List of ceremonial counties in England by GDP explained

This is a list of ceremonial counties in England by gross domestic product for the year 2022. Data is gathered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and is given on the basis of International Territorial Level, which is the geocode standard used by the United Kingdom for statistical purposes.

The figures in the main table are first provided in the original currency (GBP) of the source, followed by the figures in USD for international comparison. The USD figures are compiled using the average GBP to USD exchange rate for the year 2022.

Main table

Ceremonial counties by GDP in 2022! Rank! County! Population ! GDP (2022) (£ million)^[1] ! GDP per capita (£)! GDP (2022) (USD million)^[2] ! GDP per capita (USD)
1	London^[3]	8,855,333	562,179	63,490	695,050	78,500
2	Greater Manchester	2,911,744	99,714	34,241	123,224	42,313
3	West Midlands	2,939,927	85,192	28,983	105,325	35,825
4	Hampshire	1,877,917	74,960	39,911	92,685	49,322
5	West Yorkshire	2,345,235	74,405	31,725	91,996	39,229
6	Somerset & Gloucestershire^[4]	1,885,137	67,559	35,845	83,493	44,293
7	Berkshire	958,803	58,447	60,969	72,312	75,396
8	Kent	1,875,893	58,012	30,916	71,783	38,230
9	Essex	1,877,301	57,931	30,854	71,682	38,149
10	Surrey	1,204,588	56,625	47,002	70,006	58,137
11	Hertfordshire	1,204,588	51,501	42,764	63,678	52,833
12	Merseyside	1,442,081	45,413	31,490	56,110	38,930
13	Lancashire	1,550,490	45,148	29,116	55,783	36,003
14	Cheshire	1,108,765	41,837	37,748	51,721	45,669
15	South Yorkshire	1,415,054	36,869	26,045	45,576	32,182
16	Buckinghamshire	852,589	36,573	42,890	45,198	53,011
17	Devon	1,232,660	36,120	29,296	44,665	36,218
18	Leicestershire and Rutland^[5]	1,136,705	35,369	31,108	43,722	38,454
19	North Yorkshire	1,172,860	35,180	29,997	43,485	37,085
20	Cambridgeshire	906,814	34,460	38,005	42,589	46,992
21	Tyne and Wear	1,146,624	34,332	29,946	42,424	37,009
22	Nottinghamshire	1,163,335	33,710	28,975	41,653	35,841
23	Staffordshire	1,139,794	33,616	29,492	41,533	36,473
24	Lincolnshire	1,103,320	33,071	29,983	40,900	37,066
25	Oxfordshire	738,276	31,072	42,096	38,418	51,999
26	Derbyshire	1,066,954	30,777	28,841	38,047	35,646
27	West Sussex	885,055	30,273	34,214	37,427	42,297
28	Wiltshire	747,124	28,817	38,553	35,604	47,244
29	Northamptonshire	792,421	25,705	32,445	31,770	40,108
30	Norfolk	925,299	25,583	27,644	31,613	33,924
31	East Sussex	828,685	24,867	30,011	30,733	37,103
32	Dorset	785,172	24,585	31,308	30,394	39,018
33	Durham	872,075	23,758	27,245	29,355	33,662
34	Suffolk	763,375	23,602	30,899	29,142	38,206
35	Warwickshire	599,153	23,511	39,233	29,029	48,488
36	Bristol	479,024	21,098	44,033	26,064	54,458
37	Bedfordshire	715,940	20,752	28,985	25,652	35,826
38	Worcestershire	604,947	18,083	29,891	22,351	37,168
39	East Riding of Yorkshire	615,161	18,024	29,294	22,278	36,219
40	Cornwall	577,694	15,853	27,442	19,600	33,912
41	Shropshire	516,049	15,804	30,626	19,542	37,873
42	Cumbria	503,033	15,087	29,999	18,642	37,079
43	Northumberland	324,362	7,349	22,664	9,090	27,993
44	Herefordshire	188,719	5,148	27,286	6,365	33,711
45	Isle of Wight	140,794	3,622	25,726	4,477	32,438

Historical GDP

The GDP figures are in millions of GBP.

