Economy of Liverpool

Economy of Liverpool
Liverpool's commercial district
Statistics
Population496,770 (2022)
GDP£18.6 billion (2022)
GDP per capita
£37,449 (2022)
Labour force
232,100 / 67.5% in employment (Jan–Dec 2023)
Labour force by occupation
List
  • 25.3% Professional
  • 20.7% Associate professional
  • 11.2% Administrative and secretarial
  • 9.8% Caring, leisure and other service
  • 9.3% Managers, directors and senior officials
  • 7.7% Skilled trades
  • 6.2% Sales and customer service
  • 5.0% Process plant and machine operatives
  • 3.9% Elementary occupations
  • (Jan–Dec 2023)
Unemployment17,400 / 7.0% (Jan–Dec 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)

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

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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