The purpose of this tool is to show the scale and nature of the variation in the economic performance of cities and towns across the UK by highlighting the performance of the 63 largest urban areas on 17 indicators.
There is considerable variation in the economic performance of cities and towns across the UK. The purpose of this tool is to show the scale and nature of this variation by highlighting the performance of the 63 largest urban areas on 17 indicators.
City by city tables can be found at /city-by-city/
The national economy clusters in cities and large towns.
Cities account for 9 per cent of land but 63 per cent of output and 73 per cent of knowledgebased jobs in the private sector – the sorts of jobs that the UK will need more of if it is going to see productivity growth throughout the rest of this decade.