1998 to 2000

GDP by Ceremonial County (1998–2000)! Rank !! Ceremonial County !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000
1	Greater London	195741	206677	222815
2	Greater Manchester	37444	39376	40498
3	West Midlands	38959	40117	41216
4	Hampshire	29550	30237	31887
5	West Yorkshire	31019	32806	33621
6	Somerset & Gloucestershire	27151	28532	29981
7	Berkshire	22129	23751	25170
8	Kent	30383	31865	33227
9	Essex	31014	32240	33510
10	Surrey	24756	26406	27843
11	Hertfordshire	32140	33560	34312
12	Merseyside	37111	38573	39007
13	Lancashire	33201	34209	35090
14	Cheshire	16104	16938	17376
15	South Yorkshire	31463	32728	33450
16	Buckinghamshire	14730	15425	16279
17	Devon	14203	14951	15351
18	Leicestershire and Rutland	14057	14443	15241
19	North Yorkshire	14972	15469	16129
20	Cambridgeshire	13177	13827	14382
21	Tyne and Wear	15208	15258	15746
22	Nottinghamshire	14555	15154	15409
23	Staffordshire	14564	14815	15168
24	Lincolnshire	12940	13154	13774
25	Oxfordshire	11979	12493	13109
26	Derbyshire	13744	14286	14573
27	West Sussex	12951	13846	14372
28	Wiltshire	10782	11330	11829
29	Northamptonshire	10063	10333	10951
30	Norfolk	10165	10598	11271
31	East Sussex	9242	9801	10266
32	Dorset	10086	10734	11345
33	Durham	10796	11311	11727
34	Suffolk	10273	10773	11368
35	Warwickshire	8859	9525	9930
36	Bristol	6909	7236	7642
37	Bedfordshire	8697	9096	9705
38	Worcestershire	7762	8146	8529
39	East Yorkshire	7580	7696	8084
40	Cornwall	5582	5785	6119
41	Shropshire	6367	6550	6713
42	Cumbria	7434	7712	7693
43	Northumberland	3473	3505	3573
44	Herefordshire	2400	2530	2659
45	Isle of Wight	1373	1432	1502

