DCMS Economic Estimates GVA 2023 (provisional) - data tables only
Source: gov.uk (2025-02-26)

Accredited official statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors  to the UK economy, measured by GVA (gross value added).

This tables-only publication has been updated and replaced by the full annual GVA release (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-gva-2023-provisional), including report and estimates for tourism and DCMS overall.

About

These Economic Estimates are accredited official statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS sectors to the UK economy, measured by GVA (gross value added). This release includes annual estimates for 2010 to 2022, and provisional annual estimates for 2023.

This year, we have seen substantial revisions to GVA estimates for DCMS sectors to previously published data to 2022. This is due to revisions made by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to the underlying data which these estimates are based on. GVA estimates are subject to scheduled revisions as more and higher quality data becomes available, and more information about this is available in the ONS article on GDP revisions in Blue Book: 2024 (https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/articles/gdprevisionsinbluebook2020/2024). Further information of the impact of these revisions on DCMS sector GVA is available in the technical report above.

This is a tables-only update to our Annual GVA publication, brought forward following the impact of scheduled ONS revisions in the National Accounts Blue Book 2024 on GVA estimates for DCMS sectors. A more complete release will follow in early 2025.

Content

DCMS sectors

These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;
- civil society
- creative industries
- cultural sector
- gambling
- sport
Users should note that there is overlap between DCMS sector definitions and that several cultural sector industries are simultaneously creative industries.

The release also includes estimates for the audio visual sector and computer games subsector.

Tourism data is not available in this release due to data lags. We will be publishing updated estimates for tourism in a more complete Annual GVA release in early 2025. Previous estimates for tourism are available in the DCMS Annual GVA 2022 release (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-and-digital-sector-gva-2022-provisional)

We have separately published ad hoc statistics for the art and antiques market (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ad-hoc-statistical-analysis-202425-quarter-3). Annual GVA estimates for the art and antiques market have been published here alongside economic estimates on employment and trade.

Headline findings:

Provisional 2023 estimates show that:
- GVA in included DCMS sectors was estimated to be £167.4 billion, contributing 7.1% to UK GVA.
- GVA in the included DCMS sectors fell by 2.1% compared to 2022, while the UK as a whole grew slightly by 0.3%.
- The fall in the included DCMS sector GVA from 2022 to 2023 was seen across creative industries (-3.3%), cultural sector (-1.8%) and gambling sector (-4.5%). There was growth from 2022 to 2023 in the sport sector (+2.2%) and in civil society (+2.3%).
- Compared to pre-pandemic (2019), included DCMS sector GVA grew by 0.8%, slower than 2.6% for the UK economy as a whole.
- Since 2010, included DCMS sector GVA grew by 32.3%, faster than 22.3% for the UK economy as a whole.
Following the revisions made by ONS to the underlying data, the 2022 data shows that:
- Included DCMS sectors contributed 7.3% to UK GVA in 2022.
- GVA in the included DCMS sectors grew 3.0% between 2019 and 2022, slightly faster than 2.3% for the UK economy as a whole.
- Included DCMS sector GVA grew by 35.1% between 2010 and 2022, faster than 21.9% for the UK economy as a whole.
Further information about these revisions, including how the latest 2022 figures compare to the estimates before the revisions, is available in the technical report above.

Released

First published on 19 December 2024.

Feedback and consultation

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Office for Statistics Regulation

These official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) in June 2019. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/) and should be labelled accredited official statistics. Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

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The responsible analyst for this release is Wilmah Tawaziwa. For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Pre-release access

A document is provided that contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.