Comparing productivity performance across the UK using scorecard maps
Productivity is hard to measure and its drivers are numerous and strongly interrelated. The Productivity Institute’s Productivity Lab has developed a scorecard series, which is comprised of five main regional productivity drivers that need to be analysed: business performance; skills and training; policy and institutions; health and well-being; and investment and infrastructures. These five regional productivity drivers are captured using 17 indicators and their past performance is analysed in the short and long-term to help develop regional strategic initiatives and objectives.
The scorecards have now also been converted into maps for each productivity driver, which provide a snapshot of how each region and devolved nation has fared. The maps offer a clear visualisation of the regional aspects of many of these drivers.
The original Productivity Scorecards are available to download from Figshare, while the maps can be viewed below.
Business performance & characteristics
- Exports as % of GDP
- R&D per job
- Innovation active businesses
- Access to finance as a barrier
- Births of new enterprises
Skills & training
- Highly-skilled population
- Low-skilled population
- Skills development and job-related training
- Skill shortage vacancies
Policy & institutions
- Health & well-being
- Economic inactivity rate
- Economic inactivity due to illness
- Working age population
Investment, infrastructure & connectivity
To find out more, read the Productivity Lab’s blog on the scorecards, which goes into detail about how best to use the indicators.
