One of the key findings in Section A. Employment has been amended; it previously mislabelled rural settlements as having a 'lower' economic inactivity rate than urban areas, instead of 'higher'. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Published today, latest rural statistics on: ‘Employment’, 'Earnings', 'Redundancies', and 'Unemployment-related benefits.
Commentary relating to Figure F-5 in the Business demographics chapter has been amended as previously it referred to businesses when it should have referred to employment. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Published today, latest rural statistics on Businesses (demographics and industry detail).
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Output and Productivity measured by Gross Value Added (GVA).
Published today, latest Rural statistics on: ‘Employment’, 'Earnings', 'Redundancies', and 'Unemployment-related benefits' in the Rural Economic Bulletin report.
Published today, latest Rural statistics on: ‘Output and productivity measured by Gross Value Added (GVA)’ in the Rural Economic Bulletin report.
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Business survival and growth (new section) in the Rural Economic Bulletin report.
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Employment, Redundancies and Claimant Counts.
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Business demographics and Businesses by industry.
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Productivity measured by Gross Value Added (GVA).
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Employment, Redundancies and Claimants Counts (Jobseeker’s Allowance) in the Rural Economic Bulletin report.
Published today, latest Rural statistics on employment, redundancies, claimant counts (JSA) and businesses.
Published today, latest Rural statistics on Employment, Redundancies and Productivity.
Published today, latest rural statistics for employment, earnings, redundancies and claimant counts (Jobseeker's Allowance).
Published today, the latest release of the Rural Economic Bulletin which now forms part of The Statistical Digest of Rural England. All earlier published content is available on the National Archive.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin for England
Historical data for the Rural Economic Bulletin is published in an accessible format.
The September 2021 edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin of England is published.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin
Published today, additional edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin to update House Price analysis as more recent data has been published by the ONS.
Published today, the latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin
Published today, latest edition of Rural Economic Bulletin.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin.
Published today, the latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin for England.
Published today, latest indicators on the rural economy.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin.
Published today, revised version to correct some rural redundancy rates due to an error in original ONS figures.
Published today, latest figures on the Rural economy
Published today, updated analysis on house prices in rural areas. All other bulletin sections are unchanged form the March 2018 publication.
Published today, latest edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin
Published today, latest figures on the rural economy.
Published today, latest available indicators on the rural economy
Published today, latest available indicators for the Rural economy.
Published today, latest available indicators for the rural economy.
Published today, latest quarterly indicators for the rural economy
Published today, latest quarterly rural data available for house prices, claimant counts, economic activity and redundancies.
Published today the October 2016 edition of the Rural Economic Bulletin containing new data for house prices, economic activity, claimant counts and redundancies in rural areas.
June 2016 Rural Economic Bulletin for England has been published
March 2016 edition of the Quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin released today.
The Quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin December 2015 (covering Quarter 3 2015) has now been published.
The latest Quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin has been released.
The June 2015 Quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin has been published.
The latest quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin published today.
Latest Quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin for Quarter 3 2014 published.
Latest Quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin for the period April to June (Quarter 2) 2014 has been published today.
Latest Quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin for quarter 1 2014 published today.
Latest Quarterly Rural Bulletin published today.
Latest quarterly rural economic bulletin released today
September 2013 Quarterly Rural Economic Bulletin published.
Latest quarterly rural economic bulletin for June 2013 published.
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The Rural Economic Bulletin is a compendium of economics statistics for Rural and Urban areas in England.
Previously published as a separate report, the Bulletin is now one of the eight thematic reports which make up the Statistical Digest of Rural England. Previous versions of the Bulletin up to 2022 are available from the National Archive. This page also includes a timeline through which users can find any archived editions of the Bulletin.
The February 2026 release of the Digest includes analysis updates for the following topics within this theme:
Section A. Employment
Section B. Earnings
Section C. Redundancies
Section D. Unemployment-related benefits
The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.