The Report provides the reader with an analysis of the socio-economic performance, trends and drivers of the Blue Economy sectors. Complementing the content of this Report, the online EU Blue Economy Observatory provides more timely and in-depth updates of relevant Blue Economy developments per economic sector and Member State. According to the official figures for 2022, the established sectors of the EU Blue Economy directly employed close to 4.82 million people, generated about EUR 890.6 billion in turnover and EUR 250.7 billion in gross value added. Furthermore, the estimates suggest that the EU Blue Economy sectors continued to grow in 2023, contributing EUR 263 billion to the EU GVA and employing 4.88 million persons.
BORRIELLO Antonio;
CALVO SANTOS Angel;
CLARINGBOULD Duco;
FEYEN Luc;
GHIANI Michela;
GUILLEN Jordi;
MC GOVERN Lucie;
PETRUCCO Giacomo;
PISTOCCHI Alberto;
PLEGUEZUELO ALONSO Manuel;
POLITIEK Hidde;
QUATRINI Simone;
KAMIL Szymczak;
TAPOGLOU Evdokia;
2025-07-08
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC142453
978-92-68-21351-3 (online),
978-92-68-21352-0 (print),
978-92-68-21350-6,
2599-6584 (online),
2599-6576 (print),
2599-6584,
OP KL-01-24-002-EN-N (online),
OP KL-01-24-002-EN-C (print),
OP KL-01-24-002-EN-Q,
https://op.europa.eu/fr/publication-detail/-/publication/0a4a79d8-353f-11f0-8a44-01aa75ed71a1/language-en,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC142453,
10.2771/2333701 (online),
10.2771/4566172 (print),
10.2771/5232262,
