Economy of Liverpool

The economy of Liverpool encompasses a wide range of economic activity that occurs within and surrounding the city of Liverpool, England.

Economy of Liverpool
Liverpool's commercial district
Statistics
Population484,488 (2021)
GDP£15.9 billion (2021)
GDP per capita
£32,841 (2021)
Labour force
240,000 / 69.8% in employment (Oct 2022 – Sep 2023)
Labour force by occupation
List
  • 29.5% Professional
  • 18.1% Associate professional
  • 10.6% Elementary occupations
  • 9.1% Administrative and secretarial
  • 8.9% Skilled trades
  • 8.7% Managers, directors and senior officials
  • 5.7% Caring, leisure and other service
  • 4.9% Process plant and machine operatives
  • 3.7% Sales and customer service
  • (Oct 2022 – Sep 2023)
Unemployment14,600 / 5.7% (Oct 2022 – Sep 2023)
Average gross salary
£646.40 per week (2023)
External
Exports£3.2 billion (2021)
Export goods
£1.2 billion (2021)
Imports£3.2 billion (2021)
Import goods
£2.2 billion (2021)

With a population of over 1.3 million in its Larger Urban Zone, and a metropolitan area population of 2,241,000, Liverpool is one of the largest cities in the United Kingdom and sits at the centre of the broader Merseyside economic area, which is itself one of the two core economies of the North west of England.

In 2017, the Liverpool City Region experienced the UK's highest growth in real GVA, increasing by 3.3%.

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