2000 to 2010

GDP by Ceremonial County (1998–2022)! Rank !! Ceremonial County !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010
1	Greater London	222815	229343	237805	251438	264024	284255	301650	327381	334602	327455	343600
2	Greater Manchester	40498	42720	44720	46758	49444	52402	55032	57757	58568	58404	59881
3	West Midlands	41216	43014	44324	46368	48640	50889	52236	54524	55405	53643	56062
4	Hampshire	31887	33594	35211	36531	38631	40584	41863	44168	46055	45536	47759
5	West Yorkshire	33621	34842	36201	38675	41004	43525	45655	47921	48117	47233	48254
6	Somerset & Gloucestershire	29981	31471	32744	34342	36059	37700	39154	40691	42183	41309	43191
7	Berkshire	25170	25713	26734	28573	29423	31145	32369	33981	35203	34809	35455
8	Kent	33227	33993	35645	37492	39001	41036	42529	44738	45572	43947	45836
9	Essex	33510	34582	35520	36730	38129	39790	41134	42395	43332	42171	43093
10	Surrey	27843	28831	29643	30603	31735	33252	35913	37317	38727	38290	39661
11	Hertfordshire	34312	35503	36789	38211	39700	40885	42105	43790	44567	43758	45001
12	Merseyside	39007	39510	40023	41280	42405	43690	44502	45302	45891	44802	45980
13	Lancashire	35090	35811	36527	37001	37890	39003	40111	41020	41880	40523	41567
14	Cheshire	17376	19388	19995	20390	21725	22922	24411	25533	25506	25162	26299
15	South Yorkshire	33450	34068	35118	36550	37816	39226	40566	42291	42768	41468	42553
16	Buckinghamshire	16279	17051	17845	18952	19149	20162	20986	22041	22955	22244	22937
17	Devon	15351	16016	16826	17802	19329	20109	21223	21606	22308	21692	22698
18	Leicestershire and Rutland	15241	15735	16328	17425	18452	19239	20563	21604	22547	21899	23022
19	North Yorkshire	16129	16799	18049	19156	20204	20967	21778	22846	23303	22639	23033
20	Cambridgeshire	14382	15163	15862	16589	17364	18562	20032	20766	21254	20730	21563
21	Tyne and Wear	15746	16757	18005	18872	20598	21729	22766	23154	23489	22996	23720
22	Nottinghamshire	15409	16022	16760	17508	18674	19669	20684	21462	21994	21496	22404
23	Staffordshire	15168	15663	16516	17412	18443	19216	19876	20441	21359	20270	21248
24	Lincolnshire	13774	14623	15318	16356	16624	17362	18189	19400	20375	19440	20112
25	Oxfordshire	13109	13490	14325	15080	15322	16035	16554	17353	18374	17886	18620
26	Derbyshire	14573	15128	15791	16380	17342	18602	19030	19544	20104	19190	20148
27	West Sussex	14372	14675	15433	16067	16261	16677	17574	18352	19512	18768	19656
28	Wiltshire	11829	12795	13373	14129	14810	15466	16213	17403	18259	17976	18687
29	Northamptonshire	10951	11254	11533	12139	12736	13317	14257	15063	15575	14946	15768
30	Norfolk	11271	11767	12358	13044	13488	14191	15180	15685	16306	16324	16705
31	East Sussex	10266	10835	11293	11739	12109	12776	13495	13955	14745	14410	14753
32	Dorset	11345	11558	11879	12487	13084	13903	14527	15013	15840	15360	15770
33	Durham	11727	12068	12722	13559	14535	15005	15869	16481	16974	16922	17193
34	Suffolk	11368	11827	12354	12955	13494	14294	15240	15629	15965	15520	15901
35	Warwickshire	9930	10080	10422	11046	11538	12167	12863	13145	13629	12975	13644
36	Bristol	7642	8246	8599	9008	9581	9885	10359	11180	11692	11889	12489
37	Bedfordshire	9705	10132	10518	11017	11256	11867	12180	12719	13280	12565	12849
38	Worcestershire	8529	8708	8901	9442	10003	10305	10985	11005	11479	11259	11682
39	East Yorkshire	8084	8470	9090	9716	10231	10656	11411	11754	12352	11995	11695
40	Cornwall	6119	6433	6936	7517	7814	8311	8875	9088	9524	9033	9313
41	Shropshire	6713	7024	7356	7729	8115	8449	8742	8974	9397	8993	9296
42	Cumbria	7693	7754	8212	8778	9054	9511	10190	10497	11180	10853	11173
43	Northumberland	3573	3714	3986	4134	4422	4591	4818	4945	5076	4926	5111
44	Herefordshire	2659	2694	2827	2912	2902	2988	3100	3188	3357	3216	3282
45	Isle of Wight	1502	1560	1674	1757	1867	1933	2039	2094	2200	2112	2193

