Economy of Liverpool

Economy of Liverpool
Liverpool's commercial district
Statistics
Population503,740 (2023)
GDP£20.3 billion (2023)
GDP per capita
£40,392 (2023)
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.

As of 2023, the city's primary urban area, which includes Knowsley, had a population of 662,983 making it the tenth largest in the UK.

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