"Figure 6: Overall production sector employment decreased by 65% between 1970 and 2016 ","" "Production sector employment, seasonally adjusted, UK, 1970 to 2016","" "","" "Notes","1. The decrease in employment within the production sector is driven mainly by the manufacturing sector. 2. The total number of workers in the production sector declined from 8.6 million in 1970 to 3.0 million in 2016. " "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Mining and quarrying","Manufacturing","Gas, electricity and water","Total production level" "1970"," 437.9 "," 7733.5 "," 470.0 "," 8641.4 " "1971"," 422.9 "," 7470.2 "," 453.1 "," 8346.3 " "1972"," 404.8 "," 7211.6 "," 427.9 "," 8044.3 " "1973"," 387.7 "," 7258.9 "," 413.5 "," 8060.0 " "1974"," 372.7 "," 7298.7 "," 417.1 "," 8088.5 " "1975"," 375.9 "," 6943.7 "," 424.3 "," 7743.9 " "1976"," 371.7 "," 6717.5 "," 424.3 "," 7513.4 " "1977"," 373.8 "," 6760.1 "," 417.1 "," 7551.0 " "1978"," 377.0 "," 6727.7 "," 408.7 "," 7513.3 " "1979"," 373.8 "," 6681.0 "," 415.0 "," 7469.8 " "1980"," 366.3 "," 6309.3 "," 415.5 "," 7091.0 " "1981"," 344.3 "," 5757.8 "," 406.8 "," 6508.8 " "1982"," 327.0 "," 5427.5 "," 392.3 "," 6146.8 " "1983"," 304.5 "," 5173.5 "," 381.0 "," 5859.0 " "1984"," 284.5 "," 5115.3 "," 373.5 "," 5773.3 " "1985"," 265.0 "," 5084.8 "," 366.0 "," 5715.8 " "1986"," 226.3 "," 4976.3 "," 357.8 "," 5560.3 " "1987"," 200.0 "," 4951.5 "," 354.8 "," 5506.3 " "1988"," 180.8 "," 5013.5 "," 355.3 "," 5549.5 " "1989"," 167.0 "," 5030.3 "," 351.0 "," 5548.3 " "1990"," 157.0 "," 4883.0 "," 340.0 "," 5380.0 " "1991"," 142.0 "," 4488.0 "," 324.8 "," 4954.8 " "1992"," 117.8 "," 4227.3 "," 313.5 "," 4658.5 " "1993"," 87.8 "," 4095.3 "," 304.0 "," 4487.0 " "1994"," 70.3 "," 4136.0 "," 286.5 "," 4492.8 " "1995"," 68.5 "," 4226.5 "," 268.5 "," 4563.5 " "1996"," 79.8 "," 4264.8 "," 263.5 "," 4608.0 " "1997"," 79.5 "," 4280.5 "," 269.5 "," 4629.5 " "1998"," 77.0 "," 4284.8 "," 269.5 "," 4631.3 " "1999"," 76.3 "," 4120.8 "," 261.3 "," 4458.3 " "2000"," 76.3 "," 3978.8 "," 258.0 "," 4313.0 " "2001"," 75.0 "," 3803.3 "," 274.8 "," 4153.0 " "2002"," 68.8 "," 3607.8 "," 261.0 "," 3937.5 " "2003"," 61.3 "," 3423.5 "," 248.0 "," 3732.8 " "2004"," 59.0 "," 3262.3 "," 238.3 "," 3559.5 " "2005"," 59.3 "," 3119.8 "," 231.3 "," 3410.3 " "2006"," 64.5 "," 3021.0 "," 239.0 "," 3324.5 " "2007"," 67.8 "," 2969.5 "," 244.5 "," 3281.8 " "2008"," 64.5 "," 2833.5 "," 259.0 "," 3157.0 " "2009"," 63.3 "," 2651.5 "," 281.5 "," 2996.3 " "2010"," 62.8 "," 2568.5 "," 304.3 "," 2935.5 " "2011"," 63.5 "," 2557.8 "," 313.0 "," 2934.3 " "2012"," 75.3 "," 2579.0 "," 316.0 "," 2970.3 " "2013"," 70.0 "," 2564.3 "," 316.3 "," 2950.5 " "2014"," 67.5 "," 2618.0 "," 315.8 "," 3001.3 " "2015"," 70.3 "," 2631.8 "," 331.8 "," 3033.8 " "2016"," 60.5 "," 2636.5 "," 351.3 "," 3048.3 "