You asked
I'm looking for statistics and data that can help illustrate Britain's industrial decline after WW2.
The following keywords are meant to illustrate the kind of data, I'm looking for:
Debt to the US
Marshall Aid
Manufacturing output
Manufacturing costs
Costs of maintaining the empire
Immigration
Costs of rebuilding the country after WW2
Number of people employed in manufacturing
My time frame is from 1945 to present day.
we said
Thank your for your request.
Any information relating to these areas will already be in the public domain. However, the links provided below, although not necessarily related to the time periods given, may be helpful in answering some of your queries. It is also worth noting that the concept of National Accounts only started up after World War II, and the first full set of National Accounts was in 1955.
- Here is a link to a long-run time series of manufacturing output:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/indexofproduction
- Here is a link to statistics on international migration:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration
- Here is a link to employment statistics split by industry:
- Here is a link to the annual business inquiry/survey which gives some information on purchases by industry:
https://data.gov.uk/dataset/300b3459-9ea6-41a9-84fc-c1dd033f9c52/annual-business-inquiry
- Information on liabilities with the US:
Total portfolio investment liabilities with the USA (this would include bonds but also share liabilities)
Total other investment liabilities with the USA (this would include loans but also bank deposits)