The JRC is pleased to inform you about the update of the "Jobs and Wealth in the European Union Bioeconomy" dataset. The related dashboard is available on both the Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy and the Data-Modelling platform of resource economics - DataM. The underlying raw data is also available for query and bulk download.
Time series on employment, value added, and turnover in the considered bioeconomy activities have been extended up to 2022, allowing for an analysis of bio-based activities during the first year of the invasion of Ukraine.
The latest figures show that the biomass-producing and converting sectors of the EU bioeconomy generated €812 billion in value added in 2022, representing approximately 5.0% of the EU's GDP and growing by 12% in nominal terms compared to 2021.
Additionally, these sectors created 17.2 million jobs in 2022, accounting for 8.0% of total EU employment. While the number of jobs is similar to that of 2021, some bio-based manufacturing activities, such as bio-based chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics and rubber or the manufacture of wood products, did show an increase in the number of persons employed.
This update is released after a major revision of the bio-based shares applied to hybrid activities (i.e., those producing both bio-based and non-bio-based output) to derive their contribution to the bioeconomy. This procedure was conducted in collaboration with the Nova Institute and mainly affects those sectors where changes in bio-based content and output may be expected due to recent industry developments (e.g., bio-based chemicals, plastics, and rubber, or wearing apparel).
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