £ 37,948 |
16 | Bournemouth and Poole | 8,209 | 15.8 | £23,787 | £ 46,571 |
18 | Leicester | 7,473 | 26.1 | £ 21,812 | £ 40,466 |
19 | Brighton & Hove | 7,129 | 26.7 | £ 24,989 | £ 45,348 |
20 | Derby | 6,932 | 28 | £ 27,266 | £ 51,932 |
21 | Wakefield | 6,621 | 20.2 | £ 19,837 | £ 42,590 |
22 | Southampton | 5,873 | 16.4 | £ 23,535 | £ 45,882 |
23 | Sunderland | 5,745 | 18.8 | £ 20,728 | £ 46,671 |
24 | Portsmouth | 5,344 | 13 | £ 25,236 | £ 46,405 |
25 | Peterborough | 5,382 | 22.5 | £ 27,745 | £ 46,482 |
26 | Plymouth | 5,192 | 20.4 | £ 19,762 | £ 40,322 |
27 | Kingston upon Hull | 5,129 | 4.3 | £ 19,803 | £ 41,246 |
28 | York | 5,068 | 12.8 | £ 24,499 | £ 45,547 |
29 | Luton | 4,888 | 9 | £ 22,766 | £ 51,701 |
30 | Stoke-on-Trent | 4,763 | 24 | £ 18,926 | £ 39,707 |
32 | Swansea | 4,503 | 16.1 | £ 18,577 | £ 38,584 |
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Tyne and Wear is a ceremonial county in North East England. It borders Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south, and the largest settlement is the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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