Official Statistics
Digital Sector Economic Estimates 2016 - Key Findings
Updated 26 January 2016
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1. Key Findings
1.1 Gross Value Added (GVA) (2009 鈥� 2014) 鈥� measured in current prices (i.e. not adjusted for inflation).
- GVA of the Digital Sector was 拢118.3bn in 2014, an increase of 7.2 per cent compared with 2013.
- The Digital Sector accounted for 7.3 per cent of the UK Economy in 2014, the highest proportion recorded, up from 6.9 per cent in 2009.
1.2 Employment (2011 鈥� 2014)
- In 2014, there were 1.4 million jobs in the Digital Sector, 4.4 per cent of total jobs in the UK, up from 1.3 million in 2011.
- In 2014, there were 2.0 million jobs in the Digital Economy, an increase of 1.7 per cent compared to 2013.
1.3 Exports (2013) 鈥� measured in current prices (i.e. not adjusted for inflation).
- Total exports for the Digital Sector in 2013 were worth 拢43.0bn, 8.2 per cent of all UK exports (goods and services).
- The value of services exported by the UK Digital Sector in 2013 was 拢27.6bn, 12.8 per cent of total UK services exported.
- The value of goods exported by the UK Digital Sector in 2014 was 拢15.9bn, a 3.3 per cent increase on the 2013 value of 拢15.4bn.