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Headline findings

• Our annual GVA 2022 statistics estimated that GVA from creative industries, culture, gambling and sport was 148.7 billion, making up 6.8% of UK GVA in 2022. This publication shows how that GVA is distributed by region.
• London and the South East combined generated the majority of included DCMS sector GVA in 2022. Included DCMS sector GVA fell in most regions between 2019 and 2020, during the pandemic, but increased in 2021 and 2022.

About

These Economic Estimates are Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to each region in the UK, measured by GVA (gross value added). This is the first release of regional estimates for 2021, and provisional regional estimates for 2022.

Content

These statistics cover the contributions of the following sectors to the UK economy:

• Creative Industries
• Cultural Sector
• Gambling
• Sport

Users should note that there is overlap between DCMS sector definitions and that several Cultural Sector industries are simultaneously Creative Industries.

Estimates of Tourism and Civil Society GVA are not available at present, due to a lack of suitable data.

Released

These statistics were first published on 27 June 2024.

Feedback

DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. Feedback should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

The UK Statistics Authority

These official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) in June 2019. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled accredited official statistics. Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the OSR. OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing evidence@dcms.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.

The responsible analyst for this release is Rachel Moyce. For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

Pre-release access

The accompanying pre-release access document lists ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.