Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2023
Statistics on the economic contributions of Scotland’s marine sectors. Includes a time series of approximate Gross Value Added (aGVA), turnover and employment for industrial categories defined as part of the marine sector.
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Support for oil and gas, includes exploration, test drilling and decommissioning. This activity is the largest contributor to marine economy turnover and aGVA. But, oil and gas price changes tend to impact on this activity. Scottish Annual Business Statistics is the source of the support for oil and gas data. Economic information on oil and gas extraction is not included in this report. See Data and Methodology for more information.
In 2023, support for oil and gas generated £2.4 billion aGVA, 1.32% of the Scottish economy aGVA and 43% of the marine economy aGVA. Support for oil and gas employed 14,600 people, 0.55% of Scottish employment and 19% of marine economy employment.
Support for oil and gas aGVA has declined by 13% since 2014. Between 2022 and 2023, aGVA remained largely unchanged. From 2014 to 2023, employment decreased by 27%.
Figure 5. Support for oil and gas aGVA decreased from £3.2 billion in 2015 to £1.8 billion in 2020, before increasing to £2.4 billion in 2022 and 2023.
Support for oil and gas aGVA by year, 2014 to 2023
A geographic breakdown of support for oil and gas is not available.