Rural Economic Bulletin
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-10)

Economics Statistics for Rural England - December 2025

The Rural Economic Bulletin is a compendium of economics statistics for Rural and Urban areas in England.

Previously published as a separate report, the Bulletin is now one of the eight thematic reports which make up the Statistical Digest of Rural England (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-digest-of-rural-england). Previous versions of the Bulletin up to 2022 are available from the National Archive (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230207190416/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin). This page also includes a timeline through which users can find any archived editions of the Bulletin.

The December 2025 release of the Digest includes analysis updates for the following topics within this theme:
- Section F, Business demographics
- Section G, Businesses by industry
The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

Additional information:
- Defra commissioned research on the rural economy (http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=Detail&Completed=0&FOSID=25)
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Previous editions

Copies of the Rural Economic Bulletin publication are available from the National Archive.

Rural Economic Bulletin, 15 October 2025 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20251016152006/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 15 July 2025 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250715151857/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 15 April 2025 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250415152136/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 15 October 2024 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241015153452/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 10 September 2024 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240910153043/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 16 July 2024 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240716154314/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 12 March 2024 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240312163918/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 14 November 2023 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20231114163928/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 18 July 2023 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230718155114/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 16 May 2023 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230516152303/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Rural Economic Bulletin, 14 March 2023 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230314171322/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-rural-economic-bulletin)

Statistics up to 2022 can be found here (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230208015303/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-digest-of-rural-england).