Type of indicator

Socio-economic

Indicator C12

Labour productivity by economic sector

Definition 

This indicator calculates the Gross Value Added (GVA) per employed person, total and by sector (primary, secondary, tertiary) and by type of region (predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban).

 

GVA is calculated at basic prices. Dividing this value by the number of employed persons allows for a comparison of labour productivity over the different sectors and regions.

It consists of 3 sub-indicators:

  1. total labour productivity
  2. labour productivity by sector (primary, secondary, tertiary)
  3. labour productivity by type of region (predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban)

 

Unit of measurement

1-3: EUR/person

 

Data source

Eurostat – National and Regional Economic Accounts

References/location of the data

National and regional data: DG AGRI calculation using national and regional data from C.10 and C.11

Gross value added and income by A*10 industry breakdowns [nama_10_a10]

National data, by typology: table Gross value added at basic prices by other typologies [urt_10r_3gva]

Regional data: table Gross value added at basic prices by NUTS 3 regions [nama_10r_3gva]

Most recent urban-rural typology: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/rural-development/methodology

Data collection level

For sectors and type of regions: EU, National (NUTS 0), Regional (NUTS 1, 2 and 3)

by type of region (predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban)

 

Frequency

Annual

Delay

1 year (national data, GVA in agriculture) and 3 years (regional data, Structural Business Statistics)

Comments/caveats

Sectors in NACE rev.2: 

Primary sector = branch A (agriculture, forestry and fishing); 

Secondary sector = branches B-E + F (industry + construction); 

Tertiary sector = branches G-I + J + K + L + M-N + O-Q + R-U.

For the distribution of employment by type of region, the Commission's urban-rural typology, which classifies NUTS 3 regions into predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban, will be used.