Type of indicator

Sectoral

Indicator C16

Labour productivity in the food industry

Definition

Labour productivity in the food industry is expressed as total Gross Value Added (GVA) in the food industry per person employed.

GVA is defined as the value of output less the value of intermediate consumption.

Output is valued at basic prices, GVA is valued at basic prices and intermediate consumption is valued at purchasers’ prices.

The food industry sector corresponds to NACE rev.2 = Manufacture of food products; beverages and tobacco products (C10+C12).

A three-years average mitigates short-term fluctuations. Labour productivity in the food industry is then calculated as the ratio of the averages: (three-years average GVA)/(three-years average number of persons employed).

Unit of measurement

EUR/person

Data source

Eurostat - National Accounts

Eurostat - Labour Force Survey

References/location of the data

National Accounts: table nama_10_a64 

Labour Force Survey: table lfsa_egan22d

Data collection level

EU and national (NUTS 0)

Frequency

Annual

Delay

2 years

Comments/caveats

Due to the lack of regional data, this indicator can only be calculated at national level.