Editing Buckinghamshire (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Ashton House, Milton Keynes - geograph.org.uk - 1208078.jpg|thumb|Offices, Milton Keynes]]
[[File:Princes Risborough, ercol workshop and showroom - geograph.org.uk - 749399.jpg|thumb|Ercol furniture factory, Princes Risborough]]
Buckinghamshire has a modern service-based economy and is part of the [[Berkshire]], Buckinghamshire and [[Oxfordshire]] [[NUTS-2]] region, which was the seventh richest subregion in the [[European Union]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2005 |title=''Regional GDP per capita in the EU25 GDP per capita in 2002 ranged from 32% of the EU25 average in Lubelskie to 315% in Inner London'' |url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/05/13&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206184743/http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT%2F05%2F13&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en |archive-date=6 February 2009 |access-date=19 September 2010 |website=Europa (web portal) }}</ref> As well as the highest GDP per capita outside Inner London, Buckinghamshire has the highest quality of life, the highest life expectancy and the best education results in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burridge |first=Nicky |date=29 March 2008 |title=Buckinghamshire is best county |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/buckinghamshire-is-best-county-802353.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820205831/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/buckinghamshire-is-best-county-802353.html |archive-date=20 August 2009 }}</ref> The southern part of the county is a prosperous section of the [[London commuter belt]]. The county has fertile agricultural lands, with many [[landed estate]]s, especially those of the [[Rothschild banking family of England]] in the 19th century (see [[Rothschild properties in England]]). The county has several annual agricultural shows, with the [[Bucks County Show]] established in 1859. Manufacturing industries include furniture-making (traditionally centred at [[High Wycombe]]), pharmaceuticals and agricultural processing. [[Pinewood Studios]] in [[Iver Heath]] is a principal centre of operations for film and TV production in the UK.

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Buckinghamshire at current basic prices published by the [[Office for National Statistics]] with figures in millions of [[Pounds sterling]] (except GVA index).<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf Office for National Statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525140007/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf |date=25 May 2006 }} (pp.240–253)</ref>{{update needed |reason=These are 2006 figures|date=December 2023}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Figures in £ millions
! Year || Regional Gross<br>Value Added{{efn|Components may not sum to totals due to rounding}} || Agriculture{{efn|includes hunting and forestry}} || Industry{{efn|includes energy and construction}} || Services{{efn|includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured}} ||GVA index<br />per person{{efn|1=UK average index base = 100}}   
|-
| 1995 || 6,008 || 60 || 1,746 || 4,201 || 118
|-
| 2000 || 8,389 || 45 || 1,863 || 6,481 || 125
|-
| 2003 || 9,171 || 50 || 1,793 || 7,328 || 118
|}