Economic indicators

Information about the economy at county and district level is presented in the Kent economic indicators report (PDF, 715.4 KB).

12 economic indicators are used to examine Kent's economic profile:

• unemployment
• job density
• change in employees
• percentage of employees in the 'knowledge economy'
• employment rate
• resident based earnings
• workplace based earnings
• Gross Value Added (GVA)
• business stock
• 3 Year Survival Rates of businesses
• proportion of the population who are educated to RQF level 2 and above
• proportion of the population who are educated to RQF level 4 and above.

Gross Value Added (GVA) (PDF, 1.6 MB) is a key measure of economic wealth generation within a local area and is the measure preferred by the Office for National Statistics to assess the economic health of an area.

The Kent labour force profile (PDF, 1.2 MB) shows information about the level of economic activity, self-employment, occupational and industrial structure and qualifications of Kent's resident labour force.

More detailed information on a range of social and economic indicators is provided in the area profiles.

Kent and Medway Economic Dashboard

The Economic Dashboard (XLSX, 2.7 MB) has been developed to help support local recovery from the economic impacts of events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

It draws from a range of economic indicators and uses modelled data to help to identify the possible impact on local economies and those areas which may be more economically vulnerable.

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