High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Rural Economy
Since 2005 Q1 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing annual growth rates have generally been lower than for the economy as a whole. It should be noted that the annual growth rates for this sector are volatile.
Agriculture remains the dominant land use in rural areas, and whilst difficult to quantify, both its direct impact upon the environment and indirect impacts (e.g. tourism) should be acknowledged.
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Note: the methodology for estimating quarterly GVA for this sector was revised in October 2006.
Source: Quarterly GVA Statistics, Scottish Government