Summary

This release looks at the changes in national and regional human capital values between 2004 and 2015. It also includes analysis showing breakdowns by age, gender and education level. Human capital is the value of individuals’ skills, knowledge, abilities, social attributes, personality and health attributes. These factors enable individuals to work, and therefore produce something of economic value. It is measured as the sum of the total potential future earnings of everyone in the labour market.

Publications

• Human capital estimates: 2015

  Estimates of national and regional human capital in the UK from 2004 to 2015.

Data

• Human capital statistics

  The total value of human capital in the UK, breakdowns by sex, age and highest qualification, revisions and sensitivity analysis.

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