2010 to 2022

GDP by Ceremonial County (1998–2022)! Rank !! Ceremonial County !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022
1	Greater London	343600	359273	373114	392876	419572	434589	460923	477262	494959	511331	470080	508056	562179
2	Greater Manchester	59881	60831	63504	66145	68109	70889	73347	78049	81081	84377	83399	89954	99714
3	West Midlands	56062	57794	59409	61727	64820	67167	71583	73880	76275	77707	72160	78210	85192
4	Hampshire	47759	49661	51273	53227	54924	56707	58492	61474	63104	67077	63765	67802	74960
5	West Yorkshire	48254	49867	51152	52593	54355	56954	58135	60811	63610	65178	61919	68155	74405
6	Somerset & Gloucestershire	43191	44168	45628	46742	49686	50207	51794	54432	56441	59076	56388	61750	67559
7	Berkshire	35455	37201	38780	39620	41186	42443	43641	44923	47514	49930	50226	53157	58447
8	Kent	45836	47983	48745	49532	50827	51844	53269	54934	56385	59045	57006	61573	64445
9	Essex	43093	43900	44733	46113	47406	48617	50028	51555	52692	54633	52129	55281	56570
10	Surrey	39661	40122	41713	43785	45697	46635	47069	48457	48986	51440	50187	52300	56625
11	Hertfordshire	45001	46300	47112	49000	50533	52004	53271	54512	55981	57001	54031	57017	51501
12	Merseyside	45980	46520	47201	48040	48945	49412	50201	50940	51512	52420	50018	52500	45413
13	Lancashire	41567	42502	43205	44009	44712	45029	46034	47001	47812	49001	47000	48512	45148
14	Cheshire	26299	27048	27983	29005	30679	31443	33522	34928	35635	37387	35623	37832	41837
15	South Yorkshire	42553	43638	44845	46166	46728	48736	50727	51753	53091	54516	50780	54057	58699
16	Buckinghamshire	22937	23954	24595	25665	27366	28873	29085	30384	31515	33154	32091	34153	36573
17	Devon	22698	23301	23967	24871	25785	26633	27336	28682	29258	30309	28017	32752	36120
18	Leicestershire and Rutland	23022	23099	23855	24890	26330	27272	28114	29014	30084	30736	28803	32216	35369
19	North Yorkshire	23033	24039	24478	25135	25808	26407	27434	28871	29504	30356	28611	32050	35180
20	Cambridgeshire	21563	22208	23158	23661	24689	25368	26582	28324	29152	30241	29925	32008	34460
21	Tyne and Wear	23720	24697	25577	26110	26924	27890	28528	29839	30157	31505	28430	31256	34332
22	Nottinghamshire	22404	23316	24197	24781	25776	26571	27346	28345	29408	30273	29434	31268	33710
23	Staffordshire	21248	22127	22441	23357	24035	24903	25510	26692	27557	28368	27009	31280	33616
24	Lincolnshire	20112	20370	20941	22002	22853	23704	24088	25641	26376	28138	26513	30298	33071
25	Oxfordshire	18620	19378	20130	21016	22195	22929	22911	23502	24586	26187	26846	28050	31072
26	Derbyshire	20148	20999	21848	22771	23190	23865	24686	25233	26474	27738	27687	29633	30777
27	West Sussex	19656	20148	20984	21508	22110	23255	24340	25693	26675	27577	25188	27081	30273
28	Wiltshire	18687	18964	19475	20074	21491	21984	22579	23163	24239	25110	23510	25450	28817
29	Northamptonshire	15768	15931	16349	17286	18127	18799	19544	20507	21620	22329	21227	23563	25705
30	Norfolk	16705	17133	17941	18695	19296	19629	20176	21229	21074	22829	21561	23434	25583
31	East Sussex	14753	15155	15644	16389	17193	17848	18845	19562	20103	21003	20379	22281	24867
32	Dorset	15770	16089	16440	17156	17869	18073	18832	20147	20751	21489	20350	22568	24585
33	Durham	17193	17401	17731	18101	18570	19258	19408	19677	20253	20969	20470	21926	23758
34	Suffolk	15901	16403	17038	17754	18410	18948	19762	20554	20900	22033	20637	22040	23602
35	Warwickshire	13644	14382	15322	16528	17544	18601	19170	21302	21814	22026	20632	21741	23511
36	Bristol	12489	12589	13151	13404	14078	14685	15616	16722	16666	17537	16797	19160	21098
37	Bedfordshire	12849	13105	13508	14500	15668	16407	17092	18256	18518	19081	16808	18412	20752
38	Worcestershire	11682	12372	13022	13583	14245	14452	14645	15657	16141	16603	16038	16742	18083
39	East Yorkshire	11695	11651	11897	12188	12578	13150	13527	14131	14822	15257	14073	16361	18024
40	Cornwall	9313	9696	10051	10442	10795	10978	11598	12450	12908	13352	12456	14387	15853
41	Shropshire	9296	9666	9901	10359	10699	10837	11452	11815	12271	12583	12283	14208	15804
42	Cumbria	11173	11178	11590	12015	12600	13038	13103	13449	13482	14162	12895	13937	15087
43	Northumberland	5111	5289	5356	5395	5564	5664	5845	6007	6119	6458	6011	6486	7349
44	Herefordshire	3282	3474	3589	3765	3966	4067	4136	4330	4525	4700	4421	4793	5148
45	Isle of Wight	2193	2301	2413	2574	2696	2763	2761	2898	2947	3151	3008	3250	3622

Sources

Web site: Regional gross domestic product: all ITL regions - Office for National Statistics . 2024-11-08 . www.ons.gov.uk.
Web site: Historical GBP/USD Exchange Rates for 2022 . Exchange Rates UK . 8 November 2024.
Includes both ceremonial counties of Greater London and the City of London due to them being combined in the data set.
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